Barra da Tijuca Rio de Janeiro

I just realized I have neglected my blog for almost two weeks, so here it goes...

I arrived in Mendoza well-rested at about 8am. I checked into my hostel (Mendoza Backpackers) and met three Northern Californians in the first few minutes over breakfast. To my delight, we all wanted to do the bike tour of the 'bodegas' (wineries) in Maipu. …

With Jens, Michael, Tobias, Adam, Maria, Maddie and Catherine. Also with Ediane and Alcinoo. Stayed first at Rio Guesthouse with Martha, and then in Barra de Tijuana at Lania, Avenida do Pepe. Stressful, interesting! Then moved to Casa Cool Brans in Santa Theresa which I loved! Amazing place …

... our way cross-country through the western approaches, and almost by sheer chance stumbled across the Camping Clube do Brazil on the beach of Barra da Tijuca. We did not intend to spend long in the city - just enough time to savour the atmosphere of ...

... tell me the competition was on yesterday.  I crawled out of bed, he picked me up, and we headed down to Barra da Tijuca. We arrived about 10 minutes before surfing legend Kelly Slater,10 time ASP world champion and currently #1 in ASP world rankings ...

... to Lapa on a day other than Friday. Ipanema has a few good nightspots, attracting a mix of gringos and Cariocas (people from Rio). Barra da Tijuca has a number of good nightclubs, bars and restaurants – I had a number of good nights out there, and ...

... bad that it is raining,  but we end up at the largest mall in South America or the state of Rio de Janeiro (the Barra Shopping in Barra da Tijuca. This neighborhood used to be one of the richest in Rio, now loosing to Leblon and Ipanema) ... I ...

... run over by a surfer, and laying on the beach. Me and some other people from the hostel also went to visit a beach called Barra da Tijuca which is about 30 minutes by bus. This is about a 12 mile stretch of beach, and because of the ever present Rio ...

... .  What more could a kid ask for? After two days we moved to a condo outside of downtown in the neighborhood of Barra da Tijuca. We were only about 10 miles from Ipanema and Copacabana , but with traffic about a 30-40 minute drive.  We have no ...

... o povo, percebe-se porque o Rio de Janeiro e' uma cidade globalizada e tao especial. Fiquei em um hotel na Barra da Tijuca, e' um dos melhores bairros da cidade. Aconselho todos a irem para este bairro devido a seguranca, transporte, alimentacao, e ...

... very Americanized, but also very spread out (again, I had read that people needed cars to get anywhere in Barra da Tijuca- true fact). It didn’t feel like Rio or Brazil at all- just an extension of a big, bland city. Lunch at the shopping centre ...

... rapidamente apanhámos o ônibus para a Barra da Tijuca. Pelo caminho ainda deu para ver o autocarro do Flamengo junto de um hotel na Barra da Tijuca, iam jogar esta noite. Antes de jantar ainda deu para fazer uma sauna. Jantámos em casa, peixinho e ...

Currently travelling to Rio - still in Paris. Wondering how this blog will looks ...