Rio

Its been a few days.

Thursday, 3 March, I left BA for Rio.  That morning I finally got my Brasil visa.

Not likely to be pictures any time soon.  I´m on a computer that only knows Portugese and do not have access to wireless so I can not use my IPAD.  Isn´t life tough?

Tonight is the samba competition at the stadium.  Can´t be worse (better?) than the ´block parties´ that are everywhere throughout Rio.  This is going to seem like hyperbole but I promise it is not.  Trying to cross a street (only option to get where I was going) when there was a press of people, I thought I was going to be pushed to the ground and trampled to death...or something more painful.

This will be short.  I just wanted to let the blog know I was alive.  It has been a puzzle not easily or joyfully resolved finding the blog to make an entry.  My punishment for having such a nice, varied trip is having to use a PC.  Later today I have comments about Rio and reflections about BA and about me.