Windsor Barra Hotel Rio de Janeiro

... and got some of it sold. These guys have real talent. I am going to put her in touch with a friend doing a dissertation in grafitti art, so at least these guys get mentioned. If anyone knows someone in this field please get in touch. In art procuration or something or interested in upping awareness of talented artists. These guys are mostly from the favela with so much talent and little opportunity.

The past few days I've been out to Salsa or Samba ...

... drank coco waters...4 fannnnies!! suz, was learning her canadian and we were learning our english..again made things quite hillario! next, we headed to canoa quebrada..another beach town, north of pipa. on the way there i think kristi may have even met her soulmate (sorry justin) H-Ock e H-Ole! our canoa experience was short, but probably the best day i´ve ever had in my life... our poussada was dirt cheap, we had our own balcony and hammock ...

... ll *sd*’s w*res in order to find them *g*in..****. Most of us went for * wee d*nder to the be*ch *nd following 2 wee counselling sessions, one welcome one not, off to the tent for * few hours sleep, I’m sure y’know th*t I *lw*ys end up doing bre*kf*st the night *fter c*mping.

Up *t 7*m to cook eggy bre*d, we were off *t 8.30 for P*r*ty, I bid * fond f*rewell to my timberl*nds h*ving found out th*t the b*d smell on the bus w*s *ctu*lly ...

... houses, quite a few people making an effort to make it look nice by painting their home in bright colours, mosaics and plants and flowers! Electricity looks like it is all very dodgy and illegal, but the houses all had metered electricity and clean running water.
We could not visit one of the favelas we were supposed to go to, as the police had arrived ...

... for a while with our books and savoured the good climate around us. After much difficulty in finding it, we managed to catch a performance of the new Star Trek film in the Botafogo district - well worth the wait in my opinion.

The next day we began our city exploration by taking a tour. We revisited the Maracana stadium, this time to its museum, to step in the footprints of Brazil's greatest football players on the floor as well as taking silly pictures with the players on the ...

... surrounded by Cop*c*b*n* *nd Leblon which *re gre*t pl*ces to go out for good food *nd where the loc*ls go out. The H*m *nd Cheese Rolls for Bre*kf*st will t*ke * bit of getting used though! Lo*ds of friendly people here coming to the end of their tr*vels so we *re trying to get *s much *dvice on pl*ces to stop *long the w*y.
There *re * few essenti*ls to do in Rio, Christ the Redeemer, the sug*r lo*f mount*in over the city, see the F*vell*s, Go ...

... ropende. De gikk hardest ut mot jentene som hadde vesker. Tok veska til Lene med kamera og lommebok. Jeg hadde to stykker paa meg som rev og slet og slo for aa faa tak i tingene mine. Det var ganske traumatisk, men mest fordi vi var saa uforbredte. Dette er Ipanema, det tryggeste omraadet i Rio! Det gikk veldig fort, og jeg husker bare at jeg sloss, haha , slo han ene i magen med albuen, og ropte NO, NO :) Nesten litt komisk naar jeg tenker paa det naa...Jens, som ikke fikk noen ...

... folia de reis que acontece no mês de maio e em outros lugares em outubro. Angela lembrou que várias pessoas de lugares distantes iam se consultar com o nosso tio feiticeiro. A missionária Fernanda no mesmo dia também sonhou que estava atravessando uma rua cheia de bandidos armados. E ela estava de frente para os marginais com uma arma pequena, aparentava ser um revólver calibre 38, que ela mantinha escondido na mão. E ela pensava: se eles me confundirem... Ela ficou com ...

... chap bounced over to us, introduced himself as "Hia" (?!) in perfect English and generally proceded to charm the pants off us.

As soon as he stopped talking, Katie turned towards me and asked "Please can I go with him?".

I nodded and hoped that she meant hang-gliding ...