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So it´s been a while - Work wise I´ve been chatting to more patients (very simply!) and examining more which is more interesting & I´m still seeing lots of rare stuff (a young lad with Haemorrahgic dengue fever - he is not well.) Also one of the Drs here has TB - and still came in coughing & sweating away with the flimsyist (!?) of masks - I was not impressed - If I get TB i´ll track him down &.... Also have been to a transplant clinic which is interesting and completely differenty to the other stuff!! (Dad - I tried to get them to use the Leicester boot on someone - but I think they thought I was mad... not expensive enough to be from the UK!!!)
So anyway I went off to Búzios which was ´discovered´by Brigget Bardot & her Brazilian Boyfriend... Another cliché but the people here still talk about her loads - its hilarious, most of the clichés about Brazilian people are true! And it is a lovely place... After a quick walk & sunset lit swim I went to the congress which was at an amazing hotel (honeynmoon type place) - where I managed to sneak in on the 1st night for free champagne and snacks!!!! Awesome though I was a bit wobbly afterwards! Accomodation went from 6 of us sharing a house to 2 of us sharing a room, errr???? Luckily my Portuguese is good enough to ask for separate beds! Yes you guessed it another Burden attracts a crazy!!!! But all is fine & after the free booze - a few of us went for more booze at the local "place to be" a creperie/ bar which was awesome, though on the way back to the accomodation me & crazy went via (ie the opposite direction) the moonlit beach - err ohh, well it managed to sober me up!!!
During the day I went to a local surfing beach & saw the best surfer I´ve ever seen in my life - he was amazing - on about 2 foot waves!!! How he managed to do the tricks he did on such rubbish waves - then a whole load turned up & it was literally like watching a surf comp - they were awesome. Also this was the 1st venue for my newly purchased Speedos!!!!! - When in Rome, they are the Toightest!!! Second night Vincent (the dutch dude) came along which created a bit more space from crazy. Went back to this beach with Vincent the next day & watched again in awe as the locals came and surfed (on bigger waves) - but the genius from the previous day didn´t show (gutted!!!) Got some photos for nick/jane of the local fashions!
Sunday I went to one of the nicest beaches I´ve been to at Tartaruga & bathed in the warm water - ahhh, so nice! Pics to come...
(Ignore this paragraph mum) ON the way back I managed to arrange a trip to one of the flavelas with a dentist who lives there (she could have moved when the flavela engulfed her home - but she decided to stay, which I think is cool) - she´s asking permission from the local crime/drug lord!? I think this is important as one of the things i´ve not really mentioned here is the poverty which is massively striking and although there are tourist trips into the flavelas - they tend to be sanitised versions - so it will be good to see what it´s really like in the flavelas, so I´ll let you know how it goes!
Yesterday I went to see Christ the Redeemer (Cristo, Corcovado) which was amazing, luckily I took my camera, unluckily I forgot the battery to my camera - doh!!!! Ahh well it just means I have to go back!!! It was late in the afternoon & a bit hazy but the view over Rio were amazing - You´ll have to see the photo´s - when I go back!!! In a way it was quite nice not having a camera as you really took it all in (or so I told myself!) and finsihed the trip watching the sunset - amazing... Then went to Copacaban to watch some capoeira (Brazilian martial art - looks like dancing, to disguise it from authorities in the past) and saw some of the old historic buidlings in the centro (downtown) district (but the federal museum was shut - doh!) then went to the beatiful Lagoa region (a natural lake in the middle of Rio!) for a bite to eat & listen to some live music. Today I have been mostly tired, and skived today to catch up on stuff!
Tonight I´m off to a Party at the Ipanema Plaze hotel, don´t worry it apparently finishes just in time for me to start work!!! Oh yeah and its all you can eat there too (idiots didn´t see me coming - I´ve fasted for a 24 hrs!!!!)
Lots of love Tom
PS Photos should be up on Firday - I can only do them at certain locations sorry!!!!
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