mak and i just got back from a day in the city! we woke up around 9am - in time to get the hostel b'fast which actually wasnt half bad. i loved the fact that instead of OJ we get mango juice (yum!!!) and mini bananas (also yum!) ...the rest was typical hostel menu (buns, jam, ham). Heather and i were crafty and made ourselves sandwiches for lunch (thanks mom for the ziplock bags :)
so we set off to see to Corcovado (Christ Redeemer statue) ...took the local bus for a mere $2.10R - bargooons! it was about a 30 mins ride to the mountain. we stopped in at a pharmacy to get water -- they were highly amused by Mak and I... we got free nail files - SO random! Then we took the tram up to the top where the humungous statue was - of course we took the typical touristy photos in front of the statue, wandered around a bit and then ate our lovely little lunch on a bench. we re-lathered ourselves in sunscreen and mosquito repellent (did i mention its 32 degrees here!!!!) then took the tram back down. we hopped on a bus that said `ipenema` - it got us back to our neighbourhood no problemo! i think by tomorrow mak and i will be able to give tours of ipenema! the neighbourhood is sooo clean - its actually quite amazing.
apparently i can pass for a Brazillian because people come up to me and start rattling off in portuguese... of course after i stare at them blankly and say `eenglesss` they figure out that i'm a tourist!
update on ethnographic observations...
1) people wear realllly tight pants
tonight we're meeting up with heather's friend Camilla... hitting up a concert and then hopefully heading to a samba club! stay tuned....
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