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...