Rio!

We made it to Rio, the last stop on our South American journey!
We woke up in Ilha Grande, caught a boat back to the mainland (around 45mins again) before getting a bus to Rio which took around 4 hours.
We checked in around 3pm and then went for a walk along the famous Copacabana Beach. It was a Saturday afternoon so the streets were busy and there was also a festival on the beach. Copacabana beach is one of the longest beaches we have ever seen, with lots of football fields and volleyball nets set up along it.
We watched a beautiful sunset at Ipanema Beach (kind of perpendicular to Copacabana) before walking to dinner with the group.
We had a traditional stew of meat and beans which was quite nice before heading to one of the many beach bars along Copacabana.
We stayed for a few drinks before coming back to the hostel for dinner.Read more