Rio is my savior

We made it to Rio. It is so nice to be in a city again. Modern airports, traffic lights, a plethora of restaurants to select from...it is wonderful. We had a connection in Sao Paolo...that city is enormous! It looks larger than any American city I´ve seen with buildings like any normal downtown, but stretching every which way for a long ways. The guide book says the population there is 18 million.

We got in last night and only walked around a bit but the beachfront is two blocks from our hostel and was alive with activity. I had the worst Capirinha of my life - though I´ve only had two I think - we ate and went to sleep.

Although I made it through a week and a half in the jungle and wetlands with no significant mosiquito bites, I was bitten four times last night in our room here which is ridiculous.

Laura, I got you a pretty cool gift today which I hope you will like!

If the haze clears, beach time today! It will be nice to finally relax.