New Year's in Rio

I flew from Paris to Rio de Janeiro on December 31st and met Aggie at the airport.   We took a taxi to an apartment owned by her friend, who was out of town and spent the day wandering around Rio.  It is not a very clean city and the people are friendly, but most are overweight.

New Years is a huge celebration in Rio, even bigger than Christmas, with dancing in the streets, fireworks, and hundreds of thousands of people.  We decided to watch the fireworks, but avoid the huge crowd on Cocobana beach.  

Everyone wears white and I brought my guayabera and white pants with me for the occasion.   After a light dinner and wine at the apartment, we walked to one beach, and then another to watch the fireworks, which were spectacular.