Another weekend spent in Rio this month, and this time the parents joined me on my trip which was amazing! Got to play tour guide for them, starting on the first night with couple caprihana's at the beach hut across the road. The dude who works there recognised me from last week, not sure if this is a good thing! My dad stuck to cerveza but the stepmum tried a caprihana, nearly blew her head off at first but you grow to love them. Wasn't too late a night, up next morning to explore. We were going to do a tour through the hotel just for convenience but was fully booked so we braved it ourselves. Got public bus to Copacabana Beach, then walked over to Sugarloaf mountain. Words can't describe how stunning this place is.
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