I spent new years hollidays (97-98) in Búzios, a very nice city two-hour drive from Rio de Janeiro (two hours when traffic lets. Some times it takes four, six, days...). It was really cool! Check out the pictures, they speak for themselves.

This is in "Praia da Armação". Doesn't it feel a bit european somehow? Weird!

This is a view of "Armação" beach. So beautiful. No wonder I stared at it for hours and hours...