The president is here!!! |
Howq crazy is this- the president of Brazil has come to visit Rocinha for the first time- for reasons unknown.
The major roads are blocked- the gangsters are out of town- and its really quiet- kids ar...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:23:00 GMT |
Home Safe |
Got home all safe- no issues.
Posted by on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:41:00 GMT |
Protest re dead girl |
Am heading off to protest re little girl that died- will post as soon as I get back (last time I was here protest ended in masacre- so am being careful about this one)!
Cheers to all
Chris
Posted by on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:50:00 GMT |
Yesterdays Gunfights |
Yesterday´s Gunfights ended up taking the life of an 11 year old girl on the other side of Rocinha- she was sitting inside on a computer at the time- hit by a stay bullet. Her house was a poorer...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 04:20:00 GMT |
More Police |
Toddled off to training today- usual routine- after training in Rocinha chucked shorts back on- realised that i had mud and blood on them from yesterday- I am such a dumb gringo- I must have stepped i...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:08:00 GMT |
And the shooting starts.. |
Has been a pretty quiet trip so far this time around- until today.
Had lunch out at pizza place today- got back to Rocinha a bit later than usual.
Baby took me and Dave for a quick trip through his ol...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:17:00 GMT |
Smelly Gi |
I headed off to training today- grumpy because my room mate in Brazil (Dave) took his time washing a Gi- therefore I have to wait to use the one sink we have for washing. I took a wiff of my Gi ...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:31:00 GMT |
SKATE BOARD GUY |
Saw a guy flying down main road of Rocinha yesterday- was amazing how fast he was going- even faster than guys on motorbikes. He had the biggest smile on his face. He was going so fast tha...
Posted by on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:11:00 GMT |
Cancer |
Hey have not added yet- got majority of tests for cancer stuff before I left- all clear!!!!!
Just one more camera up my bot bot in April and hopefully all good for some time.
Thanks to all who put up ...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:22:00 GMT |
CARNAVAL |
Yep- finally went into town to check out the main part of Carnaval- another big party.
On the way in caught up with guy whom is friend of a lot of guys that train- older guy whom had trained in LA wit...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:21:00 GMT |
