Arrived in Rio on Wed 20th Feb all excited to begin our trip, thankfully we weren´t suffering too badly from jetlag so since it was 30 deg out we decided to hit Rio´s famous beaches. Ipanema beach was the closest, its less famous than Copacanana but the locals informed us this is their fav beach. and having read about Firstly there was Ipanema Beach. The beach stretches for over a kilometer and has a beautiful backdrop of mountains and looking out on the horizon you see numerous little islands. The beach is divided into sections so the hostel staff explained these to us and we settled on posto 9 where all the "body beautifuls" hang out, figuring we´d fit right in! Immediately it was evident that "body beautiful" was a title well deserved by most at
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