domingo, 18 de febrero de 2007

Best and Worst Moments of Team Riki and Nadine

There are so many of these that I cannot even fathom trying.
Here goes. (This is an ongoing list and will be added to and edited more once Riki is safely ensconced at my side at 45 Garden Place). (I won't double up on the Team P, N, R so safe to say a lot still applies).

Best Acai - it had to start with this one. The Passionfruit One in Lencois. The Definitive Acai.
Best Hangover Feed - Plates full of gooey gnocchi in Punta.
Best Deep Fry - Pastel things in Morro de Sao Paulo.
Most Determined to be Right - Nadine
Mostly Right - Nadine ahah
Person most Bodily Impaired - Riki
Most Inappropriate Beach Bat sessions - Fortaleza Airport Runway Incident, Santos Dumont Airport in Rio.
Best Team Competition - Freddo 1/2Kg Icecream Eating Competition, Buenos Aires.
Cheapest Transport - the 5c Elevator in Salvador
Most Expensive Transport (after the flight incident) - Leito Class to Sao Paulo
Best Brazilian Fruit - Acai
Worst Brazilian Fruit - Jenipapo
Best Bead- Ilha Grande Hike
Best Beader - Riki
Luckiest Moment -Finding a bike shop in Buzios.
Best popcorn - Caramel in Buzios
Person Aerolineas Argentinas hates the most - Nadine
Best Icecream Flavour - Nadine: Super Dulce de Leche. Riki: ???????
Best Narrow Escapes - Estonians and Taxi Driver at Ben Harper
Best Cookies - Torta de Limao
Best Manicure - the R8 in Rio
Best Wax - Rio and BA
Best Weather- Everywhere North of Rio
Best Adventure- oh this one is too hard- Hanggliding, parapenting, Rafting, Trekking, Horseriding, Sandboarding
Worst Adventure- Diving!
Most Injuries- Riki (swollen foot, horse falling, capoeira and samba impairedness)
Best Random Drink - Avocado, lime, vanilla milkshake in Lencois
Best cocktails - Jeri Stands on the Beach
Best Hostel - Jeri, Laranjeiras, Punta hostel
Worst Hostel - Nega Maluca, then Campo Base in Mendoza for its plumbing and drainage problems.
Best Nights: Tequila night, Rays - Praia Armacao, Ben Harper, Watermelon Comp - Jeri, Full Moon Party - Morro.
Worst Nights - Travelling by Bus at all points, Chuy (Riki)
Best Cafe/Restaurants - Bahiacafe.com Salvador, Brasil cafe- Jeri.
Best Natural Attraction - Mars(Roncador River) Chapada Diamantina, Dunes in Jeri and Brazils Many Beaches.
Best Phrases - "I was talking to him, he just looked away", "Christ on a bike", "Question", "Excuses are for Losers", "EEEeediot", "IMAGINE", "CRIKEY", "Che Riki", "Bite/Eat me", "I'm bringing sweaty back", "Does this face look like it cares?", "Shall we have a few?", "Have you tried a submarino? No? Well I don't know where to get one", "Who'd do that?", "I'm so hot right now, I'd sleep with myself", "Slice!", "Get it down your Fat Neck!", "Coz you're the person I hate the most".
Best Cultural Activites - Samba, Capoeira, Caipirinhas, Tango, Steak, Gauchos, Sandsculpting, Church (Bonfim), Pao de Acucar, Copacabana, Ipanema, San Telmo, Casa Rosada, Obelisco,
Best Beaches - Dois Rios, Posso Mangues, Sao Fernando, Matadeiros, Jeri, Morro, Copa/Ipa.
Best Nightclub - Asia de Cuba, Opera, Tequila.
Best Predrinks - Bell's Hostel 'Kiwi Caipi', White Sangria Jugs. Anytime, Anywhere.
Specific Brazilian goodness - Coconut goodies, lime biscuits, ACAI, cheap caipis, juices, crepes, pastel, chilli, bread, breakfasts, cake, briagdeiro, nestle boxes, 51!, guarana, FRUIT, self-service, coconuts, Brazilian Paraphenalia, smiles, samba, capoeira, music everywhere, Buena Onda, Camarote Vivo (Ben Harper), SUNSHINE, beach culture, small bikinis = minimum tan lines,
Negative Brazilian - Federal Police, Ability to count boarding passes, directions, time, stares.
Heartiest Laughs - Seal (Pieter), Mendoza Death Trap/desert stop, The FOUR, First Argentine Night reunited, sangria, watermelon competition, Pieter in General! Rio airport mix-up, Shower and hostel kickouts, Team Challenges, Crikey! Giant Snails, Bodily Incapabilites, Rays, Slices, Spu the Bucket, Taxi guy, Ben Harper.
Best Fall - Riki off a horse, her stumble in Laranjeiras, Foot tripping each other, Coming back from Mars and breaking N's jandal.
Best bug bites- Nadine's three in a row,
Best sunburn - Riki: face, Nadine: butt
Best Book- Lovers and Players : Jackie Collins, Girl in Times Square: Paullina Simons
Best Movies: Babel, Skulls, and a movie neither of us can remember the name of..its about a oilrig worker who gets badly burned and a nurse looks after him, its got the theme of word written through it..
Best Slice - the water slice and Riki slicing RayCB when he was crouching down on our return to hostel.
Worst slice- there is no such thing!

1 comentario:

33degreesofseparation dijo...

aye aye and I nominate my hotpant tan for best tan that aced trophy skin peelings of 2-3 cms!!