Copacabana Beach

We've had a day of leisure today in Rio de Janeiro, so naturally (being my first visit) I have been up to Christ the Redeemer and up Sugarloaf Mountain and walked along Copacabana Beach. In the middle of the beach there is an awful lot of security, as Barack Obama is staying at the Copacabana Hotel soon for a visit to Rio tomorrow. It turns out he won't be speaking publically so we won't get to see him, but we are only a kilometer down the beach!

This is the view from the top of our hotel looking north along Copacabana Beach.