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Saturday, April 1st, 2006

Vina del Mar – really wish I knew how to turn these damn photos round on here!!!

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So the 14 hour bus journey was as uncomfortable as ever, but the views coming into Mendoza were amazing, it was so flat but the Andes were in the distance and it just felt like we were driving right into this huge mountain range.

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Carnival in Rio De Janeiro

Thursday, March 2nd, 2006

Sunset in Ipanema, Rio De Janeiro

Sunset in Ipanema, Rio

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!

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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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Salvador

Friday, February 17th, 2006
View of Salvador Harbour SSCN3102.JPG Had a lovely 12 hour bus journey to get to Salvador but after the first day there thought it was well worth it. I did not enjoy carrying my backpack ... [Continue reading this entry]