Tonight I arrived in Rio and have two days to see the city before taking a red-eye back to Switzerland on Sunday night. I’m staying at a hotel on Copacabana Beach and upon making the reservation I couldn’t help but think of Barry Manilow’s “Copacabana”. To my surprise, though, I learned from Wikipedia shortly thereafter that the song was about a nightclub in NYC rather than the beach in Rio.
Given my late arrival – coupled with the fear instilled in me by my Brazilian colleagues – I decided not to explore Rio the first night. Instead, I headed up to the hotel roof deck / pool for the panoramic view of Copacabana Beach.
As can be seen from the pictures the beach looked very peaceful and not particularly dangerous. Nonetheless, given the countless warnings that I received to err on the side of caution, I decided to enjoy the view from afar.
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