Armacao Dos Buzios Beach

... the somba in the streets. We met up with a local that we met and a lady from New York that they were on a date. So the americans (erin and I), and the blokes from England (Paul & Tracey) crashed their date. We are having an amazing trip, and miss everyone, especialy our dog. We will check in a couple of days.......

... tonight *nd I definitely donīt w*nt to st*rt t*lking to *nyone bec*use more times th*n not th*t just le*ds to * long night of drinking. I just h*d 2 cr*zy *ss, drunk *nd re*lly long nights, I need * night off. People *re d*ncing in the street *nd b*nd is j*mming *w*y *nd everything is perfect until this motorcycle pulls up pretty close to me *nd some chick tries to jump on the b*ck of it. And when she does, some other chick comes d*rting ...

... home treatments (soaking hand, foot and knee in a hot water/salt/vinegar solution), the skin re-growth process began. It's been over two weeks now and all I have left are some scabs and a hairy knee. I don't take the residential streets anymore...I take the main road to work and back now. Strangely, I feel safer on the main road. I just stick to far right of the lane and go at my own speed (I can't go faster than 50 km anyway...LOL) and always get to work on ...

... shocking things. Johnīs neck is getting sore from it whipping around so often to do a double take. Anyway, I believe we left there at about 3:30am. That was an early night. Last night we had our $180US tickets to the Sambadrome. Basically it is different samba schools showing off their stuff. Last night there were 7 schools (the event goes from 7pm - 7am). They each get something like 60-80 minutes, then there is about a 20 minute break ...

... going to have a relaxed evening, gemma is a bit ill cos left with a cold which has got worse. So after sitting in the jacuzzi spa! She is having an early night in preparation for beach party tommorow and I am heading to the hostel bar. Hope you are all well. Keep in touch. xx Well Rio is just as mad and frenzied as everyone says! Hostel is cool, basically everyone hangs out in the bar from about 9 til 12 and then goes out into town. Nothing ...

... roads were inundated and I had to cut across this muddy terrain just to get home). So, Saturday morning came (the 5th) and by 8 AM I was sitting at my desk here at the company. I did some hard core translating until 3:30 PM and then went home for a bit to meet up with my IT friend who ran a diagnostic on my computer to try to determine what had gone wrong. We narrowed it down to being either the motherboard or the little cooling system directly above the ...

... whose name is Janaína. She started working like...the same week that I did...so we've bonded. She's bringing a girlfriend of hers from Rio to join us. I am foreseeing a fun-filled evening with lots of food, drink, dancing, a potential hook-up and either a refreshing drunk dunk in the pool or skinny-dipping adventure in the ocean. We shall see what the night brings ;). I'll post about my holiday exploits as soon as I have a sober day after they are over, okay? Tchau guys!

... We met up with the kiwi girls in Ipanema. Given the team was at full strength again, an hour after landing in Brazil we were off to Lappa and buying the most evil caipirinhas known to man off street vendors and joining the party (on a traffic island). The next couple of days were spent checking out the beach, football sights. Our stay in Rio was short but sweet. Next stop - the tropical north of Brazil (Jericoacoara).

... beer and didnīt feel even buzzed, the beer here is everywhere and cheap but it is really weak, good thing though. I spent the day at the beach for the first time on thursday, at Ipanema and went swimming, it was only 22 degrees though, but I still got burnt. Went out again on Wenesday to a cute little pub in Ipanema called Emporium, then we went dancing. I still donīt know what time the clubs shut down at, we didnīt leave til 5:00 a.m! People love to party here. I did ...