Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America I got up this morning and really had one goal for the day. I wanted to go back to the Havaiana shop that we went to on the free walking tour of downtown and get some flip flops as gifts for a few people. So I got up, got the metro down to Carioca where the tour had started, and was pretty shocked at what I found. There were tens of thousands of people…
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America I woke up to another beautiful morning here, although it looks like it’s going to be another hot one. I met up with Becky at the Cantagalo metro station and we headed over to the lake to walk around it. It was a really nice walk, and took about two hours, and a great way to start the day. It felt completely safe and comfortable to walk around. When we got almost all the…
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America I had a good night’s sleep last night, and I have to say that I am so incredibly happy to have air conditioning in my room here. It’s really hot here. Like really hot. And humid. All the time. It’s exhausting. So to have a nice cooled room I can come back to and sleep in is really nice. I hopped on the metro and got down to Carioca station in the downtown area…
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America I woke up this morning and had a look outside to find that it was an absolutely perfect day! There was not a cloud in the sky, which is exactly what I was hoping for. I text Becky and she was very keen to go see Sugarloaf and Christ the Redeemer today, so we agreed to meet at 10am. I also got a text from Madalena saying that since it was such a perfect…
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America I had a good day today, and got to see a little more of the city. I had a good night’s sleep, and thank god for the A/C because it gets really hot here, even at night. When I got up at about 9am, Janine was already gone, so I had the washing machine all to myself. This is the first time in ages I’ve been able to do laundry for free, which is…
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America I had a pretty good first day in Rio, but I didn’t see all that much really. I had to get up at my hostel this morning, get all my stuff together, and then get out of there around 8:20am so I could be at my new apartment by 8:30am. Luckily for me, the new place is only a four minute walk from my hostel of last night. I got there right on time…
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America I got up this morning, had some breakfast at the hostel, and got my stuff packed up so I could finally get out of that craphole. At about 10:30am I headed over to Gray and Jo’s guesthouse on the beach and chilled with them for a bit. I was able to leave my bags there and we went to one of the little cafe’s on the beach to have a juice before the boat…