Rio by Numbers

104 Temperature, in degrees Farenheit, on our second day in Rio

60+ Suggested SPF for “loiros e ruivos” (pasty-white people like us) on the electronic information board at the lifeguard station in Copacabana.

10,000 Estimated value, in US Dollars, of an American passport on the Brazilian black market

18 Number of bug bites within 24 hours of arriving in Rio

2.3 Average number of showers, per person, per day since we’ve arrived in Rio

.80 Cost, in US Dollars, of an ice cream cone

400 Projected ice cream expenditures, in US Dollars, for next nine months

52,849 Population density, in people per square mile, of Copacabana (just for reference, Hyde Park: 18,148; Port Charlotte: 1,943)