If only but sadly, apart from the first word, not talking about me! For those too young to remember, this is the first line of the song ‘Girl from Ipanema’ – another famous beach in Rio, next to Copacabana. After the exertions of yesterday and because it’s sunny and hot, I decided to have a relaxing day around these 2 beaches, safe in the knowledge that back in the UK it’s minus something!
After the Brazilian hobbies of exercising and photography must come surfing. The waves were amazing today so the surfers were out in force with some doing better
than others as usual
Both beaches were relatively quiet
after the mayhem of yesterday.
(N.B. Not everybody here is a ‘Beautiful Brazilian’ as you will see. So there is hope for us all!).
I discovered today that it’s very easy to do nothing here. Just hire a chair and an umbrella (all day for app £1.50) and sit and watch the world go by. Drinks and nibbles are on hand
as are the mobile shops!
But if you do fancy a stroll along either of these two famous beaches then there is always something of interest to look at.
And in the case of Ipanema, just behind the beach there are some lovely cool residential streets full of cafes, restaurants, the occasional pond
and an odd statue of Christoper Biggins’ brother!
I’m off again tomorrow so it will be ‘adeus Brasil’. I give Rio 9 out of 10 and if Spanish or English were spoken here it would be 10/10 but then it wouldn’t be the same. Anyway, a great city which I would recommend to anyone who likes to venture afar.
Phileas
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