We got to Rio after almost missing the plane—twice! The next day we lost our tickets for the trip onwards, to other places in South America…
Luckily they happened to fall out of my Dr Martens (yes, I tried to be smart…) when we were having breakfast at the hotel restaurant, so the next morning the waiter came up to us and asked if some tickets they found there were ours… Heavens smiled!
I liked the beach and the sugar cone, but we got pestered on the streets and heard wild stuff about the neighbourhood nextdoor… With some mixed feelings we left the city and took the bus southwest to Campinas along the coast – AMAZING trip!
The “feel” of Brazil is lovely. Not that people aren’t ‘happy’ in other places, but…