Leaving Toronto... arriving Brazil

Well a lot has happened in the last week or however long since my last entry. I've visited quite a lot of music spots around Toronto, and it's been fun exploring the city with different people I've met. Christmas eve & Christmas day were really good with heaps of fun, snow, friendship & good times I'll remember for long while... (& of course lots of food & drink!) I went ice skating boxing day, & considering I've only skated a few times in my entire life, it was pretty fun, especially since I've never ice skated outside! After a few more excursions around the city, I finally got ready to leave on Sunday. THAT is where the nightmare begins...
First my flight to Washington was cancelled. I finally got a new flight that was going to have me jumping from city to city, but it wasn't until the following morning. After travelling in & out of the city with about 6 hours of waiting and public transport, I spent another night in Toronto, well another few hours anyway, as the new flight had me leaving the hostel at 4am! Then.... that flight got changed!! So I got on a plane... finally... got to Washington, then had to wait over 12 hours for my new flight to Rio!
Once in Rio, had more than a little bit of difficulty getting to the hostel here, although I think the public transport isn't too bad really. On arriving at the hostel, I found that what was meant to be my bed was being used by someone else who had stayed the night that I missed because of plane problems! After an afternoon of waiting & wandering around Botafogo absolutely exhausted from lack of sleep, everything was finally sorted & I have a home for the next week or so! I've got heaps of photos to show, but unfortunately, my camera isn't compatable with the software here, so hopefully I'll find somewhere else to get some pics up for you all, but until then, I'm going to try to rest some more as I still havn't fully recovered & I want to be awake for the world's biggest New Year's Eve party on Copacobana beach tonight!

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