I are disappoint....

I wasn't wondering, but £375 seems good value......how do you know.......

A friend in the Brazilian military police told me that price, but I've heard similar amounts from other sources also.

I've never enquired, but I would be concerned about how they were going to get their weapons across an international border, these aren't Brazilian Jackals, they're more like Brazilian East End thugs.

The Olympics will be, as everything in Brazil always is, an organisational and logistical disaster. Its also, of course, the middle of winter.

However, its Brazil, its never very cold, there's lots of beaches, bars and the restaurants are great. The Brazilians aren't big drinkers, but they will dance to a ring tone. Everybody there will have a great time, have loads of sex, get into trouble with the police and generally cause chaos while the po-faced media commentators tut-tut. People will get mugged quite a lot, pick-pocketed non-stop and probably at least one will be killed.

To get food at the Olympics;

Queue, in a very long queue, to choose and pay for your food. Receive a small piece of paper stating what you have purchased

Queue, in another huge queue, to hand over your piece of paper to receive your food.

Stand there as long as it takes for your food to be cooked and/or prepared.

Wander around plate in hand looking for a seat.

You should also factor in that Brazilians do *not* queue, they gather.

If your chosen food has run out by the time you try to get it, then you will have to go back to the pay queue.

Go to proper restaurants, avoid anything Olympicky.