the rio deal

Left from Sao Paolo yesterday after missing the 1.20 bus because I was at the wrong platform. Got into Rio de Janeiro last night at about 9 or 10 and the cabbie convinced me of a different hostel in a safer neighborhood. I went with it, and of course it's one of those with an Addams Family architectural layout and is like the British Backpacker's Embassy. At least no one snored last night. Before bed, I had some caipirinhas at a cheap restaurant full of drunkards passing around a guitar to the two old prostitutes' delight. Don't worry, it was well lit. Today I went to Corcovado to see Christ the Redeemer. More impressive is Rio's landscape. And the thought that I swear that was Dame Judi Dench's sister in line in front of me. The landscape anyway is the north region and the south region, both bordered either by forest-covered mountains or the Atlantic. My hostel's in Copacabana, next to Ipanema. I've heard of a girl from there. I'm pretty sure I'm here because of Joao Gilberto and Stan Getz. Everytime I step outside, I start humming that song. Or singing the Sinatra Cheese version with his New York accent. Gonna check the da Vinci exhibit at the museum tomorrow, then shoot across the bay to the Nitaroi 'hood where my friend lives.

Sali de Sao Paolo ayer despues de perder el bus de 1.20 por estar en la plataforma equivocada. Llegue anoche a las 9 o 10 y fui a otro hostal segun el consejo del taxista. Por supuesto es un edificio con pisos como fuera la familia los Addams. Tambien es otro Embajada Britannica. A lo bien, nadie ronco anoche. Antes de acostarme, tome unas caipirinhas en un restaurante barato lleno de borrachos tocando y pasando la guitarra a la felicidad de las prostitutas viejas. No te preocupes, estaba con mucha luz. Hoy fui a ver Cristo el Redimador. Mas impresionante es la vista de Rio y de hecho lo juro que vi a la hermana de Dama Judi Dench. Pero la vista es las regiones norte y sur de Rio, completamente rodeada por montanas y el Atlantico. El hostal esta en Copacabana, el barrio al lado de Ipanema. He oido algo sobre una garota de aqui. Lo juro estoy aqui por Joao Gilberto y Stan Getz. Cada vez que salgo para afuera, empiezo a cantar la cancion esa o la version por Frank Sinatra con su acento nueva yorkeno. Vere la exhibicion de da Vinci manana y irme tras la bahia al barrio Nitaroi donde vive mi amiga.