hey guys, still in Rio...we didn't move to the beach hostel....just stayed in the first one...figured that hot showers were worth it!! On thursday we went on a tour to the biggest slum in rio which was eye opening. it was really mad how they can live so close together and just build houses on top of each other. we also got to visit a school and see the kids...it really is so much different here than back at home. Went to cococabana beach yesterd...

Ola People!!! Im finally in Rio!!! The first five days have been brill...madrid was sooo cool and sooo hot...have myself a tan already!! The hostel we stayed in was really nice however we had some extremely patriotic americans staying with us which was sometimes annoying On Friday we managed to give ourselves our own city tour of madrid which was quite entertaining...7 hours of walking and a lot of going round in circles!! We finally managed t...