Today was Swapna's birthday!!!!
We headed straight out to Copacabana beach, seeking out the perfect spot to settle. Swaps got a birthday massage and we had lunch at a beach stand including her favorite - a gigantic plate of shrimp cooked in garlic and olive oil - and some fried sardines topped off with Skol!
Another apparent birthday wish of Swapna's was to try out paddleboarding.
One of the instructors fortunately spoke Spanish so we understood at least most of the explanation of how not to kill ourselves. Later a dude from Hawaii showed up that was helping them out so we had someone we could ask questions to in English!
We were in a calm cove so away from the waves fortunately. Both of us survived and decided to celebrate with another acaí.
Before getting on the plane that night, we had a number of errands to run so we went to a couple grocery stores and other spots before packing up all our stuff. Ilene assembled some things for dinner so we sat with her for the last time and captured some photos of her amazing apartment view.
We headed straight out to Copacabana beach, seeking out the perfect spot to settle. Swaps got a birthday massage and we had lunch at a beach stand including her favorite - a gigantic plate of shrimp cooked in garlic and olive oil - and some fried sardines topped off with Skol!
Another apparent birthday wish of Swapna's was to try out paddleboarding.One of the instructors fortunately spoke Spanish so we understood at least most of the explanation of how not to kill ourselves. Later a dude from Hawaii showed up that was helping them out so we had someone we could ask questions to in English!
We were in a calm cove so away from the waves fortunately. Both of us survived and decided to celebrate with another acaí.
Before getting on the plane that night, we had a number of errands to run so we went to a couple grocery stores and other spots before packing up all our stuff. Ilene assembled some things for dinner so we sat with her for the last time and captured some photos of her amazing apartment view.
Afterwards, we got in the cab to the airport, flew to Miami, said goodbye and flew to our separate cities.
Ciao Rio!! We'll be back!!
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