come new year's eve, praia de ribeira plays a very important role in the festivities, as the barges that come in and out of the port carry the fireworks towards the beaches of copacabana.

for the 2013 celebrations, eleven ships carried twenty-four tons of fireworks that created a spectacular sixteen-minute show over the bay for all of rio to enjoy.

there is no direct bus line that connects rio's zona sul to the beaches of ilha do governador.