Copacabana Beach vendors

You know the sort of thing. You're lying on the beach, getting a nice tan and someone blocks the sunlight and tries to sell you something. Well, in Rio, we have been offered:

t-shirts and towels, rugs, hammocks, jewellery, sunglasses (we were wearing some at the time!), number plates(!!), tours of Rio, bikinis, ice cream, oysters, shrimps on sticks, water melon, pineapples, sun cream, beach balls, beer, coca-cola, water, Globo (fried tapioca we think), caps & hats, henna tatoos, face painting, photographs of yourself on the beach, wooden boxes, bongs (and "things" to go with them), radios, fish & chicken on a stick, wooden mortar & pastel, belts, bandanas, fake beer glasses (look full, but liquid is between 2 layers of glass) and cashew nuts.

And they all whistle at you like they're trying to get on the next episode of One Man & His Dog!

All we want is a tan...

In peace!