Rio de Janeiro Bed and Breakfasts - Reviews and Rates

So here I am at the start of my big journey across parts of South America all the way down to Ushuaia from Rio de Janeiro and then up along the Andes to Arica.

I started my visit to Rio de Janeiro with a visit to Corcovado hill where there is a huge statue of the Christ overlooking the city with gorgeous views of the bay, unfortunately ...

In case you were wondering why you hadn´t heard from me earlier we left the UK a week later than anticipated. Jon got some kind of allergic reaction and was advised to postpone the flights. Keep your fingers crossed that the insurance company will pay otherwise we will be home a month earlier than we planned!! Well after a 12 hour flight we were...

Favala This morning I decided to do the Favala Tour in Rio. Favala is a specifically Brazilian word for a shanty town . If you are American ... think ghettos or the projects (similar, mmm yet different.) I would later end the day with a plate of Bolinho de Bacalhau and a glass of Brazilian wine. God, I love Bacalhau. Disclaimer: This journal ent...

I soon got over being robbed, though I do find myself reliving it a few times imagining myself turning into a super woman as I bionically run across the street only to catch up with him and use some supersonic karate moves eventually forcing him to the ground. Onlookers would cheer as I brought justice to myself and the city. I have a very vivid...

Thurs 30th aug So we left sao paulo....as you may have guessed we´d no major attachment to the place so we were glad to move on. You notice the immense difference in the city lifestlye and atmosphere once you arrive into the ¨bus station. Rio is just much much louder, more vibrant, more music, more laid back. Sao paulo is more cement and busines...

Hi all, Hope you are all well, just a quick update, now in brazil, Rio and having a great time, apart from the sun hasnt shown its face just yet, but it is winter here so keeping our fingers crosssed!! Went to the Christ Redeemer yesterday, but the weather was so bad, wind, rain and fog!!! So didnt get the best pictures for the photo albums, ju...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Wir waren da!! Rio lag -wie eigentlich ganz Brasilien- nicht so ganz auf unserem Wege, aber als absolutes Must-See konnten wir uns die "City of God" natuerlich nicht entgehen lassen. Fuer unsere Kosten und Muehen sollten wir dann auch entlohnt werden.. Was in Rio ganz toll ist, sind Sonnenauf- bzw. Untergaenge. Schon beim Landea...

After being disappointed and let down yesterday on Elisha's Birthday, today the weather was fine and our taxi picked us up on time. We set off in the stinking heat of the sweltering taxi, with all 5 of us (our English friends Ollie and Luke) and us, plus the driver, with his boring music...not a great rev up for the flight ahead. As we neared Pe...

Today we went to see "Christ the Redeemer" which all of you have seen from the movies and TV. It lies 2,328 feet above Rio with a panoramic view of the city. The image was inaugurated by Getulio Vargas October 1931 and was a gift from the French people to the Country. When we left our hotel on Ipanema Beach it was a clear and sunny day. Our tax...

After a week enjoying myself on the Costa Verde, I had to get serious. My Portuguese classes were booked in Rio for the next month, so I had to make my way there. Poor me(!) found myself staying with Suzana and Felipe Coelho and their daughter Leticia in the Copacabana district, 2 blocks from the beach! Such a tough life(!) A month passed very q...