New Year's in RIO..................
Nov 3, 2001 | 10:15 pm
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New Year's in RIO..................
Who's gonna be there ???
Me for sure...RedRobin probably...who else....????
Let's meet for chopps !!!
See my new thread....lets do something official.
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Me for sure...RedRobin probably...who else....????
Let's meet for chopps !!!
See my new thread....lets do something official.
[This message has been edited by Carioca Canuck (edited 11-13-2001).]
Nov 3, 2001 | 11:32 pm
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ozstamps and I are already booked for New Year's Eve in Rio. For anyone else thinking about it, here is a portion of Glen's client report from THERE on the same trip for last NYE:
The Reveillon experience in RIO is matched nowhere else on earth, and this is coming from a man who has spent NYE someone exotic, interesting and different for 30 consecutive years including Salvador (Bahia) in northern Brazil. The place just goes NUTS! Two million people pack Copacabana Beach nearly all dressed in WHITE stunning sight. Fun and exciting. The fireworks are not just nearby they explode right above your head. Millions of them ... massive starbursts and cannons, and for about 20 minutes.
NOTHING else on earth comes close. Fun, warm, exciting. Watching CNN and BBC World on TV beforehand at 11pm was amazing. First as always was Sydney (looked great!) then the zones moved to Japan, China, Europe the latter 3 all in sub-zero weather. Then a few hours later New York. (Same weather!) I had a hotel room overlooking Copacabana Beach. 1000s of firecrackers going off all afternoon. Everyone smiling and partying wonderful. If you want to go somewhere really exciting this NYE, or ANY NYE, pick Rio. Yes, the Hotels are double/triple usual rates. Yes, the embassy here in oz is rude and expensive, but you still will never regret it. I may even go back next NYE. A wonderful experience.
Rio is fun, and very CHEAP once there, since the currency devaluation. The modern a/cond. bus from Galileo Itl with lovely airline seats and loo etc costs $US2 each way, for an 80 minute trip ... a virtual city tour! All local bus services are $A1 (US .50c) a ride regardless of distance. There are more buses than people in Rio - you have NO idea! Walking along Copacabana and Ipanema beaches on NY day was an experience. The women wear Bikinis known locally as Dental Floss. (So do many men!) Hot, Hot, Hot weather. No-one swims more than 10 yards offshore on either famous beach bizarre for an Aussie to see.
Food and drink VERY cheap. A beer right on a waiter service beachfront Copacabana caf is $A1.50-$2. (Under $US1) A meal about $A10-15 ($US 5-7) or so. The two cable cars ride up to central Sugarloaf mountain is fun, and the view of the city is stunning from there. Better still is the 21 minute, 3.8km funicular cog railway ride through the amazingly tropical Tijuca Forest to the top of Corcovado statue mountain. This huge 38 m high Christ The Redeemer statue dominates the city, and the view from up here is sensational. A MUST.
The Reveillon experience in RIO is matched nowhere else on earth, and this is coming from a man who has spent NYE someone exotic, interesting and different for 30 consecutive years including Salvador (Bahia) in northern Brazil. The place just goes NUTS! Two million people pack Copacabana Beach nearly all dressed in WHITE stunning sight. Fun and exciting. The fireworks are not just nearby they explode right above your head. Millions of them ... massive starbursts and cannons, and for about 20 minutes.
NOTHING else on earth comes close. Fun, warm, exciting. Watching CNN and BBC World on TV beforehand at 11pm was amazing. First as always was Sydney (looked great!) then the zones moved to Japan, China, Europe the latter 3 all in sub-zero weather. Then a few hours later New York. (Same weather!) I had a hotel room overlooking Copacabana Beach. 1000s of firecrackers going off all afternoon. Everyone smiling and partying wonderful. If you want to go somewhere really exciting this NYE, or ANY NYE, pick Rio. Yes, the Hotels are double/triple usual rates. Yes, the embassy here in oz is rude and expensive, but you still will never regret it. I may even go back next NYE. A wonderful experience.
Rio is fun, and very CHEAP once there, since the currency devaluation. The modern a/cond. bus from Galileo Itl with lovely airline seats and loo etc costs $US2 each way, for an 80 minute trip ... a virtual city tour! All local bus services are $A1 (US .50c) a ride regardless of distance. There are more buses than people in Rio - you have NO idea! Walking along Copacabana and Ipanema beaches on NY day was an experience. The women wear Bikinis known locally as Dental Floss. (So do many men!) Hot, Hot, Hot weather. No-one swims more than 10 yards offshore on either famous beach bizarre for an Aussie to see.
Food and drink VERY cheap. A beer right on a waiter service beachfront Copacabana caf is $A1.50-$2. (Under $US1) A meal about $A10-15 ($US 5-7) or so. The two cable cars ride up to central Sugarloaf mountain is fun, and the view of the city is stunning from there. Better still is the 21 minute, 3.8km funicular cog railway ride through the amazingly tropical Tijuca Forest to the top of Corcovado statue mountain. This huge 38 m high Christ The Redeemer statue dominates the city, and the view from up here is sensational. A MUST.
Nov 13, 2001 | 9:56 pm
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R&R...
I've never been to Carnival.....but from what my wife and my Carioca friends have said YES...it's much better.
essxjay...could you please delete this thread as I started another without checking page 2...Sorry for the mistake.
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I've never been to Carnival.....but from what my wife and my Carioca friends have said YES...it's much better.
essxjay...could you please delete this thread as I started another without checking page 2...Sorry for the mistake.
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