I prefer to see the photos and enjoy...

Ahahaah!!! Looks like a Stephen Chow style kung-fu lesson.

I was there, totally true There was people waiting only for the selfie, nobody was even looking Lisa :(

Soooooo romantic.....

Why isn't this one up the top!? This is the best one yet

that is not quite fair :-) that is during a concert on that beach :-)

Nobody's IN the water?!

I've been in peak season and wasn't even close. Those are giant tvs and this is the World Cup. Lol. Not quite fair indeed

this is during the WYD with pope Francisco!

I had a New Year's Eve like that and it was awesome.

Not just a concert, it's a Rolling Stones concert, with a million people attendance!

Not true!

this post isn't fair its never like this.....but all the other posts are horribly accurate

If you don't go on weekends, it's just like the first pic most of the year. Awesome city. Awesome beaches, food, music, people, everything!

This picture was taken when the pope was in Rio. Not fair in dos! :)

I was there and it was as quiet as the first pic..is not fair wih this one.

Obviously there's a concert who ever tried to compare and contrast this is a r****d

This is not real. I was there every day in a 2 weeks holiday and it was never crowded. Not even that crowded, like in the first picture... So don't be lie please.

This was taken during the pope's visit. Think it is usually like this?

Isso é no carnaval, querido. This is in carnival parade, dear

It looked like trash at first. Then I realized it was people

Nice View

Not true. I lived on Ipanema for a year blocks away from the beach and went 3 times a day. It was always like the first photo. This has got to be some major event.

Whoops.......missed that

That's not true,nobody is swimming,so it was for sure a concert duh

Why isn't anyone in the water

this is during the World Youth Day in 2013 and those are pilgrims. LOL

Not sure if this photo is not photo shopped.

I've been to that beach and it was still pretty much like the first picture, so yes the second was a little exaggerated.

Why is the ocean a different color??

If I'm not mistaken it was a Rolling Stones free concert to break the world's Guinness Record. Not fair at all

A bit misleading considering there is a concert going on....

antsnest....!?!?!

anybody notice the very end of the beach when you flip it? its empty!

If you don't go on weekends, its just as the first pic

B******t - this is famous picture taken from World Youth Day.

Like seals warming their blubber.

Your flip is not reality. We've been down there quite a few times and it's a lovely beach. Your pic had to be taken during an event. Tsk, tsk.

Jeez, I thought Durban Beach was bad on New Years Day.

Are they all pickpockets? We were there 20 mins and lost our wallet. . .

I've never seen such a traffic jam in the canal!

Actually the difference between this images is simple. One was taking in expensive hotel where probably someone cleans the beach and other was taking on the public beach where inhabitants don't give a sh*t about it.

this one was my next vacation pick....back to research mode.

Go there at six in the morning and the first picture is reality

This place was way more crowded when I was there. And the petrol fumes were stifling... I was sooo upset.

True!

THIS IS SUMMER SOLSTICE. Normally you aren't allowed this close to the stones, so this picture is misleading.