Thursday 26 August Another quite a nice day in Rio to begin with and for my move to Botafogo which was about 10 minutes away from the hotel in a cab. When I arrived at the hostel, The Botafogo Easy Hostel, initially I thought we'd gone to the wrong place as there was nothing to indicate it was one so I rang on the bell outside the gate a little ...

Where do we start on this topic? First day at Botafogo Easy Hostel, we meet one of the workers, Sergggio he introduces himself to us. He seems pretty cool, but little do we know he is going to be the centre of our universe in Rio! We soon learn this kid is out of control! Just as crazy as us. The friendship begins with an invitation to Ipanema B...

Yesterday we arrived in Rio De Janeiro. Rocked up to our hostel - the Botafogo Easy Hostel, a top find. Room is decent, 6 bed mixed dorm, although no one in the other three beds so we have it to ourselves. Lockers in the rooms for valuables, female bathroom downstairs, fully equipped communal kitchen, cool English speaking workers YAY, pool in t...

Wow, what a cool place Rio is. It's like a third jungle, a third sprawling metropolis and a third white sandy beach. Sadly no pictures yet, as i took the lonely planets advice not to bring a camera with you while wandering around in Rio. What a load of balls. The place is as safe as Ballymun on a saturday... So anyway we arrived at the airport, ...

We moved hostels to Botafogo Easy Hostel