From sand streets to streets full of sand and dirt...

We are in Rio de Janeiro and this picture is basically the first thing we see. We rented a car thinking it would be better to have a car to get around town and get to Buzios (instead of taking a 3 hour bus) but for the past 2.5 hours we've been stuck in disgusting traffic.... Bad idea....and worst of all lost...all we need to do is get to this bridge and we keep missing it...either we are retarded or people can't explain directions for shit!!!
We had it so well in Jericoacoara with the quaint sand streets and rustic, wooden homes and store fronts...
The most important thing now is that we avoid fender benders because seeing how everybody drives here, it's as if it were an amusement park and we were in a bumper car ride!
Our idea is to get out of this as quickly as possible and head north to the town of Buzios "the Hamptons" of Brazil.

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