Our last couple of days we moved hotels to the beach, a bigger room with 4 separate beds 🙂 and this is when the real rain started. We swam in the ocean – super high waves and an undertow as well as an overtow (I know that’s not a word but it should be). It was colder than I thought but still great.
We went on long beach walks so we also covered Ipanema, did some fairly serious shopping as there was a market just beside our hotel, and toured the Copacabana Fort and military museum. Painting below is what I figure Carnival used to look like 😉 outfits far less fabricky these days.
The beach was very entertaining. Besides all the vendors along the boardwalk, there were beach bars, some of which had live music, and plenty of volleyball both regular and soccer style. The second was so cool to watch, especially if the players were good.
This was our last beer and dinner on the beach, with wet shoes, bags and raincoats. We felt badly for Carnival samba parade goers – Saturday was the parade for the winners of earlier in the week. When we saw the parade on Monday it was totally clear. The stadium is not covered so not only would viewers get wet but so would the participants.
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