Copacabana Beach Rio de Janeiro

First few days in Rio de Janeiro we have been busy site seeing and trying the local food. We have to get around the city in the most rickety buses you can think of, the whole time thinking this is gonna fall to bits soon, but flying and swerving through the traffic is fun. We went to copacobana beach which was nice, plenty of people, nice water and …

Wow, I love this place. Had a bumper pack tour - Sugar Loaf Mountain and did the stairway to heaven and found Christ - all in one day! More to follow …

Nat and I woke up at our leisure and met in the lobby at breakfast. We did a few things around the hostel then headed over to Copacobanna Beach. We bussed over and got to the beach around 2:30pm.

We laid on the beach... Well Nat laid on the beach I rented a chair (no Murr not the handicapped kind but the reclining kind) and an umbrella. …

So today is our last day in Rio and the end of Carnival and we have had an absolutely incredible, jam packed 5 days. It started when we arrived late on Wednesday night and met up with our friend Alistair at our hostel, CabanaCopa. We immediately headed out to a bar with some new friends, Youssef who was also staying in our room and Emma another …

I was in Rio de Janeiro for 3 months and it was an amazing experience.
The locals are very nice to foreigners and great hosts.
The city is beautiful, you have beaches and mountains at the same time, the weather is great! The food is even greater, if you go to Rio you have to eat Açai and sandwich Natural (in Ipanema beach); drink agua de …

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 …

I was a bit disorientated when I woke up this morning, I had travelled for two days but only one nights sleep. I woke up early but my body clock was all over the place so I wasn't sure what was going on at first! Then I remembered, I was on the top bunk of a triple bunk in a twelve bed dorm. Not entirely sure how to get down, obviously the ladder, …

Emirates EK247 landed in Rio's Antonio Carlos Jobim (GIG) airport at local time 2:40PM after 14 hours of non-stop journey from Dubai. It was a nice 30 minute ride in a 14 seater van that looked much smaller for us and our luggage. Driver managed to get all of us in and dropped us at Hotel Arena successfully. We got excited to have a glance of " …

So, now comes my last day oin Rio De Janeiro. I absolutely love this city. The people are amazing, the views are spctacular and the weather is perfect.

Since i left for Iguazu it has been mostly very busy and today in Rio i decided to have a much more relaxed day. I hadn't yet spent anytime on the Beaches. I headed for the Botanic Gardens …

Yes ladies and gents Crag and I have finally arrived...in Rio!!!

We arrived in Rio in the evening and when we finally got to the hostel I started to feel a little homesick so we went out to get a Mcdonalds to make ourselves feel at home! Can't beat the golden arches!

After that though we were away and took in the sights of Rio and …

... move out here and I'll see the carnival then!! We did see a radio sponsored bus drive slowly through Atlantic Avenue on Copacabana beach, people were dancing, drinking, and the beat was contagious, and the music, awesome, James and Sarah will have an ...

... , until Sue gets mad. Ok, fast forward to the present.  What´s better than celebrating your birthday on the Copacabana Beach in Rio?  How 'bout nothing. Except as Steve keeps telling me, I am getting close to 30.  Look on ...

... been robbed at least once". A few days ago my brother and I were walking down Avenida Atlântica, the main avenue running along Copacabana beach. It was a Monday about 9PM. The avenue was as busy as ever (this avenue is probably the busiest in Rio, ...

I write this to all of you wonderful people sitting in my hostel (my EXPENSIVE hostel) 3 blocks from the famed Copacabana Beach of Rio de Janeiro. NICE! So since the last update we´ve covered a fair amount of ground in Brazil and we´re now about ...

... at the east end for beautiful views of the whole beach and breaking waves over the other side. Then we headed toward Copacabana Beach but paused for a huge yet economical lunch.  The highly acclaimed crescent-shaped arc of sand was nice but perhaps ...

We woke up completely knackered had a bit of breako and got our first taste of Rio De Janeiro by walking down the hill from the hostel and towards the world famous Copacabana beach. We walked down the busy streets with huge numbers of people around ...

04/04/08: Rio De Janeiro Don´t believe the hype...about being held up at gunpoint for your camera, that is! We did believe the hype; hence we only have photos from about three days into the visit! The motorway from the Airport is worth a mention, ...

Rio de Janeiro, Portuguese for river of January and nicknamed the marvelous city. Just like most city's there are some very beautiful areas with golden sandy beaches, sights, activities, shops and restaurants. One morning we took a ...

... wanted to get off at Catete (pronounced Cat-ech). Well he decided to forget our request and drove us all the way to Copacabana Beach. We weren't too impressed having to work out where we were then walking with all our stuff through the unsafe streets ...

... a blog. Enough housekeeping, onto the interesting stuff. So last we left it, we finished in Miami and were heading to Rio de Janeiro. We spent the first few days in Rio staying at the JW Marriott Hotel on Copacabana beach. Time was mostly spent ...