Hey!
I spent a week in Rio, a week in Floripa and couple of days in Foz do Iguacu and in Sao Paolo in Januray and got a decent taste of these very different places.
Okay so Floripa.. It's very very different from Rio. It's clean, beautiful and caters for the rich mainly south american tourists. I reckon the high season (Xmas-mid january) is over now, so I dont know how busy it's atm. I think it's a bit more quiet since the holidays are over. This is a good thing if you're looking for uncrowded waves for surfing (and the surf gets really big in april), but partywise it's not too good
In January it was c-r-a-z-y! I have never ever seen so many hot girls in one place before this club "Parador 12", P12, which had this amazing day party. It was like MTV Awards.. just beautiful looking girls dancing in bikinis by the pool, lots of fake tits and muscular guys as well. And expensive booze (but for me as a europen, it was okay)! Of course these girls were also more snobbish than the earthy cariocas in Rio, but i guess you cant avoid this as the girls were the hottest in brazil! Especially many business ppl from Sao Paolo go to Floripa for the summer. Also some Argentinians.
About activities: Floripa has a good surf and you can also do things like cayaking, paragliding, motorcycling, mountain biking and stuff. The island is very beautiful and worth checking out. In north there are big tour operators that cater for rich tourists, middle is a mix of backpackers and locals when south is more quiet, i heard. I never made it to the south of the island.
Okay, so this was my viewpoint. Giving you a little bit of context, I'll give you my viewpoints on Rio and Sao Paolo.
Rio is just amazing. The most amazing city i have ever seen! Just the natural beauty of the hills is so great and divides the city into nice suburbs. Beaches are great for ppl spotting but not good for surfing. Loads of partying going on! Especially in Lapa on the weekends. Huge street party with tons of people on the streets drinking and blasting music from their cars. You can grab a beer from someone selling it from his trunk/ice box with 3 R$. all the clubs in the area are also full with these hot cariocas swinging their hips! Very nice!
Sao Paolo is much much more boring. It's just a huge huge business city with not much to look at, but.. There's always a but
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The night life (and the restaurants as well) is just crazy. I went to this place where all the strippers come after work and it was a really crazy mix of people. I started to get drunk at the bar since I wasnt happy with the all-men-clientele in the beginning of the night. And behold, after a couple of whisky glasses, the girls started pouring in to the bar and started gaming me when i was alone at the bar!!
This was my two pennies worth!
