Pousada Santorini Buzios

... to the boat and they get soaked. We all have a bunch of fun and the whole experience takes me back to my highschool days. The girls are all super cool and they are so much fun because they act like highschool kids, maybe because they practically are. They act immature and stuff but that´s why they are such a good time, they have no inhibitions and I have to remind myself what it was like to be 17 and 18 years old. The one girl (Amanda ...

... tiny white swimming trunks - lovely! Our final night in Rio was spent meeting up with our tour group for our trip across South America. We both felt slightly nervous as we will be spending the next 7 weeks with these people so hopefully we´d all get on. We didn´t need to worry as everyone is really lovely. There are 12 of us in total (5 guys, 7 girls) and our tour leader Jono. We all went out for a meal and a few drinks before setting off to our first destination - Paraty...........

... Masses of jumbled power lines, graffiti, sewer running through the streets, piles of rubbish every 20 meters, families, shops selling food and drinks, jewelery, S#*T just brushed shoulders with a gang of dealers with multiple hand guns strapped to their belts!! This is absolutely loco! (crazy) We visit an art gallery inside the slum and meet the artists, their work is fascinating. We also stop at the favella's child ...

... island to go swimming,we thought one swim and lotion time,well after an hour swimming I was probably red already, I just couldn't see it, then a wee nap in the sun and it was all over, diving off the boat into the clear blue sea, a beach lunch, and another island later I was rue-ing my daftness, and I will be for many days to come Its a damn good day trip which cost in total 80 reals pp,good value,an awesome time Got back to the hostel at 9pm exhausted after a long day, sunburnt ...

... pages of technical proceedings for internal audits and equipment inspections. Having never done any official translation before...nor knowing oil business terminology in English...let alone Portuguese...I decided of course, to take the job on. The money was the determining factor...almost double of the monthly salary I make at the company I work at now. Translating is big business and despite the problems I had (which I will detail next) I think I will be ...

... they fast. so if you are going to Lapa take "carioca" station & get a cab outside....and if you go to copacabana & ipanema the beaches are written on the stops in the metro. -have an açaí, drink guaraná, don~t have too many caipirinhas too closely & do purchase havaianas as they are $30 canadian & only $R12 here and are the best thing that ever happened to your feet -also eat churros with doce de leite "doh-see gee lay-chee ...

... We were in one of the nicer areas - Ipanema. Beautiful beaches, nice bars and restaurants; the streets are very leafy and green. Quite European in a Spanish sort of way. Friendly people, too, in our experience. Ours was an extremely insulated experience. It would be hard to understate the problems that exist in Rio - the poverty and violence. There are 6,000 murders a year and it´s pretty much expected that you´ll be mugged at some point. We have since met a traveller who ...

... a savory and prolific collection of the best Sushi and Sashimi available at the uber-hip restaurant, Sushi Leblon. Surrounded by the young and beautiful (which in Rio is kind of redundant), I spent the entire meal winking at my good buddy, "see...I told you." Hitting a new outpost of the popular Devassa brewery chain on the way home, we slowly nursed a couple of chocolaty dark brews while we observed the local crowd. From well dressed, to hardly dressed at all ...

... crowed & the water was chili. We saw a beach with red sand. It was quite a drive to this beach. The next day we decided we'd come to this beach & spend the morning & afternoon. After having pizzas at a Pizzeria in the city center, we did some shopping & bought mangoes & coffee to take back home. The next day, we started early & drove to this red-sand or the oven beach ...

... and Brazilian, of course. This is an excellent location to be. The high society of Brazil turned this little fishing village into what it is today in the 60s after Brigite Bardot was photographed sauntering barefoot along one of the 25 beaches. Today it is the place for the rich Brazilian upper class, but still very pleasant if you do not belong to them. I´m lovin' it!