Saturday 11 June 2011

Copacabana and Ipanema

So our next stop in Rio was to visit the world famous Copacabana beach.

This beach is famous for its beautiful bodies and very small beach attire neither of which I was intending to don! Sarah on the other hand was out at 7am doing a beach workout, in her little shorts and crop vest along with the locals and soaking up the sights! (I didn't see her at breakfast until 9.45!) She said it was the best workout ever!

Anyway, after we had both put on our SPF 30, 40 on Sarah's face (to prevent the boot leather effect) we strolled along Ipanema and Copacabana. We passed the gay areas (small shorts), the surfer dudes, the meat heads and the very small bikini's! (Very nice) and brought a couple of classic beach items- sarongs!

As you may know, we had brought our flipflops a couple of weeks earlier, but due to our feet not being used to them (aka blisters) we had to wear our trainers. NICE!!! We looked like the perfect tourists, VERY white, blonde, wearing sarongs and wearing trainers... Classic!

We leave you with a few pictures:


The famous patterns on the paths.

 Sarah with her sarong!

1 comment:

  1. nice trainers...can't believe you couldn't hack the jandals! When you come to NZ they are essential items and trainers are NOT an option.

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