Happy New Year!
Well, I had an interesting night. Went over to Copacobana Beach at around 5, found the sun was still too hot so hung around a bar for a bit, watching some crazy street entertainment going on as well.
At about 8.30 we found out that some guys from another tour who we got on with really well were on the beach somewhere. Didn´t have top directions, but Chris and I decided to try and find them anyway. With around 1 million people on the beach at that time, you may have thought that would be a bit of an epic, but the directions were good enough and we got to them.
Just sat around a bit, chatting, and I eased up on the drinks front as well. Loads of people around us, bit of a sound system going on and three huge cruise ships out in the bay. Time passed really quickly, and come midnight, there was a ginormous fireworks display, that went on for about an hour. Apparently 2.5 million people watched 24 tons of fireworks get let off. Really impressive, with loads of "woooos" and "ahhhhhhs".
Towards the end of that, some of the guys decided to go for a swim. I didn´t, as I hadn´t bought swimmers, but a few minutes later I thought I´d go and take a few pics of them. Now, everyone is warned about taking precious stuff to the beach, and I just risked it. And lost. My camera got nicked out of my hand as I was taking a photo. I grabbed the guy, which was a really, really stupid thing to do. Only excuse is that I was a bit drunk. Anyhow, he didn´t like me holding on, so he bit my arm, which I considered a persuasive argument to let go. Before you ask, I´m fine: I had two doctor friends look at me and they both said I´d live.
Didn´t let that spoil the night by any means. Started raining shortly after, and we were all dancing in the rain. Cleared up, everyone was knackered, so thought we´d head off home. Unfortunately, so did the rest of Rio. Couldn´t get a taxi for love nor money, and busses were crammed to the brim. Got one in the end though, and ploughed back to where we are staying.
Memerable night!
So, there will be a distinct lack of photos for a while, which is a bit of a bugger, but hey, worse things happen eh?
At about 8.30 we found out that some guys from another tour who we got on with really well were on the beach somewhere. Didn´t have top directions, but Chris and I decided to try and find them anyway. With around 1 million people on the beach at that time, you may have thought that would be a bit of an epic, but the directions were good enough and we got to them.
Just sat around a bit, chatting, and I eased up on the drinks front as well. Loads of people around us, bit of a sound system going on and three huge cruise ships out in the bay. Time passed really quickly, and come midnight, there was a ginormous fireworks display, that went on for about an hour. Apparently 2.5 million people watched 24 tons of fireworks get let off. Really impressive, with loads of "woooos" and "ahhhhhhs".
Towards the end of that, some of the guys decided to go for a swim. I didn´t, as I hadn´t bought swimmers, but a few minutes later I thought I´d go and take a few pics of them. Now, everyone is warned about taking precious stuff to the beach, and I just risked it. And lost. My camera got nicked out of my hand as I was taking a photo. I grabbed the guy, which was a really, really stupid thing to do. Only excuse is that I was a bit drunk. Anyhow, he didn´t like me holding on, so he bit my arm, which I considered a persuasive argument to let go. Before you ask, I´m fine: I had two doctor friends look at me and they both said I´d live.
Didn´t let that spoil the night by any means. Started raining shortly after, and we were all dancing in the rain. Cleared up, everyone was knackered, so thought we´d head off home. Unfortunately, so did the rest of Rio. Couldn´t get a taxi for love nor money, and busses were crammed to the brim. Got one in the end though, and ploughed back to where we are staying.
Memerable night!
So, there will be a distinct lack of photos for a while, which is a bit of a bugger, but hey, worse things happen eh?
posted by Johnnie at Monday, January 02, 2006
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