Reveillon

As the start of my world tour edges closer, each day of imagination and anticipation compounds into an electrifying amount of excitement. The newest thriller, Rio de Janeiro's New Year's Eve Reveillon. Brazil hosts the Travel Channel's number one rated New Year's Eve Party in the world.  Not only is this party on the beach in the middle of the southern hemisphere's summer, but Brazil has no open container laws.

"Copacabana Beach, sprawling along the southern outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, plays host each New Year's Eve to Reveillon. It's the world's largest and wildest New Year's celebration, a free-for-all of seaside dancing and partying that continues well into the next day. More than 2 million cariocas (Rio natives) congregate on the beach wearing stark white attire and filling a 2 1/2-mile stretch of sand, making this party a true visual extravaganza...Some added party bonuses? Fifty-cent beers, free concerts, balmy weather and midnight fireworks reflecting off the Atlantic Ocean." -- Travel Channel 2009

Expect a livelier, first hand description posted here on January 1st, 2010.

Reveillon