Rio day 1

after a 14 hour flight, it was so nice to streatch our legs. we collected our bags and headed out of the airport.
straight away we were hassled by men tryin to get us into thier taxis, we declined and got onto a bus instead.
Heading towards our hostel it was a really sad and stiking experience. We drove through towns of houses made of mud, cardboard and anything they could find.
We arrived at the hostel after a short walk from the bus and were welcomed by a friendly guy called Greg. We got to our room and found we had a room with 2 double beds, awsome everyone thought we were bum boys already. He gave us a quick tour of the place and showed us all of the facilities...climbing wall, table tennis, computers, (ghetto) pool table (Brownjohn/Hayler are 1 up on the Sumner combo). Beers are cheap too, about 70p for a 1 and 1/2 pint bottle. They were suprised when we asked for 4 of these...they clearly dont know us well enough yet!
We decided to go straight out down to the beach, it was hot out, 34 degrees C (This trip had casualties, we all got burnt to a frazzle! - see pics)

It was awesome, white sand, hot sun and beautiful brazilian girls, what more could you ask for? Well how about the town your staying in being situated between two mountains, Sugarloaf and the mountain with Christ the Redeemer on (We can see this from our window).

Our first night out was a shambles, we tried lots of clubs and they were either empty, 100 reials entry, or you needed jeans on, not forgetting a gay club either. After cramming 5 of us in a taxi, we got out and a bunch of prostitutes were all over us, pulling their shorts down, showing their thongs etc...it was tough to stop Paul from going over and getting a piece of that sweet sweet candy...BAM. We ended up in a bar called Shanannigans, and yes it was an Irish bar. It was okay and we stayed there for a couple of drinks (Including a Caiprinha, the local brazilian drink...strong as a mother fucker). We were all knackered after the flight so headed back just before 3.
Bring on Sunday - possibly a funk party in the favelas!