The first morning

I don't intend to be updating my blog every 12 hours as that is just rediculous, however I've made some associates and we're leaving in 30 mins so I thought I'd allow myself this one time.

I had a pretty crap night sleep, not gonna lie. Whenever you're in a new place you don't know how safe you are (not that I'm speaking from any experience) so when people were getting in soon after I got to bed, I always had the concern people may want to pinch something from my bag or break my locker, but I'm sure it's all pretty safe from now on - got a couple of Japanese travelling girls there now so I don't fear them.

I got up off a sketchy 5 hours sleep and felt fine, however I desperately wanted a shower  and when I found out the water wasn't gonna be working for an hour or so, I wondered what kind of hell hole I was in. But then 8am struck and all was el fantastico - breakfast is free! It was lovely, filled with bread, butter, fruit, juice, coffee, biscuits a balcony view and the sounds of Pitbull in the background what more could I ask for? For the first time (cos you know I've been here soo long) I felt like I'd made the right decision. I washed and came back as I stocked up on the buffet in hope it can last me till dinner. I met a 25year old girl from Liverpool who was on a photography course with a travelling company and a Dutch girl who, I believe is with the same company but is volunteer in an orphanage is rio.
They were friendly and the mickey mass (scouce) was very helpful in giving me confidence (she'd been here a week now) and gave me a lot of tips on where to go, what to do, how to act. It was nice.

I went on a walk to wolf in the atmosphere, found a supermercado, bought some water and ventured back to add a plastic bag to my rucksack. I have now been invited to Copacabana (hoping Barry Manilow might be performing a number when I get there) so I'm sure I'll let you know how it'll goes soon enough.

Hugs and kisses,
Tommy