We awake at 5am, we have reached Sau Paulo. I am very glad I am not getting off here, I
am tired and it is dark outside and I did not feel like getting off the
bus. I felt sorry for the Australian
couple behind us who had to get off. We
then continued up the highway towards Rio de Janeiro. I tried to go back to sleep but it was pretty
hard with the poor suspension on the bus, just as it had been hard to sleep
during the night being bumped around all over the place!
We arrived in Rio de Janeiro at about 10.30am, 2 hours ahead
of schedule! Finally we have made it! As we get off the bus we are reminded
that we have left a Spanish speaking country, now we were in a Portuguese
speaking country!!! At least we knew how to speak a wee bit of Spanish, now we
are in a country where we have no idea of the language! At least the English is
better here. We get a taxi to our
hostel, called Hostel Cafofo. Ann booked
this hostel and apparently it only opened a week or so ago. It was hard to find a hostel in Rio as they
were very expensive and also there were bad reviews on pretty much all of
them. Since this hostel was brand new
there were no reviews but Ann decided to take a risk. First impressions were good, nice and tidy as
you would expect and the staff are going that extra mile because they have the
enthusiasm because they have just opened.
When we were settled and had showers we went for a walk to the beach
which was only a block or two from our hostel.
This beach is fantastic, white sand, stunning water and an amazing
backdrop with sugar loaf mountain lingering in the background. One downside to this beach is that you cannot
swim in the water as it is contaminated.
That is such a shame as it is a fantastic beach. The sand also had football goal posts all
along the beach, but no one was playing at that time which was a shame. We had a walk around the area, including the
local shopping centre which is 7 or 8 stories high, and then went to the
supermarket and got something to cook for dinner and went back to the
hostel. We then cooked dinner, watched a
movie and went to sleep as we were quite tired from the overnight bus.
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