I was in Rio once, I thought it was beautiful and people were very friendly.  I found it very odd that no one was swimming.  I am from Long Island in New York and am very used to ocean beaches so I figured I would show the non swimming locals how it was done.

So I swam around, body surfed a few waves and some local people were watching me.  I thought I was doing ok.  I turned around and waved to my wife on the beach and I noticed that the water level had suddenly dropped from chest high to under my knees.  I turned to the ocean just in time to see a monster wave that was about to pummel me.

Well the wave crushed me, flipped me over several times, rubbed me a little on the sharp sand/rocks and I nearly lost my swim suit.  I stumbled back on to the beach where the local people were having a bit of a laugh.  But it worked, they shared a beer for my performance and we met some new friends :-)

I stayed out of the water after that!

Hello!

I would like to correct your ?s.

-What did you do?

- (about Brazil)

Present: -What do you do here?

Past: -What did you do in Brazil?

Have a nice day!