A lot to catch up on over the last week!! Mainly revolving about the basic neccessities for life: Food, Cervejas and Beaches!!
Arrived back into Rio on Sunday evening from Porto Alegre and headed straight to the hotel for a couple of hours sleep before my cousin James arrived. Pretty nice hotel; fairly close to the beach, nice room 12 floors up with a great view of Christ the Redeemer from the window. The top floor opens out onto a large roof terrace with a pool and 'American Bar'. We've worked out that no-body really uses it, so was perfect for relaxing for a couple of hours before or after the beach; plus it cam equipped with 'Tom' who always made sure the glass was full!!
Fast-forward to Monday morning; nice late breakfast and then a rekkie along the Copacabana beach. Pretty cloudy day, warm but looked like it could rain; so why bother with Sunscreen?? Cut to 4 hours later, nice long walk, a few beers and red raw arms, forehead and nose, complete with Panda eyes from the sunglasses...
So, the next few days have all sort of rolled into one. There has been mornings at the pool, afternoons at the beach, highs of 34°C, late evenings and long lay-ins. Food wise; we've been to a Churrascaria (meat place), a Pizza Rodizio (see separate post) a really posh restaurant called Zaza Tropical (Pan-asian food; Chicken coconut curry was immense!!) and a bar that we've discovered called Devassa; which we've been told translates to 'Whore'... so perfect!!
What we have discovered though is that there was a severe lack of culture within the first 5/6 days; so we did venture out slightly towards the end of the week! (But not too far...).
Rio itself is a really great city. There are not many English speaking people here; in the last week we've only met an Australian couple and briefly spoke to an Australian family... All of the 'tourists' we're told are from smaller cities within Brazil or from Argentina. The best beach seems to be Copacabana; however it does also look like it is mainly occupied by the locals. The younger and better people watching beach is Ipanema - which is the next beach along from Copa; only 5 minutes in a taxi. There is a lot more of an atmosphere on Ipanema and the nightlife in the evenings is catered more for the younger crowd than Copacabana is (which is mainly for old men and hookers; James wouldn't let me go in...). Ok, the sights on the beaches; Massively muscled blokes who were trying to show off most of the time (putting myself into that category), old local men with pot-bellies and leather skin (James) and a copious amount of Big boobs and even bigger bums on the Chicas!! A little taster below; however that was one of the tame ones!!
All in all, having an amazing time in Rio; would definitely recommend it and would definitely return!!
Arrived back into Rio on Sunday evening from Porto Alegre and headed straight to the hotel for a couple of hours sleep before my cousin James arrived. Pretty nice hotel; fairly close to the beach, nice room 12 floors up with a great view of Christ the Redeemer from the window. The top floor opens out onto a large roof terrace with a pool and 'American Bar'. We've worked out that no-body really uses it, so was perfect for relaxing for a couple of hours before or after the beach; plus it cam equipped with 'Tom' who always made sure the glass was full!!
Fast-forward to Monday morning; nice late breakfast and then a rekkie along the Copacabana beach. Pretty cloudy day, warm but looked like it could rain; so why bother with Sunscreen?? Cut to 4 hours later, nice long walk, a few beers and red raw arms, forehead and nose, complete with Panda eyes from the sunglasses...
So, the next few days have all sort of rolled into one. There has been mornings at the pool, afternoons at the beach, highs of 34°C, late evenings and long lay-ins. Food wise; we've been to a Churrascaria (meat place), a Pizza Rodizio (see separate post) a really posh restaurant called Zaza Tropical (Pan-asian food; Chicken coconut curry was immense!!) and a bar that we've discovered called Devassa; which we've been told translates to 'Whore'... so perfect!!
What we have discovered though is that there was a severe lack of culture within the first 5/6 days; so we did venture out slightly towards the end of the week! (But not too far...).
Rio itself is a really great city. There are not many English speaking people here; in the last week we've only met an Australian couple and briefly spoke to an Australian family... All of the 'tourists' we're told are from smaller cities within Brazil or from Argentina. The best beach seems to be Copacabana; however it does also look like it is mainly occupied by the locals. The younger and better people watching beach is Ipanema - which is the next beach along from Copa; only 5 minutes in a taxi. There is a lot more of an atmosphere on Ipanema and the nightlife in the evenings is catered more for the younger crowd than Copacabana is (which is mainly for old men and hookers; James wouldn't let me go in...). Ok, the sights on the beaches; Massively muscled blokes who were trying to show off most of the time (putting myself into that category), old local men with pot-bellies and leather skin (James) and a copious amount of Big boobs and even bigger bums on the Chicas!! A little taster below; however that was one of the tame ones!!
All in all, having an amazing time in Rio; would definitely recommend it and would definitely return!!
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| View of Christ the Redeemer from the hotel room |
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