Windsor Barra Hotel Rio de Janeiro

Ola, gente,<br><br>Estamos nos preparativos da viagem. Tenho lido livrs sobre o Chile - em especial o Rough Guide do Chile - e pesquisado muito na Internet. Por incrível que pareça, a Internet, no site mochileiros.com, me deu várias idéias e dicas de viagem, que pretendo utilizar. <br ...

... but me was out until 4am so a movie fit the mood nicely. No movie.... The couple and I ended up going to a bar and getting a drink. I ended up getting a bottle of water and some hot.... Fresh... Pork skins. Good stuff when they are hot.<br>Next day....... Time to go.<br>I grabbed the bus to the airport and flew off to Salvador. Next update will be from Salvador.<br><br>Cheers!!!<br>Chris

... when we were allowed, or when Orlando wanted to boast some more of his extreme Brazillian knowledge. One of the stops allowed us to meet the Brazil Tree, which Orlando explained is red in colour and so gave the Indigineous Tribesmen a red tint to their skin when they were working with the wood, this red tint prompted early French settlers to give them the nickname ´Braseirra´ (spelling may not be correct) which means inferno/fire ... hence how the ...

... in the semi final.... we were going for Flamengo as thats where our hostel was... losers lost! They actually played kinda ******.... but it was all about the crowd!! The buzz was electric as they were going off with flags, and chants, marching up and down the stands... definitely a fun experience! So Sunday nite was the big one... the samba parade and floats at the sambadrome! Its like a massive stadium built specifically for the ...

So you start early in the morning.. walk with the band and sing like and dance to the crazy percussions like there is no tomorrow and then, the lovely people watching from the terraces of their houses shower you with cold water to cool down the crowds.. I LOVE IT!!! Make sure to check out the crazy sounds in the videos I took.. it is totally engulfing!

... we decided to give up and go home. had to wait for about 20 mins for a kombi though although a group of guys at the entrance to the favela were playing some really cool music. when we got back we decided to get a taxi back as it was ridiculous weather. however izzy wanted chocolate and by the time we had found some - and a burger - we were nearly home so ended up walking back up.

... employee "Do not worry Mr. Bruton". Eventu*lly *fter giving us two 35pound credit c*rds e*ch *nd promising us th*t the b*gs would eventu*lly show up *nd th*t they would forw*rd them to us in the hostel we left for Cop*c*b*n*.<br><br><br> The hostel we *re st*ying *t is excellently loc*ted in Cop*c*b*n* * 5min w*lk from the be*ch the n*me is Mellow Yellow *nd the b*r *nd food ...

... br><br>We bought our expensive tickets up there (R$36 each), found the entrance point to the train platform and joined the front of the queue at 09:41.<br><br>It would have been much easier to take a seat and wait with all the other people, but we really wanted to get good seats ...

... top-end hotels either) . Then I found out that Senhor Jose from the hotel´s small restaurant/bar speaks english. At the end of each day, I go back to my hotel and would tell Senhor Jose about my day. He listened and we would talk about random stuff, while I drink coffee or capirinha, or eat a steak sandwich that he had prepared. I tell him my plans for the next day, even if he probably didn´t care, but he listened. He always tells me to take a cab back to the hotel ...