tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55024285728444430562024-03-13T08:00:51.770-07:0027 Things You Can Do In A SpeedoBrazilians love their Speedos. Yes, yes, they do! <p>
A photo journey of five days in Rio.</p>Diamond Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11174036209730185308noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502428572844443056.post-77421587440448106852008-10-09T21:29:00.001-07:002008-10-10T08:00:18.767-07:00<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />1. You can play volleyball in a Speedo. This is one of the most popular things you can do in a Speedo. </span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7bWm1jvxI/AAAAAAAADVE/MfEObqkxLMI/s1600-h/2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255378996616740626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7bWm1jvxI/AAAAAAAADVE/MfEObqkxLMI/s400/2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">2. You can walk along the beach with your friends in a Speedo. </span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7a9kTy-OI/AAAAAAAADUM/AjBzH-OxhfY/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255378566441531618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7a9kTy-OI/AAAAAAAADUM/AjBzH-OxhfY/s400/1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">3. You can shop in a Speedo.</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7a9mF0neI/AAAAAAAADUU/5UBix914HWU/s1600-h/12.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255378566919790050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7a9mF0neI/AAAAAAAADUU/5UBix914HWU/s400/12.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">4. You can play Fresca Ball in a Speedo. </span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7dX6KZa_I/AAAAAAAADXU/Crj_yhwwGWw/s1600-h/7.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255381218007542770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7dX6KZa_I/AAAAAAAADXU/Crj_yhwwGWw/s400/7.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><br />5. You can enjoy the splash of the surf in a Speedo.</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7dX_McizI/AAAAAAAADXc/moQXNlHEu2o/s1600-h/9.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255381219358313266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7dX_McizI/AAAAAAAADXc/moQXNlHEu2o/s400/9.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><br />6. You can hold your wiener (dog) in a Speedo.</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7cm5zs08I/AAAAAAAADWc/JHHxEntQcjk/s1600-h/3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255380376098755522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7cm5zs08I/AAAAAAAADWc/JHHxEntQcjk/s400/3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />7. You can play with your (coco)nuts in a Speedo.</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7bWcMMSHI/AAAAAAAADUs/p_Opl6I_0rw/s1600-h/15.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255378993758881906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7bWcMMSHI/AAAAAAAADUs/p_Opl6I_0rw/s400/15.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">8. You can play with your balls in a Speedo.</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7a98H353I/AAAAAAAADUk/ESHipcWbnNY/s1600-h/14.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255378572833974130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7a98H353I/AAAAAAAADUk/ESHipcWbnNY/s400/14.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><br />9. You can run with your happy beagle and your hot girlfriend in a Speedo. </span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7a95LtQrI/AAAAAAAADUc/zUdftQR3zVo/s1600-h/13.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255378572044747442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7a95LtQrI/AAAAAAAADUc/zUdftQR3zVo/s400/13.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />10. You can do manual labor in a Speedo. That's a shovel in his hand and he was using it to dig a hole right before I took the photo.</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7dCT2p3RI/AAAAAAAADW8/ZXyV97fFUwM/s1600-h/4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255380846946934034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7dCT2p3RI/AAAAAAAADW8/ZXyV97fFUwM/s400/4.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />11. You can ride your bike in a Speedo.</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7a9TGiiHI/AAAAAAAADUE/Wl9atE8tkz4/s1600-h/10.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255378561822525554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7a9TGiiHI/AAAAAAAADUE/Wl9atE8tkz4/s400/10.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><br />12. You can also walk your bike in a Speedo.</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7cPcMeuFI/AAAAAAAADVs/n1nrpJU8eiw/s1600-h/24.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255379973012633682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7cPcMeuFI/AAAAAAAADVs/n1nrpJU8eiw/s400/24.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">13. You can relax with your hot boyfriend in a Speedo.</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7dXwikPMI/AAAAAAAADXM/BdJiQ95aEpU/s1600-h/6.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255381215424560322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7dXwikPMI/AAAAAAAADXM/BdJiQ95aEpU/s400/6.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />14. You can parent in a Speedo.</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7dCK8CAWI/AAAAAAAADWk/_t9K5-YBcGg/s1600-h/30.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255380844553568610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7dCK8CAWI/AAAAAAAADWk/_t9K5-YBcGg/s400/30.