Topic: Brazil
We arrived in Rio de Janeiro during a sticky, cloudy evening. The air conditioned taxi sped along highways and through tunnels cut into mountains into the city. It felt very exotic to see road signs for "Copacabana" and "Ipanema".
Ipanema was where we were headed as we thought it sounded cooler and more upmarket. We were right. Rain had begun to fall but people walked unhurriedly through the steamy, rainy streets wearing nothing but skimpy beach clothes and flip flops. Almost all of the apartment blocks on our street are tall, 1960s concrete, including ours. The doorman took our bags and we followed him into a clean but shabby lobby. Another doorman sat watching two TV screens showing black and white security camera views of the apartment's corridors and doorways.
The apartment is very funky and very retro. It is a modern version of 1950s chic, down to the red wall and white leather sofa! It is also huge and will be a very comfortable home for 2 weeks. Here it is if you are interested: Our apartment
That night we found a nearby chilled out restaurant and had pizza while we watched all these beautiful men walk by - we were firmly in the gay district.
Posted by jo mynard
at 12:01 AM
