Trip Hostel Rio de Janeiro

... The drive there we passed by one of the slum neighbourhoods right at Leblon. The people of the suburb work 2 or 3 jobs in the surrounding tourist areas so this is the only affordable area for them to live that is nearby (because of the granite hills the development in Rio is concentrated by the water - if you want to get to the other side of the hill you have to go around). There are a lot of gangs that prosper in this area and its easy to see why: high density ...

... to watch a football match and then came across a Chinese man with an enormous camera perched on top a tripod. The camera was pointing towards the dark sea, and I didn't understand what he was trying to photograph so I asked. He looked at his watch and explained that in 27 minutes the moon would be coming up. I smiled, shrugged and carried on. I continued to a small market selling touristy stuff from jewelry to bikinis and sarongs and ...

... in the US, it is nothing as compared with Brasil. The public schools, horrifically funded, are overcrowded disasters where children attend for maybe 4-5 hours per day and in shifts; some kids attend from 5-9pm. Class differences are also enhanced as no rich person sends their kids to the cesspools that are the public schools. Tracked from a young age, children that attend private schools their whole lives are also those that earn most of the seats at the ...

... His flight lasted bout 10mins cos the wind wasn´t high that day, great day for the beach but not so good to be catching the big winds above Rio!! Meanwhile while Will was busy flying the skys I was idling watchin other people and in particular 3 Irish people arrive and their antics before they left, it was really quiet funny, the guy Tommie was not goin anywhere without his camera, cos Antonia at the hostel had told him he could bring it ...

... at four. She showed up at about half twelve and again at about two. We repeatedly explained to her and to the porter over the phone that if Camila couldn't be contacted, it seemed she was away from her phone, we would pay for a locksmith to get us out. The woman disappeared for two hours, it was now four o'clock, five hours into our sentence in the expensive appartment, when we managed to get the woman on the phone again. She amazingly said something like oh ...

... across their driverless tram system which was designed to bring its passengers to the different terminals which would otherwise be a daunting feat. The one thing Vince and I have been doing non-stop since we embarked on this journey is eat. We have been eating eating eating and since we got to Rio only yesterday...we have already eaten at two Brazillian bufftets. Oobre affordable and hella tastey. The Brazillian diet is jam packed with protein (lots of meet ...

... interactions, I realized both were very untrue. In trying to get from the airport to the apartment where I am staying, I simply wanted the bus driver to tell me when to get off. I showed him the piece of paper that I had written my stop on, and he nodded excitedly. I went on for a good 60 seconds trying to convey my message, but it wasn't taking. Knowing now how different ...

... the Man United v Barcelona Champions League semi 2nd leg.

As you'll know by now United squeezed through thanks to a Paul Scholes Special after Barca bossed the entire game, but it was a fantastic result for the scum without either Rooney or Vidic.

Being a Liverpool fan I was obviously gutted that they went ...

... the Kop, but I don't think I've ever seen flags quite this big!



The Fluminese fans also passed around the biggest football shirt that I've ever seen in my life!



There were loads of guys walking around with really heavy boxes selling ...

... and have
noticed a million and one things. a few standouts: they love shox (the
shoes) here. everyone who´s anyone has them. Boys only really wear board
shorts, girls never wear shorts. Long beads around your neck are totally
in. :) You can pay off the police, no problemo. Most of the street artists
speak english! ive witnessed two pairs of brazilians catching pigeons (both
times, a white one) and putting them into boxes and then walking on their
merry way as if ...