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><br />15. You can multi-task in a Speedo: you can wear a backpack in a Speedo, you can vend (i.e. harrass tourists) in a Speedo and you can advertise on your ass in a Speedo.</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7cmlZFe4I/AAAAAAAADWE/wddnIaU9H44/s1600-h/27.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255380370618416002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7cmlZFe4I/AAAAAAAADWE/wddnIaU9H44/s400/27.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><br />16. You can pose for a photo in a Speedo.</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7cmufADKI/AAAAAAAADWM/4nySxlPjslw/s1600-h/28.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255380373059144866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7cmufADKI/AAAAAAAADWM/4nySxlPjslw/s400/28.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><br />17. (Pan out) You can be a photographer in a Speedo.</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7cmvqMLMI/AAAAAAAADWU/WtEzwAE2kYY/s1600-h/29.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255380373374512322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7cmvqMLMI/AAAAAAAADWU/WtEzwAE2kYY/s400/29.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />18. You can listen to music in a Speedo. You can also tuck your shirt into a Speedo.</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7cOt8pLrI/AAAAAAAADVU/3M_ex-Fz1jk/s1600-h/21.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255379960598179506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7cOt8pLrI/AAAAAAAADVU/3M_ex-Fz1jk/s400/21.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />19. You can hang out with your friends in a Speedo.</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7cPAypSdI/AAAAAAAADVk/TRsTJFIfKXs/s1600-h/23.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255379965656517074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7cPAypSdI/AAAAAAAADVk/TRsTJFIfKXs/s400/23.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />20. You can buy a Pizza in a Cone in a Speedo. You can also go out at night in a Speedo, though it's not very common.</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7cPQN-uKI/AAAAAAAADV0/ZnfL1JNKBbg/s1600-h/25.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255379969797699746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7cPQN-uKI/AAAAAAAADV0/ZnfL1JNKBbg/s400/25.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />21. You can work out in a Speedo. He had just finished doing pull-ups. You can also have a hot body in a Speedo. I'm just sayin...</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7dCWP2tvI/AAAAAAAADXE/SgwUY0B1G9M/s1600-h/5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255380847589504754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7dCWP2tvI/AAAAAAAADXE/SgwUY0B1G9M/s400/5.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">22. You can take your lunch break in a Speedo. You can also be a cutey-patootie in a Speedo.</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7bWfAXi8I/AAAAAAAADU0/eDGXiOyBB4M/s1600-h/16.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255378994514594754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7bWfAXi8I/AAAAAAAADU0/eDGXiOyBB4M/s400/16.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">23. You can wear a silly Gilligan hat (perhaps to protect yourself from the sun?) in a Speedo. </span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7bWgVRIqI/AAAAAAAADVM/oD1gCjSpZo4/s1600-h/20.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255378994870690466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7bWgVRIqI/AAAAAAAADVM/oD1gCjSpZo4/s400/20.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><br />24. You can contemplate your retirement in a Speedo.</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7cmVPcsiI/AAAAAAAADV8/S0qc0WivS-s/s1600-h/26.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255380366283026978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7cmVPcsiI/AAAAAAAADV8/S0qc0WivS-s/s400/26.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />25. You can walk in the rain in a Speedo.</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7bWs_9GoI/AAAAAAAADU8/EH-lFiBaVBA/s1600-h/18.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255378998270958210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7bWs_9GoI/AAAAAAAADU8/EH-lFiBaVBA/s400/18.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">26. You can be a superhero with a boogie board in a rain forest in a Speedo. </span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7dCbRZyQI/AAAAAAAADW0/W0XeSinNh6w/s1600-h/32.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255380848938174722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7dCbRZyQI/AAAAAAAADW0/W0XeSinNh6w/s400/32.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />And saving the absolute best picture for last....<br /><br />27. You can impersonate Ghandi riding a stylin' skateboard in a Speedo.</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7dCJEXJwI/AAAAAAAADWs/ekGwrzVqbYw/s1600-h/31.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255380844051638018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOpK21iQMJc/SO7dCJEXJwI/AAAAAAAADWs/ekGwrzVqbYw/s400/31.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">If I had been a little bit faster with the camera you would also have proof that you can do push ups in a Speedo and you can skip in a Speedo (really, you can! I saw it done!! By a grown man!) I didn't get the photos though, so you're just going to have to take my word for it.<br /></span></span>Diamond Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11174036209730185308noreply@blogger.com5