Half a World Away (Part 2)

Dauber's World continues his expose on Rio de Janeiro. After being
here a week a few more observations are worth noting:

-This city has more taxis per capita than any in the world. You never
have to wait for a taxi. There's always one available. Anytime of day.
Dauber's World wonders how there's enough business to sustain all of
these taxi drivers.
-If you're a woman you basically have to wear a bikini. Really doesn't
matter if you want to wear them. It would appear that you can't even
purchase a non-bikini based bath suit for a woman.
-Speaking of bathing suits, many men here never got the memo that
speedos are only needed for racing -- NOT for hang at the beach.
Dauber's World expects older generations to not know this, but far too
mant men Dauber's World's age are offenders too.
-On the topic of bathing suits it's worth noting that the beaches here
are sort of segregated informally. They're numbered and different
types of people hang out at different numbers. For instance it is
apparently well-know that the attractive, young single women hang out
by #9. If only the rest of life followed this simple principle.

Overall Dauber's World is a big fan of Rio. The only complaint (which
will surprise none of you who know Dauber's World) is the food. The
food is nothing special. Dauber's World has eaten the traditional
Brazillian dish of rice, black beans and meat a number of times and
that's pretty good. But there's a limit to how many beans you can eat
before the smell even bothers you. There's a strong Italian food
influence here and that's pretty good. It seems silly to fly all the
way here and eat Italian food, but that's what many of the restaurants
are.

Then of course there's McDonalds. Dauber's World conducted his test
and has now had a McDonalds hamburger on five continents! Only
Australia remains (unless Antartica becomes a prime location as well).
Again what's remarkable about McDonalds is that their hamburgers are
the same everywhere. This isn't to say they're good. Just about every
fast foot chain has a better burger than McDonalds, but the quality
control is impressive.

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