Finally I arrived in Rio de Janeiro. Together with Marciano and mister Pinas, I was brought to the Windsor hotel. It was a sight I’ve never experienced before. Roads, buildings, houses…. totally different than in Suriname.

The hotel here is much better than in Belem. We arrived at about 5 o clock. I went to my room, packed out my stuff and watched some tv. After that I took a bad and went to eat my dinner. And guess who was there… It was Wouter, together with Natasha and Lennard. I finnaly got to meet them. I also spoke with the teamleader of USA and asked him about the schedule of tomorrow. Even he was confused. So we went together to the woman of the organization to get things straight. Glad to see that there are some proactive people around, just like my fellow Surinamese colleges at Spang Makandra.

Ow, and I received a bag from the organization including a shirt. I’ll show it to u some time.

As for now I’m tired and will be going to bed soon. It’s pretty boring here, without you Surinamese people. For now, I’m trying to have a talk with every participant I see in the hotel. I’ve talked to 3 Colombians, 1 Dominican, 2 USA people, 2 dutch people, 2 people from the organization. I’m doing this to get familiar with them. Maybe talk about some more detailed stuff about the competition later on.

I’ll keep you updated soon.

regards,
Simon..live from Rio!

ps. The hotel people think they’re smart. Internet is slow so you have to stay longer and pay more. Sorry I can’t put pictures.