Monday & Tuesday – September 19 & 20, 2016
We said our goodbyes to Foz do Iguazu, had a good breakfast and checked out of the Taroba Hotel, then we took a free bus to the airport. We changed planes in Sao Paulo and arrived at Santos Dumont Airport in Rio as the sun was setting. We shared a taxi for the 15 minute ride to the Olinda Hotel located on Copacabana Beach.
View of Copacabana Beach at night from our room on the tenth floor:
It was drizzling lightly, but we learned about a night market on the beach so we went out to explore:
It was still raining softly the next morning. But we were actually in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil!!! After a leisurely breakfast at the hotel, Linda and I went out to walk along Copacabana Beach all the way to Ipanema Beach!
Linda traded Olympic pins with John from Greece, who was one of the international pin traders.
The black and white stone mosaic pavement of the promenades at both Ipanema and Copacabana Beaches were designed by the Brazilian landscape architect, Roberto Burle Marx. They are fabulous!!
Olinda Rio Hotel located right on Copacabana Beach:
A lot of wind and rain on Ipanema Beach but it was fun to explore:
It was still raining so we took a taxi to the Rio Sul Shopping Center:
