Rain in Rio

Time for a short update.

It’s a couple of hours past sunset in Rio (the sun goes down at around 5:30 here as the city nears its winter season). Though we were hoping to do more touring around the city and perhaps spend some time on the beach today, it’s been raining heavily since the early afternoon. Despite this, Lauren and Andrea managed to catch a tour of a local neighborhood and received a firsthand look into a different side of Brazilian culture.

Andrea, Lauren and Nick are on their way to the bus station to catch an overnight trip to Curitiba. Unfortunately for the two of us spending tonight in the city, it looks like the rain could even keep going long enough to cause the locals to cancel Lapa, a renowned late-night street party that’s held in a nearby beach neighborhood, so our last night will be a little slow. Tomorrow Derrick and I are taking a midday bus to the nearby city of São Paulo, where we’ll meet a fellow Rice student who has been doing a fellowship here in Brazil for the past few months.

More details when we reach our respective destinations.

Ciao,
--Tim