Rio was always going to change a gear when Damien arrived.
On Sunday morning I packed my bags and made my way from Leme and my hostel with
the amazing view to Ipanema to meet up with Damien who had just arrived from
the airport. All I can remember thinking when making my way down the stairs and
the hill was that I am so happy that my luggage was lost and that I didn’t have
to carry these bags up here earlier in the week!

We were a little early for check-in so we dropped our bags
at the hostel and made our way to the beach to introduce Damien to the sights
and obviously enjoy a few local beers.