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55 reviews 94 travel blogs 21 photos Attraction Type:
Neighborhood, Tour
Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Visited this Attraction Favellas Rio de Janeiro
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Thelma & Louise + Capirinhas = Look out, world!
Well you knew it would happen, I am staying a bit longer in Rio than expected. The beauty of not having reservations is you can be flexible with your plans. I switched my hostel because the other one was booked full for the holiday weekend, and I am so glad I did! About staying in hostels, you meet the most amazing people you can imagine. Marcel, …
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Rio! it needs no other title!
I hadn't got too exited about Brazil because I didn't think we were going to make it there due to time and money restraints. So as much as I knew it would be an amazing place I'd tried not to think about it! Last minute we decided to go and booked a flight straight to Rio! We arrived in the middle of the night to the only hostel we could find due …
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'World was created in 6 days, 7th devoted to Rio'
Now was i time that i had been looking forward to since we left Adelaide. Rio De Janerio!!! I had seen so much of Rio from movies, the Internet and word of mouth reputation , it was finally here. As so many people flock to Floripa for NYE, escaping in early January can be tiresome. We caught an overnight bus, expected travel time 18 hours.. 24hours …
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Day 4 - Favelas and Lapa Bloco
Entry containing 77 photos titled: Favela tour, Copacabana, Lapa Bloco
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...the hottest spot south of havana...
... and humbling stance - to those of faith - the redeemer of all: of all the notorious crime and sin in Rio's slums and ghettos - 'the favellas'; of all of the working girls that fill the Copacabana night; of the ultra rich ruling class dining in ...
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Rio De Janeiro
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, ...
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Her Name Is Rio....
At last the highlight of our trip in Brazil- Rio!! We travelled by minibus after the ferry back from Ilha Grande to the mainland and can only say that it was one of the scariest rides of my life! I think the driver was trying to break his own record for ...
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The Corcovado and the Sugarloaf
... the city. Living behind the statue and with a view of his back are one quarter of the population of the city of Rio. These people live in favellas which are shanty towns that stretch all the way up to the top of the hills. Is is coincidental that the ...
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One long day in Rio
... we saw the real Rio that you never see on travel programmes starring Judith Chalmers. Well perhaps Hector paid a visit to the favellas too. We started out the day in one of the 200 favellas that have proliferated along the slopes of the mountains ...
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Rio de Janeiro dzien 3
... jezdzic na rowerze,rolkach czy deskorolce. Plaza podzielona jest nieformalnie na "sektory" np. dla ludzi starszych, dzieciakow z favellas albo gejow i lesbijek. Fale rozbijajace sie o brzeg sa olbrzymie, niektore maja spokojnie kilka metrow! My sobie ...
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Rio de Janeiro
... and I had a good rest prior to our favella party the next night. The favella party was interesting. The favellas have grown around Rio on the mountain sides over the years, basically temporary slums that have become a part of Rio’s permanent ...
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Disco'ing to Rio
... operas) are extensive, watched by many and have some elements of ridiculous with others being quite realistic to life - The favellas in Rio are being cleaned up by a huge military operation (though people say the Sao Paolo government solutions are far ...
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Survival Guide for Rio de Janeiro
... them so we were a little nervous about going on the tour. Our guide told us tha we were actually safer in the favellas than anywhere else because every favella is run by drug dealers. They have forbidden anyone to rob or harm tourists in the ...
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The End...
... weeks. Two Irish girls pondered with me and we decided to go on an adventure up into the mountains near Belo Horizonte above Rio de Janeiro. We set off the next day, my plans of language learning and volunteering in Rio stopped by the rain and the ...
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