Jan 18

Peter's birthday today meant Riki and I biked to the supermarket to buy fresh bread, champagne and orange juice. After a yummy breakfast we kombied into town for a last minute shop since it was RAINING AGAIN... and also to buy our bus tickets back to Rio. Bikini purchases later we kombvied back to Tomas' to pick up our packs and make a quick lunch/dinner before getting on our bus at 5pm. We got to the bus station and then realised that Peter need birthday cake so Riki and Nadine scuttled across the road to the conveniently located cake shop and purchased a slice of Brigadiero cake (chocolate and caramel), Passionfruit sponge and Coconut caramel cake for munching on the bus. When we bought the tickets the guy conveniently put us all in COMPLETELY different seats, so when we got on we claimed seats togther and refused to make eyecontact with anyone that got on the bus.
Arriving in Rio bus station we spent 15mins trying to find a cheap bus to the airport only to find that in the end a taxi was a better idea. So off we headed to the Domestic Airport Santos Dumont assuming that since our flight was to Fortaleza Brazil we weren't required to go to the International Galeao Airport. However it seems that techinally domestic only means to Sao Paulo. So the smart people we are ended up at the wrong airport. Not a big deal since our flight was at 3am but frustrating none the less. However star-team players Gigi and Alex came and hung out at the airport with us and took us to the correct airport. At check-in we were told our flight was delayed, so we ended up playing beachbats in the departure lounge, accidentally hitting the ceiling, various people and ourselves with the ball. At 430am we finally boarded at slept - luckily claiming the backseats - each of us getting a row of 3 each to sleep on for the next few hours...nice.