Aymi’s Adventures

Sunset in Ipanema, Rio De Janeiro

Met Kate at the Airport in Rio and went straight to our hostel (Che Lagarto Ipanema) to be told that we couldn’t check in til 2pm – I swear all internet sights lie, it was supposed to be 24 hour check in! All in all the hostel was fab though, the only problem with it was the air con was only on from 7pm til 7am – not much use when your out til 6am most nights! So basically only got a couple of hours sleep most nights before waking up with sweat dripping off you!! By the end of the week I was pretty worn out and am hoping the toucan tour we are doing is gonna be a bit less challenging!

The main highlight of Rio for me was Ipanema beach and the fab beach party they had there one night after a bloco (street party) which was unexpected cos we knew nothing about it until we got there and then ended up there til 6am and watched the sunrise and saw in the arrival of Kate’s birthday. Well I did anyway – Kate passed out very drunk on some poor guy’s lap, it was allowed though as it was her birthday. It was a great night but the next day was not so good, felt rough and nackered and couldn’t sleep in our stupid sweat pit of a hostel and still haven’t managed to get rid of the sand from that night yet – it just gets everywhere!

That night was Kate’s birthday meal, about 10 of us went for a fab meal and we organised a suprise dessert and candle – she was so nackered from the night before she actually fell asleep at the table, then we went off to the Sambadrome for some more carnival fever.

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View of the street carnival from the balcony of our hotel

Okay i’m getting quite into all these leaving parties – let’s see if I can have one in every place I stay for over a week – that’s actually not many places if I stick to my planned schedule!!

Had a fab night on Saturday – apart from forgetting to take my camera – hence no piccies (and the fact that the computers here are always crashing so uploading photos takes forever – which is too long when there is so much better stuff to be doing!). Hopefully I will be able to put some on here eventually off Sejal or Kirsty.

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Feeding time at the zoo - literally!    So i'm still in Olinda and working at my project, but i've got into a bit more of a routine now. I can go to work in the morning ... [Continue reading this entry]