Wake up at 4pm, that`s right 4pm, the latest I have slept till on this trip. I feel pretty ****** (not good ****** hogger) and I actually go for a jog on the beach to try to make myself feel better. It actually works as I sweat out most of the toxins but for the first half hour after running I feel like puking and like complete ass but then the ...

Had brekky this morning and there were two cops with flak jackets and big guns on them. Apparently they are extremely well paid and are on constant partol on our street so they occasionally come to the Hostel for breakfast. Sounds like a good deal to me!! A few of us went to the Christ the Redeemer statue this morning. It was pretty awesome and ...

I am trying to make an effort to update this more often, instead of trying to pack like 6 days into one entry...sooo our first three days in Rio...We arrived to RAIN and everyone telling us it has not stopped raining here for days and days. Great. We were tired though on our first day, after another 19 hour bus ride, so we spent most of our day ...

Stay in Rio for the first session at Vale's headquarters and at Valer university

Hum, praticamente acabei de acordar! Tive um sonho, do qual me lembro pouco, de que já tinha viajado! haha Foi um susto acordar na minha cama! Qdo acordei, tive aquelas alucinações de pré-viagem de praxe: "ai, meu Deus, será que é amanhã mesmo, deixa eu conferir a passagem!Será que era pra eu ter ido ontem e me esqueci???" e neuras desse tipo......

Arrived groggy in Rio. Drove through interesting, heavy traffic to Ipanema Beach. Saw favelas.

Rio !!! (Its actually pronounced heo in portuguese) After 3 flights and12 hours travel. What a relief to be here. It´s great to see smiling faces everywhere. I have been here 3 days now and guess what ......... its been drizzling for 2 of those days. Day 1 was excellent and sunny so i hit Ipanema beach which is where i am staying. Loads of peopl...

We'd booked our last stint in Rio (and for that matter in South America...sob sob) at Stone of a Beach hostel as it was owned by a mate of mine from school. we were not disappointed. The hostel in about three streets back from Copacabana and is a fantastic old three story house nestled in amongst all the high rise apartment blocks. There is a po...

SARA SAYS... Copacabana. My earliest memory of this word was when my cousin Sue had her first date at a bar in Sault Ste. Marie called "The Copacabana". In typical Brunetti tradition, my family sang this song - cleverly altered by my Aunt Vicki - to humiliate Sue. "At the Copa... Copacabana. Susie and Darren at the Copa... Copacabana." Repeat wh...

Thank sweet baby Jesus we spent hours sewing ribbon on our bags cause every second backpacker had the same one as us. 14 hours on the plane wasn´t that bad. We had quite a lot of turbulance but I was so tired I couldn´t have cared less....´I don´t care if the plane is gonna crash, I want some bloody sleep!!!´ So we arrived in Rio safe and sound ...