My second day in Rio has come to an end, and another great one it has been.<\/p>\n
We started out with breakfast at eight, and then a few of us set out to find a market next to Ipanema beach. In the end we walks almost the whole beach before figuring the market was in the end where we started out.<\/p>\n
The market it self turned out to be a tourist trap as expected, lots of nice things to look at, but nothing for me there.<\/p>\n
After walking back to the hostel and having lunch we decided to go and visit Sugarloaf mountain.<\/p>\n
Piling into a cab and getting on with it. The trip up there was good, no queuing and not a whole lot of people there which is good.<\/p>\n
On the top we had a look around before having a drink at the lounge bare. A very pleasant experience with great views, a cooling breeze and a great Caiperinha.<\/p>\n
Later we went to the sambadrome to watch and feel the excitement of carnival. Not that THE carnival is this week, but one of the samba schools have a practice session and entrance is free.<\/p>\n
A great tip if you are in Rio during the weekend in the months before the real event.<\/p>\n
The music is great, dancers are there and even if the 90 000 seats are not completely packed there are a huge crowd there to watch and cheer. This is where the ordinary people go to watch the show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Another day in paradise, walking the beach and seeing the sights<\/p>\n