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New Year's 2000
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Rio de Janeiro
199912311630ImpanemaHazyHot.jpg (67503 bytes) Ipanema Beach enjoys the last day of the millennium!

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Allan & Mike scope out Boyola Beach

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Allan & Mark pretend not to look.

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 New Year's Eve's Day 1999 peaks at a balmy 34C

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Mike & Allan get sprayed with white skin-cream confetti -
its a Brasilian custom wishing good luck.
I think we all 3 got lucky on this trip!
Early evening on Copacabana Beach, families are flocking the streets, dressed in white for good luck from the goddess of the sea.

Even the million-dollar condos are ready for a party!

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Mike & Mark relish the last seconds of daytime in the cultural heart of Brasil - the 4km Copacabana.

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We're amongst the 3½ million people celebrating New Year's 2000, with 20 minutes of fireworks launched in unison from 10 stations spaced along Avenida Atlantica.

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One last hurrah!
On we go to Le Boy ... the 2nd of 3 consecutive all-night parties - what a blast!