Andrea: I'm here in the lobby of our hotel getting ready for round...I don't know what round, but getting ready to walk the streets again up to the Sambodromo in the hopes of seeing some more great floats and costumes for free. Tonight and tomorrow are the Grupo Especials performing so it promises to be even more over the top than last night. Hopefully our Sambodromo voyage tonight will go off without a hitch as the rest of the day has been full of queues and mi...

Vern: We arrived safe and sound in Rio and after an uneventful flight and an hour long immigration queue, the airport bus driver was determined to give us a little taste of buses to come. He ignored all 'Pare' signs and read the maps which tourists handed him while driving at full speed. We slept in a six bed dorm in a clean, professional hostel in Ipanema. Today it is 25 degrees, but unfortunately we brought the clouds and sporadic rain with us. Unperturbed, we...