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Rio - Copacabana Stones' Concert 18 Feb

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From Feb to Sep 06 I visited every country except Paraguay and the Guianas (no offence to Paraguayans!). To see an overview, click on the photo to the left then "View Trip Summary". Highlights were Patagonia (Arg, Chile), Cordillera Blanca (Peru) and kitesurfing in Is. Margerita, Venezuela!

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Rio - Copacabana Stones' Concert 18 Feb

February 18, 2006

Copacabana beach

I flew into Sao Paulo and took a snappy overnight bus to Rio... no time to waste to get to the free Rolling Stones' concert on the 18th.

I met up with Han (mate from Sydney) and we got a place in a dodgy hostel in the thick of the action at Copacabana. we headed down to the beach at dusk with about 1.4 million other punters and found a spot about 500m from the stage. It wasn't too crowded at this point though the crowd stretched back about 2 km more behind us. We had our own private barman selling Skol (brand of cerveja/beer) from an eski behind us. the crowd was slightly subdued until "satisfaction" came on which the Brazilians knew the words to.

Came out unscathed, despite numerous pick-pocket attempts. We took the advice of the girls at the hostel and took nothing with us. Rob and Lou from the hostel weren't so lucky and a fight broke out when a local tried to grab their camera... Rob fought them off (with little help of some other Brazilian guys they'd made friends with).