Three days in the loudest beautiful city on earth. Then an island with no cars at all. RIO is the only megacity on earth where the geography upstages the skyline. Granite mountains straight out of the sea, forest running through the middle of town, and beaches that function as the city's living room. Do the icons — Christ early morning, Sugarloaf for sunset (that order matters) — then live like a carioca. Start the day at Ipanema around Posto 9, drink coconut water straight f
