Rio de Janeiro Day 6

After two nights in a row of getting to sleep as the sun was rising, we took it easy on ourselves today. We slept in, lazed around, and got up to venture to Copacabana in the late afternoon.

We went to Praia do Aproador for sunset. We were cutting it close by the time we got down to the beach, so we just about saw it drop behind the mountains. We kept walking to the rocky point that stuck out from the beach, and it was surprisingly busy! People were dancing, drinking, and jumping into the sea. Others, like us, managed to find a spot to sit and watch the sun go down. We stayed for about half an hour after the sun had set and were rewarded with a gorgeous sky. It was a great sunset to end our time in Brazil, and ultimately South America.

After the sunset, we walked through Copacabana to Curry-Se! for some dinner. We also met Ge and Yating, our Chinese friends from Antarctica, for dinner there. It was pretty busy and only a small place so we waited a loooong time for a table and then almost an hour and a half for our currys (as we watched takeaway after takeaway leave the kitchen with no food for us in sight). Very hungry by this point, we ate our curry, which was pretty meh, and then dealt with a very rude and disgruntled employee when we didn't give the additional service charge. Oh well... We waited over 2.5 hours to eat and they offered no apology or discount. Not great on the customer service front

We walked away from the restaurant, said goodbye to our friends, and then got an Uber back to our hotel. The rest of our evening was pretty calm, and we prepared ourselves to say goodbye to South America.Read more