We Speak No Americano pero yo hablo Espanol ;)

January 25, 2011 (Day 2)

We started off the morning with complimentary breakfast, which consisted of fresh mango, pineapple, watermelon, etc. I was afraid to drink the water, so I spent a lot of Real (their currency R$) on bottled water. After breakfast, we headed to the Sugar Loaf Mountain. We had the option to either hike up the first part of the mountain and take the tram for the remainder, OR just to take the tram all the way up. I decided to take the hike (which was my first time hiking). It was pretty cool and I saw a lot of spiders, lizards, etc. There were monkeys running around along the way as well (I took pictures from a distance but I’d never get too close). The view from above the Sugar Loaf was AMAZING! You could see over the entire city of Rio from it.

Later on that night we went to a club that was in Epicopa (I forgot the exact name/spelling).There were a lot of locals around our age, but the people only spoke Portuguese. I thought that it was funny how the DJ was playing OLD American music, but it’s nothing wrong with a little “Old School” every now and then. Fortunately for me, I didn’t have to pay that night, but some of my friends ended up paying over 100 R$ (about 70 U.S. Dollars!). You’ll be surprised with what a little Spanish can get you ;)