Ola, Last blog from Rio. We're flying to Salavdor tonight for a cheaper and apparently warmer atmosphere. It's been 40 degrees here by the way. Absolutely unforgettable day yesterday at the Maracana...just look at the photos...enough said. We both got really into the game as 122,000 fans packed into the stadium to see Flamengo beat Botafogo 4-2 on penalties. The enthusiasm of the Flamengo fans was infectious - the noise and the colour was truly incredible - a...

Bonite, On Thursday we gave a man a hug and bought him dinner. We are now hoping to stay with his rich cousin in Florianopolis, which is half way between Rio and Salvador. A hug can go a long way...remember that. Last night we got Louis wasted - he's still in bed nursing his hangover. He's 51 and only got out of bed to give us some aspirin and make sure we had our tickets for the tour to Corcovada. Today we rode in a VW camper-van to see Jesus. He was very p...

 OUR FAKE CATHOLIC WEDDING (WITH LOUIS): Hello English fans, Imagine a tanned Gerard Depardieu in Speedos and you can picture Louis; a middle-aged bespectacled frenchman who lived in California for 20 years and now works PR for the CopaHostel. Since we arrived he has looked after us a lot. On our first night here he showed us where to find the best mash potato in Rio. This morning, whilst Victoria struggled with the challenge of moving from a horizonta...

`Tom`s taking too bloody long on this...he thinks he's George Orwell.` A German with a big c*** is not the way we pictured our first night in Rio. After touching down at the airport we headed in a taxi towards the Pousada Favelinha - which is located near St. Teresa; a small village on a forested hillside overlooking the entire city, directly opposite Sugarloaf Mountain. A Favelha is technically a shanty town but the people were very friendy...a pass...