Botafogo Bay Rio de Janeiro

We arrived in Rio at 5am and, after an elongated wait for baggage, made it to our hostel by 7am. I say 'hostel' in the lose sense of the word as it could be better described as a box, literally a man made box with a bed and table - we didn't even have a window but it was cheap right?! We caught up on a little sleep before heading into the mental …

After a redeye flight from Atlanta in coach(ALWAYS fun..) I got into Rio at 10:30 am and took the bus to Ipanema and found my hostel. What a stunning setting this is! I settled in and went to the beach for happy hour/sunset with a roommate, met some folks from Ireland, went out to an Irish pub and crashed pretty early. Today I went to the Corcovado …

Bom dia!

Guess what, we made breakfast for the first time this morning after only a moderate night out in Ipanema (what an amazing corellation!).

After several hours spent on the internet and a quick walk around Copacabana, Nick and I grabbed a quick bite to eat and before we knew it 1pm came around and it was time for our Rio …

... drug culture related to favela life and how it is only present in just a small number of the 740 odd favelas in Rio de Janeiro.  We also encountered an impromptu samba performance and tried a chicken pastel and cup of acai from a street ...

... reach the top. We arrived around 5:30 and settled in for a sunset. It was beautiful up there, you could see all the city, botafogo bay and to the left, all the beaches. You could even see christ the redeemer looming over the city. It was spectacular and ...

After a week of relaxation, we left the quiet of Buzios and headed into the city of Rio de Janeiro.   Approaching the city at break neck speeds along the motorway, the makeshift slums gave way to towering concrete blocks, and in the distance the ...

... the ground with the camera to fit it all in! We then slowly took in the views of the city. We could see clearly Botafogo bay, which was very close to where we were staying, Sugar Mountain, and the areas surrounding Copacabana and Ipanema beaches. The ...

... Christ the Redeemer, pretty spectacular to say the least! Today, our first day proper, wè`ve just gone for a little bite to eat and a quick look round Botafogo bay near where we`re staying, but apart from that not doing much! Anyway see yas later ...

... oh and I had classes and a football match to watch the next day. On our way home we stopped at Chico's a burger van by Botafogo bay. I had been told they do food that is considerably better than Cervantes and much cheaper It wasn't. I did eat the biggest ...