Pousada Casa 14
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Brazil - Part 2 (Rio de Janeiro)
... neighbourhood of Santa Teresa which basically sits at the top of a cobblestoned hill overlooking the city centre. Our host, Evandro, greeted us and showed us around his cute little home. This place dates back to the 1800s and is really very quaint with lovely views overlooking the city and surrounding areas. After settling in we decided to drop our friends Renata and Marco (the people we'd met on our Salar trip) a mail on Facebook to let them know we'd arrived. Not expecting ...
I ❤ Rio
... as possible for the remainder of my time away. I spent a LOT of time on Ipanema beach (am now on first name terms with the chair and umberlla sellers!), eating ice cream and trying out the fab restaurants with friends. I also shopped for yet more sarongs, and the obligatory Haviana flip flops which literally everyone seems to wear here. I decided on one last mini trip up the road to Buzios, a gorgeous peninsula packed with tiny beaches, before enjoying my last few days in ...
It Was All Going So Well, Until...
... until we tried to access the email on my iPhone which hadn't updated for 20 minutes. I took to walking all over the terminal trying to get connection! Eventually it came through but as it was Word I couldn't open it... this was turning into a nightmare! We were now standing by the check in desk with minutes left before our bags were removed. Another desperate call to STA and they converted it to PDF and emailed it again. Two minutes later ...
Tues-Thurs in Rio de Janeiro
... the tourists to get there now.
So that was Wednesday, and we were pretty shattered when we got back to the Hostel.
Niteroi Island, Ipanema Beach, Parque Lage & Pao de Acucar (Sugar Loaf Mountain) - Thursday
Today was another full on day. We were up at 6.45 again to catch the metro train into the city centre. From there we walked to the harbour and caught the ferry out to Niteroi Island, only about a 15 min ferry ride. The main purpose of this trip was to see ...
Major update. Get a coffee and get comfortable
... and I got to the club, there was a huge lineup and there was no point in waiting, so we found a bus and headed back to the hostel, ate McDonalds, which Australians call Mackers?? Weeeird.
The next morning Arone and I were up early and headed up to see our ol pal Christ the Redeemer. Wow... pretty surreal to be there, seeing him. But more than that was the overwhelming amount of people that we there as well, plus the heat... and what a great way to see the city. That city ...
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