In the evening I hooked up with Bel - Culture Editor of O Globo (practically the biggest newspaper in Brazil)... She's a really good friend of the other most beautiful Bel who manages all the music programming at Gunabara in Covent Garden; Favela Feva being how I met her of course... We had a few choppe and some Pastel (cheesy pastry things) along with a Rio Drum n Bass DJ at Hippodromo - a very cool Carioca bar downtown... Did you know there's no closing time for bars in Brazil? The deal here is that the place closes when the last people want to leave. However (according to my guides) in Sao Paulo where they'd leave you chilling, in Rio if you're the last people in the bar and the staff want to go home, they start clearing up around you, so instead of the British "last orders, get your coats and leave" line you get mucky bucket water sloshed on your feet! To be fair though it was about 3am... Popped into Bel's place (very nice) for one for the road and then she dropped me home... Have to say these guys were some of the loveliest people I've met inRio, indeed anywhere and I hope/think this is the start of a beautiful friendship!