Jan 05

So yay! I awoke with Riki´s crazy grin in my face this morning at 7am in the hostel so we had a cup of tea, a walk and then hit bed once more until 11. When we woke up again we had our first Brazilian hostel breakfast. Our hostel is situated right on the beach, with a restaurant, net cafe, and massive dorms of like 30people which makes for an interesting social environment. Lots of fun and easy to meet people. Weird to get changed in though..either you try to preserve your modesty, or just give up. We enjoyed our breakfast of fruit, mango juice and bread with dulce de leche and then consequently went for a walk along the beach to burn it off. We then enjoyed our first swim and then sat and enjoyed the sunshine and humidity sipping our first coco gelado in Brazil! The water was suprisingly cold - but my oh my refreshing. We then walked back to our hostel and caught a bus to the supermarket to buy some juice and shampoo. The joys of a foreign supermarket! We got caught in a downpour on the way back, and when we arrived back at our hostel Beanie was astounded to see fellow Otago Law Faculty comrades! Christian (formerly known as ´Black Leader´) Santha his girlfriend and their mate Dan!!!! Such a small world!! So before we got stuck into caipirnihas Riki and I had a healthy dinner of icecream (their icecream is a self serve buffet, it is so much fun..the guy who weighed it when we paid did not look too impressed ahah) and salad. Dan, S and C made massive jars of lime caipirinhas and we got stuck in and enjoyed the evening, with a live music band in our hostel. Let the good times roll! We also discovered the amazing "crêpes on a stick" with beautifully cheesy filling, an amazing feed to soak up remainder alcohol.