On Thursday 4 June 2009 I met Ian at Heathrow and we got our BA flight to Rio de Janeiro. It was 9.30pm local time when we landed and by the time we took a taxi to Orla Hotel, we just wanted to go to bed. After a good sleep, we had a nice breakfast at the hotel and then went to the rooftop to check out the view over the Copacobana. It was only 10.30am but already the temperature was close to 30 degrees and there wasn´t a cloud in the sky. After taking a stroll along Copacobana beach, we went to meet our friends on Ipanema beach. It was great to see Steve & Marcella, Gareth & Sarah, Marcus, Anthony and Dave. The afternoon was spent catching up with everyone, sunbathing and showing the
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