Pousada Afrika Buzios

... also met a wonderful couple from Boston, MA. Their names were Corey and Matthew. We hung out with them on Sunday, driving around in their rented dune buggy, checking out the beaches. We opted to go to Geriba beach with their recommendation and we were glad we took it. Geriba beach is beautiful. It's long, wide and had lots of people compared to the smaller beaches on Buzios's penninsula, but the water was really clean and had great surf. We ...

... Rain, Ainīt Nutin but a G Thang, Piano Man, Tambourine Man, and either Kathyīs Song (Simon and Garfunkel) or Wish You Were Here, but I canīt decide on the 6th, so I guess this is my list of the top 7. I get my ass out of the hammock and head to the happening area of Buzios. Buzios is extremely beautiful and pristine and expensive. I find a cool lookin bar with a bunch of tables situated outside. I see two black chicks and this dude chilling at a table ...

... to buy a bottle of bubbly - how thoughtful. When Sergio arrives we light the candles and sing happy birthday - Sergio singing in Portuguese! Crack open the champas and start the celebrations. Later on we all board the booze bus (not an unusual occurance) pump the stereo, dance the night away! Elisha and Sergio compete for the fastest booty shake - and of course the Brasileiro had to win...fingers crossed for hang gliding tomorrow...

... That evening we had farewell drinks on the rooftop bar of our hotel, which was very nice, and gave out the 'Moose Awards'. My award was for being the most accident prone! We had an early start the next morning to go hang gliding from Pedra Bonita in Tijuca National Park, the largest urban park in the world. Almost as soon as I got to Pedra Bonita I was attached to a hang glider and running off the side of a hill without any time to think ...

... a dvd movie, my glide was also a beaut, floating like a bird, killer views, the landing is also a bit shaky but only adds to the occasion Wouldn't accept a card (again) so had to draw cash to pay,along with tomorrows tour which I paid at the same time I can now write a book on how to spend a 1000 reals in 2 minutes,it hurts,might have to cancel food for a few days to get the budget to balance Afternoon,another highlight ...

... transfer rooms your sheets & towells get transferred with you !!!! Brekkie here was good .. plenty of it and available anytime of the day .. fresh OJ, fruit, bread rolls w ham n cheese, cake etc. Rio Have spent our time here just exploring Rio. In a nutshell we loved it. Walking First day just spent walking .... about 8k,s we guess ... along the beach from Ipanema to the end of Copacabana and back via the streets. Gav got the cheapest ...

hey everyone :) "FAZ PAZ" means "MAKE PEACE" in portuguese & is one of the slogans for the org i~ve been chillin with these days. i don~t remember if i sent you guys the link to the org but i am hanging out with the Anas e Marias program at Viva Rio, which is a disarmament/anti-violence org that takes a social nurturing perspective to promoting peace. So the Anas e Marias program works with girls, young women & young mothers to nurture them in a way that ...

... mountain, all whilst eating breakfast. Apart from the ugly naked people in the building opposite, our apartment couldnt be more perfect. It even has cable tv, and all for 25 quid a night!!! Litre bottles of vodka are under a fiver here so we bought one on the first night and plan to get through it very soon (Glynn would die of liver failure in less than a week here!!). Itīs crazy everything is sooo cheap... we have been eating in restraunts with very good ...

... the sunset. You take a tram to get up to the town, the only one left in Rio and dating back to 1860 or thereabouts!! Pretty fun! We are now in Beautiful Buzios and how glad are we to be here. It is a beach town about 3 hours north east of Rio, where the rich locals of Rio come for their holidays. It is stunning. Loads of cool shops, bars, restaurants and pousadas and 25 beaches to choose from. We took a boat trip for 8 pounds that includes all the Caipirhinas you can drink, that ...

... had missed our bus and didnīt go anywhere elese I donīthink we would have minded too much. But alas we did return to Rio last night and have spent the entire day flying to Peru where we are now in Lima, awaiting to do our tour tommorrow, so I am getting excited about that. I will attach photos when I learn how to download them!!! And P.S. the thing about the Brazillian waxing must be a Western myth - I couldnīt find a beauticians anywhere!!