I arrived in Rio…FINALLY!

I finally made it into Rio on Monday morning, (at about the same moment that various government and business representatives, and civil society members were celebrating the start of the 2nd IGF). It was raining when I arrived, which was a little disappointing. Being the optimist that I am I was hoping for nothing but sunny skies while in town. I immediately hopped in a taxi and headed out to the Rio suburb that is Barra da Tijuca, and where the conference is actually being held. Once at my hotel, I very quickly made myself look like I hadn’t just spent almost two days in transit and sped off to the conference.  At which time I got to walk through the rain to the badging centre on the side of the building, still not sure where the rest of the crew was. I was lucky enough to make it just before the first information workshops were set to begin, and thanks to the IDRC website that is showcasing the “young researchers” I was able to find my group relatively quickly. Then began the information overload…

~ by cassondra on November 13, 2007.