You know you´re in a rough town when an armed policecman greets you at the door of your bus when you arrive...yup we´re in Rio all right. The bus journey over was great, would urge anyone coming from Iguazu to go with Cruziero del Norte and go from Puerto not Foz, much better although pricier. We had some mad bird with horns (I kid you not) on the bus and we met a nicee Irish couple whose email address I have lost who we were hoping to meet up with. They´ve got our phone number so here´s hoping they haven´t lost it...

Off to see Christ tomorrow, and a big mountain (sugar loaf), not sure what to do on Monday, Tuesday is our designated beach day...we´re staying in Ipanema, which is a little built up but feels fairly safe which, considering all the flavela we saw on the way in, is one of our main considerations...