It wasn't your average trip to Rio. No Copacabana, Ipanema or Christ the Redeemer. Here's Sugarloaf Mountain in passing.
Beaches here are a different world.
Dani e Brian.
We saw a lot of nature on this trip. On our walk to the beach we found this path that ran for about a quarter of a mile. It was blazed by ants--some of the biggest we had ever seen. Standing still on this lawn is a gamble.
On the walk back, we encountered a family of capybaras. It was the closest I've ever gotten to them in the wild. They let us get about eight feet away before they backed up.
Capybaras are the largest rodents on Earth. They spend their days eating vegetation and avoiding predators.
Predators include this fellow. Our hosts lived next door to a nature preserve where we saw monkeys, exotic birds and these guys. With no fences around the lagoon, we leaned over the edge of the water and got as close as they let us we wanted to.
Dani looking for monkeys.
We went to an island that, because of low tide, we were able to walk to.
As long as you play it safe, there is no comparison to Brazilian beaches.
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