Pousada Barlavento Buzios

I would like to start this post off with a thank you to Matt Radich......so glad we didnt rent a car and try and get here on our own. I think I have tested the limits of Erin's traveling adventures. We have stories to tell, but we are here and it is worth the hours of travel. Buzios is like nothing we have ever seen, and ...

... the crowd like Ar*chnid (the d*rt bo*rd comp*ny, not the spider, it´s * joke, not * good one) *nd pulls her off the motorcycle *nd then proceeds to punch her in the f*ce. As she punches her in the eye she slips *nd f*lls b*ckw*rds right in front of me which w*s pretty sexy since she w*s l*ying on her b*ck *nd looked *ngry. Two guys bre*k up the c*t fight which sucked, but it didn´t suck for long bec*use in 2 minutes they were right b*ck ...

... Anyways, we got our tickets to go and watch Fluminense vs Sporting Recife in the Maracana!! Cool!!! The rest of Saturday was spent chiling, drinking beer on the beach. We then went to a really cool restaurant and had a fantastic meal in the famous area of Ipanema!!! Sunday rolled around and we made our way to the stadium for the match!! We both have been to many sporting occasion but NOTHING will ever be like this. It was absolute mayhem ...

... Despite my fall...I have gotten better at 'scootering' and even drove home in some torrential rain last week with no problems. I just gotta keep an eye out for the ******* bad drivers. My parents surprised me with the news that they were coming to visit me. Back in January they had said they were going to come down...but it just didn't happen. Mom doesn't travel well and 10 hours in a plane would just be too much for her. Well, I was told by Dad that they would be ...

... then the fireworks start to tell you that the next school is starting. They get graded on how well people stay in formation, costumes, etc etc. So you always see people who´s job it is to keep them all in line, running out there to straighten them up. It was hilarious when there was a group that had these big heads on for their costumes and they obviously could barely see where they were going.... it was like trying to round up sheep or ...

... starts until then. On Thursday we decided not to go to the beach party and actually aquaint ourselves with Rio a bit. So we went of on the bus, driving here is completely insane! We basically wondered around town for a few hours by which time we were very hot and tired, so came back to hostel and Gemma went to sleep for a bit while I wondered down to the beach and relaxed. Although got completely covered in sand when a rescue helicopter ...

... My friend then helped me out huge by lending me his laptop for the rest of the weekend. Of course, knowing how life had been going for me lately...nothing was going to be THAT easy. I had the laptop...went to plug in my internet cable...and it didn't work. I finally had a computer...but now no internet. CURSES! So, back to my desk at work I went. I threw a bunch of stuff on one of those ****** online translators and saved them to the document being ...

hey guys have just been hanging out with local friends alot, letting them take me to their favorite spots & fun things like that.....some other stuff too but not interesting for the page :) today me & some girlfriends went on a boat party in Guanabara Bay to another part of town called Niteroí where there~s a ton of little islands & beaches...super fun & suuuuper relaxing...I can~t wait to get to a place where I can put some ...

After an early start, and an internal connection, we arrived in Rio after lunch to be met by out personal chauffeur. It all sounded good in theory having a personal tour of Rio, but it would have been better if he spoke some English...any English. Or if we spoke Portuguese or Spanish. As it was, we were only able to get an idea of were the Christ statue was...and that's pretty hard to miss. With our chauffeur not understanding ...

... shot of vodka though and am never doing that again here, it was disgusting, the local guy said I would have a headache the next day and did I ever! It´s not very good, all the spirits are really expensive. (Well, compared to beer, they´re $6 USD) I caught the bus to Buzios yesterday with a girl from Washington whose at the end of her trip. The buses in Brazil are nicer than Canada, with big comfy reclining seats, it was awesome. Our hostel we´re staying at, Buzios ...