Pousada Solar Dos Navegantes Buzios

... Lizz 2nd Place: Erin 3rd Place: Carolyn For the 3rd event, Lizz proposed Foozball. I should have known better when she offered to go up against both me and Erin at once. But in the spirit of the Olympics, we chose to do the same round robin that we had done on the body boarding races. Lizz beat Erin, then she spanked me, then Erin beat me, event rankings: 1st Place: Lizz 2nd Place: Erin 3rd Place: Carolyn For the final Olympic rankings of: 1st Place: Lizz 2nd ...

... as I am leaving in two days. It's probably 6am or so and I decide that going to the beach would be a good idea. I go back and change really quick (I lived really close to the club and the preparty house) and stop on my way to the beach to get a beer. A beer, this is the last thing I need. I get to the beach at probably 6:30 or so and go swimming wasted off of my ass. It's cool though as nobody else is out there. I end up ...

... price - something which was inescapable from the moment we sat down - 70 Reals each for the buffet which didn't include deserts or drinks! It was going to be a budget buster, we at least hoped that the quality of the food would be good - but unfortunately our hopes were soon dashed. The most common meat being circulated by the mad running waiters was rump and rib eye with sirloin being less frequent and Fillet Mignon even less so. When we finally secured a ...

... walking around alone and then lots of guys started bugging me and following me home. Even this one guy who works at my hotel started calling me in my room and following me up the stairs. So for that reason, I am really glad I am leaving here tomorrow. I got to meet up with Frugaletti and his Vivi, and it was the first time I met her and she is really sweet. They have a very cute apartment in a fun neighborhood. We walked around to a couple of block parties with ...

... from Carnaval. Jose is 53, used to be on the Brazil national vball team, speaks English. He shows me the neighborhood he has grown up in. Introduces me to some of his friends who don't speak English. They understand half my Spanish and I little of their Portuguese. He and his wife Paula are great. They do my laundry, cook me dinner ... At 1 AM he tells me I am staying with his parents ...

... Rocinha favela which, like the rest of them, clings to the side of a hill. Our guide Luis knew what he was taking about and was able to give us a really good insight into the lives of the people who lived there. These areas are controlled by drug gangs and on one occasion we saw a local hood on patrol with a machine gun. They don`t mind tourists though - itīs only the police they have a problem with. Itīs not exactly Calcutta in the sense that they all have ...

... really positive ya know...things here are very polarized, but that is something to talk about in person. i love rio, i~m coming back next year :) but this place isn~t perfect. i know city of god is one piece of a huge puzzle so i still like the movie ya know, especially that scene of the pic i have up, that~s my fave part i think. super cute. anyways this was just fyi. i~ll be interested to hear the turista reviews when they come out. tchau tchau, Eve

... right in my face. I sat back down and while he went to hit the other girl that was there, I took the bag I had (which had my resume in it) and hid it. My resume has my address, phone number and stuff on it...I did not want these punks knowing where I lived and coming after me in my own home later. The other girl that was there, after being roughed up as well...relinquished her cell phone and digital camera (which she had in her purse). The stormed the ...

... is soo cute! Only $14 USD/night with breakfast and the kitchen and common area are outside. It is paradise here! Check out www.buzios-explorer.com if youīre interested. It is a little beach town (8600 people) where all the rich cariocas (locals) from Rio come for the weekend. Its all cariocas at the hostel. They are so nice, everybody, very patient with me and my horrible portuguese, Iīm looking for someone who can give me lessons right now. I donīt want to leave ...

I woke up early in the morning because the A/C was too cold. So I shut it off, opened up the windows and saw the bright mid-morning sun shine through. I saw that people were already on the beach just lazing around and being all-around rich Brazilian. Ahh, this is what I came for. I would've loved to be down there, but the view at our hotel was just amazing and I felt refreshed just by the view. So I went back to bed since Candy wasn't awake either. Later that day ...