Rio Samba Show and Beach Football Great show last evening, colourful costumes, skillful dancing girls 6ft tall without their heels on, and they really could move and shake!! The pre dinner meal was a steak eaters paradise, though as you know i don't really like rare meat. At one point i used my barbaqued banana as a damn to stop the river of blood from contaminating my salad!! I managed to exchange the superb steak for Damian's banana, so we were both happy. Lia...

Phew, it's only taken me an hour to get as far as loading up my new notebook computer, including downloading a virus protector, connecting or activating it's roaming radio thingame, translating the portuguese internet connections and hey presto I'm connected wirelessly to the Windsor Palace Hotel overlooking Copacavana Beach. It's19.20, still 31 degrees, we're off to a Samba show and dinner at 8pm so.....time's run out, got to get a cold shower and be 'beautiful ...