Originally Posted by
Esmjb
Those who cancelled trips or were scared away: you missed a great time! My cousins who came to visit loved it and mentioned because of the weak real they were able to do twice as much stuff as they did in London and never felt unsafe (though they said that wouldn't be the case were it not for the extra security). Zika was essentially unheard from except at soccer games and the new metro worked flawlessly.
Let this be the end of the "will they be ready?" story the media puts out every four years- every event was contested on time and all gold medals were given out. If brasil can do it...
Agree that the games were very good. However, I disagree on the security aspect of the games. In fact this was our major complaint about the games. To us, the security was very poor. We never saw security outside a metro. In fact at Jardim Oceanico we saw a large group of people ripping the clothes off of someone and a large pool of blood nearby. No security in site. At the venues you had to go through metal detectors. The only issue was that I have an artificial knee so I always set off the detector. When I pointed to my knee, they just waived me through. Never did a hand check or used a hand wand. I could have been carrying anything. Also, they never had any security on the trains / metro. So to me, the security was very poor and they were lucky that nothing major happened at the venues.