This is a tourist area for Brazilians and a few foreigners. It helps to speak a few words of Brazilian Portuguese. There are regular buses to Rio, other beach towns, and to all parts of South America. The beach is 20 feet from the condo. This is the tropics so sun screen is a must for light skinned people.
Most people wear very light and casual clothing even in the evenings.
Non simultaneous exchange, rental and House Sitting arrangement will all be considered. There are no months that I would not like to exchange. This property near Rio is also available for a Non-Simultaneous exchange. I have been both a host and a guest with a non-profit foreign exchange program in the 1960s and 1970s. I am a business manager and my wife is a systems engineer.