First day in Rio de Janero

Made it safe and sound in Rio de Janero. It's beautiful here, hot and sultry with amazing architecture and mountains. We are going to avoid the Rolling Stones concert.
Learned a lesson about walking on the beach at night here. Had a run-in with 4 locals, one was big and had a sharp knife that cornered Jason, and I had another that took my Citibank visa and threatened me with a dull knife.... I pissed them off by yelling and running, got my skirt ripped. But no one got hurt, Jason lost a digital camera and $100, but he has all his plastic.

So now we're off to change clothes, call Citibank and try and start the night over.
Will let you know of any new updates, and we'll be more careful of carrying valuables and walking in secluded spots in the dark.

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Update OMG it's hard to call out, none of the country codes are correct, and of course the instructions are in rapid portugese.... we finally got through and cancelled the card. Well it's a BEAUTIFUL sultry day here but not too hot, we are going to take a taxi to Ipanema to avoid the Stones concert (with 1.5 million I think it'll get nuts here). More later,
Karen