Day 6

Sunday 7^th November 2010

Suzi finally got her head off the pillow about 11 o clock but was still drunk until at least 1 despite another fantastic breakfast! We decided we would head off to the beach for one last time before we have to leave Rio. L

We decided to try Copacabana beach today and again saw the best......

... and the worst that Rio has to offer. It would appear that the Cariocas truly believe that one size fits all when it comes to bikinis and that so long as your nipples are covered it really doesn't matter if everything else is hanging out!- I would beg to differ!

I was restricted to under the brolly bathing due to my lack of respect for the Brazilian sunshine on Friday. Although it wasn’t so bad, I had Russell Brand's new book to keep me out of trouble, Suz was mainly asleep.

We headed back to the room for a shower before heading out to get picked up for the Football. We got picked up from a villa called Casa Bonita. When we got to the stadium it was a bit unnerving.

There wasn’t anything to put your finger on it was just generally quite an intimidating place. So we thought “well, we’re not going to beat them, so lets grab a beer and join in”.

The football itself was shocking!!! Just a really poor standard, bit like watching Bury, in the warmth. But the crowd were amazing, the atmosphere was electric, they was hundreds of flags waving and these inflatable bin bags that we all got given.

They just sang and sang all the way through, which for the football they we’re watching was amazing.

The team we’d decided to support eventually won 1-0.

The half time grub wasn’t up much, Banana Pastel anyone?? (actually turneed out to be salty ground beef in pastry)!!

At full time nobody leaves either, they just stay and bang the drums and sing. We got back to the mini bus to find Arten Senna reincarnated and behind the wheel. We drove home at break neck speed and we we’re more than a little concerned for our lives almost all the way, I was praying for a traffic jam.

We got back to Ipanema, pasty, white and a bit sick and decided to get a Domino’s pizza due to tiredness/ laziness and head back to the room.

Today we’re going for a tour of the slums (Favelas) with a guide who still lives there, if you don’t here from us again, we’re in a shanty town below Christ the Redeemer.

If we make it out alive, we’re catching a plane to Igazzu Falls at 5 o clock.