Hi Everyone! Still living it up in Rio. Had a great night a couple of nights ago on the copacabana. Went down for 'one´ drink the other night, they have kiosks on the beach that serve beer. THe lads took the football down and decided to have a game. A group of Chileans next to us decided to join in so it was gringos (white people) against the chileans! The gringos beat the chileans 7-0! Stayed on the beach till 6am to watch the sunrise which didn´t look too good since it started raining. Went to the zoo yesterday, it was really good, better than i expected. THere were loads of animals to see, especially birds. We saw a wild marmoset in a tree! THe zoo is in the middle of a park so there are ... read more

Hi Everyone, Welcome to our first entry, which is going to be pretty short since all we've done since we got here is eat, drink and sit on the beach! We stayed in Casa 6 hostel in Ipanema for the first 2 nights, and on our first full day we went to Ipanema beach and chilled out for the day. THe weather is scorching, about 32 degrees during the day.(They have billboards everywhere with the temperature and the time, and guess whos picture is on all the billboards?- Ronaldo! He has hair now.) On the beach there's all kinds of sports like football, volleyball, tennis etc. THe kids go to their soccerschool on the beach in the mornings (very cute). The soccerschool is with Flamengos, a local team. There's people playing football everywhere. On our first ... read more