Tupiniquim Hostel Rio de Janeiro

Hi All! This part of the trip is where things are gonna get crrranked up and busy because I've got 4 cities to see in two weeks. WOOHOO!! Enough of sitting around and waiting what to do. Its very busy in the land of Jim these days. On Monday 19th March I finally arrive in Rio De Janeiro - home to 6.5 million people (from Portuguese and Africo Portuguese decent) carnivals, wazzle birds, ladyboys and world champion football players. Not to mention healthy fat big beaches, rocks with rude shapes...

went to maracana football stadium, there was the equivalent of a premier game on - flamengo and atlantico. 45000 people in a 55000 seater stadium. the atmosphere was mental. we were up for the home team and i was cheering them like crazy - my voice is still gone and that was two days ago. i got tons of photos for cio. went out in rio again on saturday. leah was wrecked but i went with this brasilian girl, paola, and a bunch of her friends. we went to a rock night in a club it was mental. ramo...

well yesterday we went on a tour and that was cool. watched the motorcycle diaries as well, then we slept. we were wrecked. today was loively and sunny we went to the beach. went to ipanema beach first, was lovely then lunch then copacabana beach. rio rocks. everyone keeps asking me if i like marijuana coz of my dreds. i expect they were all trying to sell, its very common over here. but im not about to chance that. its really cool here nowhere near as scary as the guide boks say. there was l...

still in rio. i climbed the climbing wall in the hostel it was cool. yesterday we went to a waterfall in the middle of the rainforest (well a park that has rainforest in it). it was freezing but it was really cool. we bought some usb sticks - a bit cheaper here than at home. put all our photos on so we have more room on our cameras. but cant resize photos on this pc so none up for bebo yet. im gona try to download the software but i bet i wont have administrator priveleges so it probly wont w...

Crazy old Rio, it was to be the most eagerly awaited part of the trip and it didnt disappoint...for many different reasons than was expected..! The transition from Sao Paulo to Rio felt huge, we were leaving the concrete jungle and entering a cool, very chilled...more expected Brazilian vibe. Into the hostel Tupiniquim, we were greeted by the great Wagner Souza da Cruz, a man whose natural ability to love life, alongside his amazing colleagues of VeVe, Daniel, Francisco, and their ''Get On It...

I write this having spent a number of nights in the awesome city that is Rio De Janeiro and I would specify that number but forgoing any enquiries, I have no idea what day of the week it is! All i know is that the beach resort of Saquerama (that was supposed to be my next destination) will not be happy. HAving already made 2 cancellations and extended my stay here by a number of days I have managed to blag a further 4-a feat of some degree considering that everywhere insists on a minimum of 7...