Taxi to the Marriott please.

Probably the best line to leave my mouth since heading off in January...

´Take me to the Marriott Hotel, Copacabana beach please´

It would be wrong to say that the taxi driver believed me initially. Only after a couple of repetitions did he realize that we were serious and that we were taking our massive backpacks and upgrading for a couple of nights in 5* luxury.

I don´t think the porters really believed us either when the taxi pulled up and Hannah and I stumbled out looking like we haven´t seen a shower or a washing machine in months, let alone a blusher blush or mascara.

Eventually they all ran to help us when they realized that we were serious and we were actually going to enter the building. And what an entrance...

We had already scouted out the outside of the hotel in our excitement the day before, but we hadn´t really anticipated the inside. It was beautiful.

After a million wows and hestitational ´what are we supposed to do´s´we got to our hotel room. Sooo lovely, and thankfully daddy crouch had ordered extra feather pillows to make it all the better.

We were also told that we were allowed into the executive lounge... as if we weren´t already being spoilt enough. We thought that we would literally sleep in the hotel and use its gym and pool. Little did we realise that we were basically all inclusive in the Marriott Hotel. INSANE.

We got into the lounge and then saw loads of food on the side. We thought there might be coffee and snacks and that that would be lucky! We walked in, and then walked back out again to ask the concierge if we were actually allowed to eat the stuff... ýes its complimentary´was the reply... ahhh so i get this now, we should ask ís this complimentary?´rather than just ´shit is this all for free?`

As if we couldn´t believe our luck already we then found out that cocktails were also ´complimentary´ so yes, we could get drunk for free, eat dinner for free, get more drunk and then head up to our hotel room, for FREE.

All this, looking over this view...

I don´t know how many times its possible to say ´wow´and ámazing´in one day but I think Hannah and I have accomplished the record. We need new conversation topics really because if anyone listened to us we must sound very dull. All we have spoken about, solidly for the last 3 days is how ´amazing´ (yes I said it again) this place is.

Unfortunately we are crashing back down to reality with a bump this evening and we head back to the hostel. Only good thing I guess is that we avoid unwanted attention from various sugar daddys offering to buy us champagne and additional nights at the hotel, which was a little creepy coming from someone old enough to be your grandad to say the least.