Leblon Beach Rio de Janeiro

Well well can you believe it, I've started my epic journey with the first stop being Rio De Janerio. If you have not been, then go, NOW! It is one of the most beautiful places Ive ever visited - it seems like its not real life. The people are beautiful, no not beautiful, BEAUTIFUL!! During my pre-breakfast walk an hour and half down the beach front …

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 …

Today was the journey to the infamous Rio de Janeiro, known for wonderful beaches, great samba, skimpy bikini clad ladies, party streets and Christ the redeemer. We were both looking forward to seeing all of them (with the exception of skimpy bikini clad girls for Victoria).

We had a midday day flight so decided to try and give david a …

Four days in Rio to start off our world trip! A beautiful city with miles of white, sandy beaches overlooked by mountains. So much to see and do here but unfortunately our budget didn't like Rio much and we had to move on quickly …

Sunday, March 24, was my first day in actually taking in some sites.  I spent the day walking through the beaches of Copacabana, Ipanema, and Leblon.  Unfortunately, the photos do not show how beautiful the beaches are as it was mostly a cloudy day.     I later went to Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas in which I was supposed to …

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Von Santa Cruz ging's auf direktem Weg nach Sao Paulo, wo wir von Onkel Werni und Familie und von Kopf bis Fuss verwöhnt wurden. Von Sao Paulo als Stadt haben wir bei unserem Kurzaufenthalt nicht viel gesehen, ausser dass die Metropole derart riesig ist und wir vom 70. Stock eines Hochhaus’ im Zentrum den Stadtrand …

I took the bus from Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro. I think it must have been around 8 hours ride. By now I had got used to the long bus rides. I must have done half of South America by bus! I must say that buses in South America, at least at the countries I have been , have been very good, the service, no baggage lost or anything. Unlike in Peru …

Entry containing 34 photos titled: Ipanema beach, Sao Conrado Beach, Tijuca National Park, Emily in deep concentration :-), Flavela and Rio , Rio De Janeiro, Christ the redeemer, Flavela near Santa Teresa, Feijoada, Lapa steps, Sugarloaf mountain, Rio Botanical Gardens

... with beautiful people in skimpy beachware

Some facts:
People on the beach clap on seeing the sunset ... to thank God for the beauty
The beachware is VERY skimpy ... but apparently underwear is not! …

... woken for breakfast at 6am but can’t complain too much. We stay in Lemon Spirit Hostel which is one block from Leblon beach – a nice, up market residential area which does make everything expensive but also a good bit safer.  The hostel ...

... stayed in with no babysitters; which meant we were all home by 8.30pm. But at least the location meant we could take Lauren onto Leblon beach to watch the sun go down and make that final sand castle before bed. The days were spent on Leblon, Ipanema and ...

...   This is a shot of Katie looking over towards Ipanema (where our hostel is), with Ipanema beach to the left and Leblon beach to the right, behind the lake. It was only then that I remembered I had the video camera with me.  Our ...

... ;I had a "Ginger Passion" cocktail, which I thought was highly appropriate! Here's the view from the bar looking over Leblon beach.   Cheers! After avoiding the temptation of staying there all night supping cocktails, we walked down the beach one ...

... wits about you around here. After walking the length of Copacabana, I then headed over to Ipanema, and then on up to Leblon beach. It's exactly the same here, huge beaches, packed to the brim, loads of beach volleyball and surfing, cool little bars ...

... and seeing Jesus himself gazing over the city. We are in Rio!! Our hotel is a modern boutique inn across the street from Leblon Beach, with an imposing rock mountain ending this stretch of golden sand. Since there are 3 of us, we split the otherwise ...

... ;s mum arrived, the weather slightly improved and so they could explore the Marvellous city with pleasure. Rio de Janeiro is the second largest city in Brazil, on the South Atlantic coast. Rio is famous for its breathtaking landscape, its laidback ...

... for guaranavita zero. From Ipanema metro station I took a metro to Carioca. Near Estecao Carioca are the oldest streets in Rio De Janeiro, Portuguese collonial buildings line the streets and like the old town in Manaus, I got a distinct reminder of down ...

... , and cheaper (free in the case of the latter) to get to Football Flamengo is one of the biggest football teams in Rio de Janeiro, and Flamengo supporters have a reputation for being a little crazy.....so it was necessary to go see them play. I went ...

... nice pieces. At least we don't have to worry how to get something breakable home. Another half hour walk away is Leblon beach, with a conveniently placed bar half way there. Musicians were just finishing as we arrived, heading off to the next bar. ...