Rio de Janeiro streets

Rio de Janeiro does not have one main shopping street - unlike Buenos Aires or Istanbul.

While it might seem like Rio's beaches are the hub of all energy, there is still lots of life and activity to please people-watchers in Rio.  As I walked around the city, here's what I saw...

• A poodle wearing four bright blue socks
  
• A thin hipster-ish man wearing skinny jeans and a smock shirt playing a picalillo in middle of traffic
  
• A middle-aged man fainting on the street, with people crowding around trying to help
  
• A young dude working the door of a restaurant checking out every guy that passed him by
  
• A mother calming her truculent little boy, saying "tranqui, tranqui!"
  
• A good-looking man walking along a busy street wearing only a skimpy sunga. Only in Rio!
  
• A young teenage boy pleading through tears and wails with a shop security guard
  
• A tiny old lady clutching her phone to her face and conspiratorially covering her mouth
  
• Guys carrying used drinks cans in fishing nets, a modern update on a traditional economy.
  
• A man selling books in the middle of traffic while wearing a bright grass green suit and carrying a huge sign.