Therican - thanks for linking my blog to your website. That`s cool of you. The more people that read this thing the better I guess. December 16, Sunday I don`t remember what really happened this day. I`m sure I woke up late. I did go to the beach for awhile and I met up with Juliana for a bit. She is much cooler at night and not to mention bette...

I flew back to Rio a week later, on Tuesday 5th. I had hoped to go to a few places in between Salvador and Rio but it was turning out to be too complicated and too expensive. I spent another couple of nights in Rio and this time managed to fit in the controversial favela tour - basically a tour of the slums of Rio (think īCity of Godī). I know i...

Normal for a Favella! Take my hand, travel on the train ... it is a long journey, then you have to take the bus or a van. Donīt worry the vans are almost legal. The school is just across the bridge ... yes a train down there, a bit rickety and not really safe travel around here, but this is fine we have reached the school. The concrete building ...

So one of my biggest fears here in Rio is getting off the bus and not knowing where I am, where to go next or what to do. I never thought I'd ever be in this little situation, but I was forced to deal with one of my biggest fears. And you know what? It was not that bad. I walked to my usual bus stop to get to one of my teaching gigs at UERJ, and...

So finally we arrived in sunny Rio, the city that smells of an eternal BBQ and where bronzed gods and goddesses wander around the streets in their thongs and speedos! After arriving at 7pm having spent the last 24 hours on a bus (we~re getting used to them now!)our first outing in Rio was to the infamous Lapa street party. This is basically THE ...

Ipanema in Rio = bronzed bods, boobs and buns in itsy bitsy bikinis and was our first destination.... exactly as you imagine rio to be. Our first four days in brazil were spent lounging around on the beach, eating and drinking cocktails and beer- itīs a hard life!!! Ipanema was amazing- pristene beaches, ritzy shops- home of the beautiful people...

After switching apartments from Copacabana to Leblon where things were a little bit less crowded, I took things pretty easy. I mean aside from the beach day I really only had one other big night out. I was quite disappointed when I tried to go to the Sambodromo where things were just a little too hectic. That night after hitting wall after wall,...

Hope you all survived the end of 2002. We spent a very drunken Christmas in Buenos Aires (never drinking again), before heading north to the Iguazú waterfalls. We spent two very hot days (+40°C) enjoying this incredible mass of water, including a boat-trip under the falls. ..."As we stood in the tropical sunshine overlooking the majestic falls, ...