The girl from Ipanema

                         

                             

Ahhhh Brazil! The moment I landed, I knew I was going to like it there. 

The streets of Rio De Janiero were buzzing with excitement and you could feel the infectious energy even from the inside of the car--people drinking beer on every street corner, juice stands every few blocks and a very cool beach scene! 

We spent 5 nights in Rio, 2 nights in a small beach side town in Buzios and then one last night in Rio!  Highlights include: sipping on Caipirinha's ( traditional Brazilian cocktails), accidentally booking a hotel in the Favela (but liking it!), hang gliding off a cliff and landing on the beach ( no big deal), meeting up with an old roommate from NYC, trying the best coconut water I have ever tasted, eating "chicken hearts" (actually), learning to say cheers in Portuguese (chi chi!), spending a night with some locals (in their favela home- sorry mom), and taking in as much as the culture as I could.

I can't wait to go back when I have more time to see other parts of the country....perhaps during Carnival ;)!

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Hang gliding in Rio

THROW BACK THURSDAY to a not so long ago time in Rio De Janerio, Brazil.

I didn't think it had it in me to jump off a cliff and hang glide but I DID IT! I was effing scared but jumping was the hardest and most intense part. Thankfully the instructor spoke broken english ( actually he spoke a total of like 4 english words) and did a bad job at communicating when we were actually going to jump. I thought we were going to practise for a bit but when he dragged me up onto the platform, it was GO time. It all happened so fast that I didn't really have time to chicken out! And I am glad I didn't because it ended up being the most amazing experience.

I felt like a little bird just gliding along in the air (not when the wind picked up though and shot me up back into the sky- SCARY!). Rio is such a perfect place to do this kind of thing because not only do you get to see a national forest, you get a view of the famous favelas, the sky scrappers and the ocean.

LOVE.

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