Sweating in Rio

KATE: hello all. have arrived in hot and humid (31C at 10am) rio de janeiro. flights were good. no internet at any stopover airport (sorry mum and dad). so tiring though - 30h in total from home to hotel. have not done anything worth telling yet - went straight to bed when arrived (on a bed whose hardness i think rivals the one in chanderi dad), ate papaya for breakfast, and have just spent 1h finding a bank to get some reals to write this post. have heard some horror stories already of muggings (will spare you the details mum until i am away from rio), but suffice it to say we are returning to our hotel before dark to dump all our gear. there is apparently a band parading down a street near here tonight, so will probably visit there since tickets to the main sambodromo parade have been quoted to us as R350 (about $250). ok. that´s it, off to sit on the beach with the millions of others. Love Kate.

KYLIE: hi everyone, i have caught up on my sleep so not as tired and grumpy as before i left. getting use to the smells, and people. iam a bit more worried than katie about our safety but i am sure i will stop soon once i know that we will be ok. Off to the beach today, not sure if we are going to the carnival as the price of the tickets are over the top, but will think about it today. Katie has pretty much said everything, so we are off to the beach to do as the locals and every other toursit adn sit on the beach all day. talk to everyone soon. love you all. kylie