Tally Chart and Things We Learned in Brazil

So on our cruise to the Bahamas last year, we brought with us a Tally Chart of things to do while on the trip... for which we would get points for. Giant chart that was printed on 11X17" paper. I ended up winning by 1 point (don't ask how). Since then we've brought the "tally concept" into other events of our lives, like when we had a Tally War Bar Crawl last September (I lost this one... don't ask why). Anyhoo, one bar-night, Sally, Mariam, and I scribbled down some tally ideas for this trip on a napkin. We sort of forgot about it during our trip, but now post trip, I will fill in the items that won some tally's...

• # of times something gets stolen: Me:1 (my camera)
• # of indecent exposures: Mariam:1 (unintentional...)
• # of times someone gets mad at you: Sally:1 (...)
  
• # of friends you make (need #'s or email): Sally&Me:1 (Diago), Kyle:1 (Paul), Matt:1 (Paulo?), All:3 (Daniel, Erika, Cass)
• # of free caipirinhas/drinks: Sally&Kendra:1 (beer from Ohio guy)
• # of times you go missing: Me:1 (bus station... almost once in metro), Matt:1 (does staying in Paraty count?)
• # of times a meal is substituted with liquid: All:...uhh...don't know the number, but it happened a lot, since we didn't eat much and drank on the streets
• # of sunburns: Matt:1 (baaaack)

Alright, now for the things we learned about Brazil/Brazilians:

• they like to weigh their plates
• they don't sweat
• they don't shave their legs
• they love to eat face in public places at all hours
• thong swimsuits are OK for little girls (and all body types for that matter)
• Red short speedo's are in fashion for men
• Red lights are optional
• Cars speed UP for pedestrians (vrrrooom!)
• Police officers have giant guns and huge batons
• It's ok to pee while you're dancing
• Brazilians love to talk. They'll talk more and faster if you don't understand
• They love bread, ham, and cheese
• You always get straws with your drink
• Can't flush toilet paper
• The hot attractive stereotype of Brazil is untrue
• Even people that rip you off are nice and chatty
• Not as overly dangerous as warned
• Crocodiles in favelas eat bodies
• Rio public transportation is hot
• Sunscreen is overpriced
• Brazilians are friendly & helpful
• Time is fluid
• They have great stamina to party all day/night
• They love chanting the same song over and over
• Strangers try to kiss you during Carnaval
• Their leg hairs are blond
• Everyone knows martial arts
• Bottled water is a necessity
• All hot men are gay
• Men love dressing up as women
• No mosquito's in Rio
• There are no cats, only dogs
• Acai has the highest amount of calories of all the fruit
  

What we need to learn:

• Who's Bob?
• Where are all the hot people? (at the Samba rehearsals?)

So much still to learn... must go back....