well this is brazil

Oh k everyone. I know that this isnt exactly what you might have expected me to say about brazil but this is how I have taken it in so far. I have been here for only about three days now and I have gotten a feel for it. I knew it was going to be more expensive than Argentina but this is a little bit more than I was expecting. My first evening and fallowing day I spent as much money that would last me over a week in Buenos Aires. I know there are cheaper places to eat that I have found now but it still is quite expensive. I was paying like 12 cad dollars for a meal . no wonder there are so many homeless people in these cities. Sao paulo was huge and Rio is amazing but it is so superficial and full of bodybuilding speedo strapped fake bods. well in otherwords just a lot of people out to impress. And the language hasnt really taken me either. I am in this continent to learn spanish and this place is just,..... weird for language. Portuguese sounds like a mix of hebrew, japanese, french, and spanish. Origato is thank you in japanese. Gracias is in spanish, and obrigado is thank you in portuguese. Well there you go. its weird. I met a really cool guy named Ira but its too bad that I am probably leaving soon to head back into the spanish speaking world because there is nothing holding me here. My first morning here in Rio de Janiero I decided to go with a handful of brits to a ol fashion football game at an irish pub. Big mistake. While im writing this they are still walking through the room and calling me the big woman who wasnt gettin piss drunk offa beer at 1045 am while becoming soccer hooligans lol. Oh well it was still a good day and They are only kiddin, I can tell. I know that I want to see a couple more things in Rio and then I want to leave ASAP because I really am spening lots. My next bus trip is about the cost of a week and a half of hostels in BA. Tomorrow morning I am going on a Favela tour of Rio. Its where the movie "city of god" takes place. I am very excitied. I was notified that its also the superbowl lol. Well I figured out that uploading pictures takes a long time so I will just post some links of other photos of Rio of things that I say today. http://www.innrio.com/images/Arpoador_Ipanema.jpg http://www.verinha2.de/images_01/rio_cristo_copyright_verinha.jpg http://rioadventuretours.com/images/Rio_Sugarloaf_1.jpg

well thats about it. Its really hard to see the christ statue ( cristo Redentor) or soemthing like that. I think that he is ashamed of one of the most sinful cities next to Las Vegas lol. Always covering himself with clouds. Well I will write again later but right now it is tough to find computers in hostels for a good price. I will leave brazil soon. dont worry.

This is it for now. -Adrien