i LOVE brazil

Oi Amigas!

tehehehe, in brazil 'oi' is like saying 'hi'. i love it!

I landed in Brazil about 2 and a half weeks ago with the intention of staying in Sao Paulo for 3 nights.... then 6.... then 9.... and then it was time for me to go to Rio :-(. I was told Sao Paulo was really boring and that I shouldnt stay there long... I ended up having the BEST time. Partied really hard with some awesome awesome people. During the day we kinda just hung around, i didnt actually see that much of Sao Paulo but I saw enough to know I love it. One night we went to a samba thing with a live band and a whole lot of locals. It was so much fun, there were a few guys leading the crowd through all these dance moves. It was amazing. I had to also stay for the Monday night because it was the 1 year anniversary of the hostel i was staying at. One of the guys DJed at a club and we spent the whole night dancing.

Got to Rio about a week ago. My hostel is pretty balls. Its stinking hot and the people here arent the best. Met some cool Canadian chicks who I went to Sugar Loaf with the other day and have been checking out carnival with. The first night here was cool. We went to a silent disco (headphone party) which was funny, not really something i would do again but it was pretty rad. We went with a bunch of guys from the hostel who were really nice. The next night we went to a street party in Lapa, there was a bit of house music but no dancing or anything and no samba :-( people were just standing around drinking beer. The next night was great though, again we went out with the guys but they ended up turning into moody bastards (we decided they had partied waaay too much and now they were burnt out) so we ditched them and hung out with these awesome brazilian chicks. We went to a beach party and drank caipirinhas all night... caipirinhas are this brazilian cocktail made from cachaça, a spirit made from sugar cane, lime and sugar.... and they are brutal!!! a couple of those and you're set for the night... and then we did it all again... and again... last night the brazilians were STILL going. The streets of ipanema were totally packed but we were all pretty dead, and i'm still feeling it a bit tonight.

Unfortunately, I am now sharing a room with a total douche bag and no one here really seems that cool. I'm pretty ready to leave and get down to Argentina. Right now I am drowning in the smell of bad cologne surrounded by drunk american dudes... they're really not my kind of people...

But all in all I love brazil. I dont want to leave... I do want to leave this hostel but I dont want to leave the country...

Hope all is good in your various countries.

xxoo