Rolling Rio

18th feb
So I ended up staying with a really nice english guy called Mike who has been in Rio for the last 15 years. His house was in barra on a little residential island in a lagoon. We went with him and some of his friends to the Rolling stones concert in Copacabana. 1.2 million people or so attended and the atmosphere was good where i was, we had a great time. It´s so hot here it´s no problem going into the sea in all your clothes at night time to cool off from the concert. The people in Rio are really outgoing and friendly. It´s great to see that a city of this size people don´t stick to themselves. Everyone talks to everyone. It´s a really melting pot of a city with all colours of people so you don´t get stared at as much. It´s just a pity that my Portugues isn´t up to much. You can understand bits that are similar to Spanish and many people speak english or understand spanish.

19th feb
I moved to a hostel in Botofogo which is a bit closer the center.
I met lots of Brazilians and Chilians who were up for the concert.
Some were moving on to Sau Paulo to see the U2 concert.
They seem to be following me arround next they will be doing a gig in Santiago too.

20th feb
Needed a chance to relax for a bit we went to the beach in Ipanima.
Rio is almost like a collection of cities allong the coast.
It´s huge so you only get to know bits. There are stiking hills the stick up all over the place.