I got up early and had my breakfast. I then walked to the nearby souvenir shop to find some gifts but either something was too expensive or they didn't have the right size etc. I left disappointed but did buy my dad a pair of Brazilian beach trunks!! I said goodbye to Nacho, Bruno, Jacob and my Canadian friends from Vancouver. I got a taxi to the airport and checked-in. I wasted some time on the internet and browsing spirits in the duty free shop. I waited ...

I got up before 11 and had watermelon followed by banana cake. My gang of Canadian friends who are: Crystal, Chelini, Charlynne, Mo and Amjit. They all have family originally from other countries: Phillipines, India, Fiji and India. We decided to do the touristy thing today and see Christ and Sugar Loaf Mountain. We waited on Charlynne and Mo (who run on Fiji time). Eventually we walked over to their hotel and hurried them along. We got taxis to Christ and ...

I got up after 11 feeling hungover and wishing I hadn't drunk so many caipirinhas! I moved to a different dorm as I was still not happy with the Israeli guy as he never even apologised. The Canadian girls partied hard last night too and were all hungover. So we all walked down to the beach with whinging Christian. Thankfully he left after we refused to go to the beach with him. We walked along the Copacabana beach but the weather took a turn for the worse a...

I got up early and spoke to a German guy called Jacob who is working in the hostel as a barman for a month. He asked if I wanted to go to the beach with him. I happily agreed and we set off for the busy Copacabana beach. We found some trustworthy locals to leave our stuff with such as towels, books, glasses. We then ran into the water diving through huge crashing waves. It was great fun! We then sunbathed on the beach for 2 hours people-watching. Almost all the g...