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The sweet rodizio., Búzios, Brazil travel blog
The sweet rodizio.
Nov 18, 2005 (10 photos)

... sale (I guess I need to start working again first :-). Properties in Búzios are quite expensive compared to other places in Brazil, but still nothing compared to for example Spain, France and Italy (where most Europeans buy their holiday homes). So why not ...

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The hidden places., Paraty and Trindade, Brazil travel blog
The hidden places.
Dec 1, 2005 (29 photos)

... before. We have also enjoyed all the places we have visited, but we still haven't found our paradise beach. I know for a fact that Brazil got heaps of wonderful beaches, but we haven't really found any of them so far. The beaches has been very good, but ...

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...the hottest spot south of havana..., Rio De Janeiro, Brazil travel blog
...the hottest spot south of havana...
Dec 6, 2006 (77 photos)

... Cachaca - the local sugar cane spirit - mixed with lime, some sugar and who knows what else.  Brilliant.  Brazil has an interesting bevarage culture.  Things that just arent't common in Australia.  Perhaps they should be.  Coconut ...

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He was high as a kite and had evil eyes., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil travel blog
He was high as a kite and had evil eyes.
Nov 27, 2005 (8 photos)

... Copacabana beach. It was a Monday about 9PM. The avenue was as busy as ever (this avenue is probably the busiest in Rio, and also considered pretty safe due to the number of people, tourists and cops). We were walking towards Ipanema and Leblon for some ...

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At the Copa... Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil travel blog
At the Copa... Copacabana
Jun 22, 2007 (25 photos)

... CAPOEIRA   While in Salvador, we saw some amazing demonstrations of Capoeira, a form of fighting/dance that originiated in northeastern Brazil.  I did not actually take part in this, just the photo op.  I did film two videos for you, to ...

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Worlds Biggest Football Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil travel blog
Worlds Biggest Football Stadium
Aug 16, 2006

Got to our apartment by bus last night and were a bit sceptical about Rio and safety having read some horror stories on the Lonely Planet Thorn tree website. Up today and went to the supermarket to stock up our fridge. Then go into the centre of town ...

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Heights of Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil travel blog
Heights of Rio
Aug 17, 2006 (10 photos)

... . Unfortunately it was quite cloudy at the top but we could see the statue and got glimpses of the 360 degree view around Rio of the beaches, Sugar loaf mountain and try and take in the scale of the city. See the photos. Next drove through Santa ...

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Real Rio?, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil travel blog
Real Rio?
Aug 18, 2006 (5 photos)

... ) In the afternoon we go on a favela tour. First head to the largest one - Rocina (sp?) this is the largest one in Rio. Approx 1 1/2 million people (out of about 6 1/2 mill) live in Rio's favelas, of which there are 30. We first meet some local ...

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24 hour bus journey to Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil travel blog
24 hour bus journey to Rio
Apr 17, 2009

... as we are on a bus for 24 hours. After checking out at 11am, we went straight to the bus station to get our bus to Rio. We were surprised to find that we were on a 'cama' bus even though our tickets said 'semi-cama' - excellent. This makes the journey ...

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Big City Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil travel blog
Big City Brazil
Jan 24, 2006 (7 photos)

... 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 halfway up the ...

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All day beach fun! - With fantastic waves!, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil travel blog
All day beach fun! - With fantastic waves!
Apr 23, 2009 (8 photos)

... ! In the late afternoon we took a walk along the whole of Ipanema & Leblon beaches. This is definitely the nicest area of Rio. This evening we ordered pizza for take-away and contemplated the fact that we only have 4 more days before we go home!! ...

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Internal Flight Risk, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil travel blog
Internal Flight Risk
Jan 31, 2006 (12 photos)

... the movie "City of God", this bar is right on the border of this favela (essentially refers to a REALLY poor neighborhood on Rio´s outskirts). The music was hard to describe but crazy upbeat - cross between hip-hop and dance, with some funk thrown in. ...

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More beach time and a night out with Neil & Louise, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil travel blog
More beach time and a night out with Neil & Louise
Apr 25, 2009 (8 photos)

Oh, life's a beach isn't it! I love it on Ipanema beach. We spent another 4 hours there today and it was great. Also noticed there were a few more classy beach babes around today as well. Obviously I wasn't interested but I was keeping an eye on things ...

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Down the Amazon River, Belem, Brazil travel blog
Down the Amazon River
Mar 10, 2006 (22 photos)

Well one thing is for certain... I cannot speak Portuguese. I speak more like Span-guese or a Portug-ish combination of Spanish and Portuguese. The languages are similar but different enough that I can´t use it... yet. So for now, my travel buddy Boris ...

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Crazy Room Mates, Favella Tours and H-Gliding, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil travel blog
Crazy Room Mates, Favella Tours and H-Gliding
Jan 7, 2007 (20 photos)

... is a head wind and the hang glider will take off.  Hang gliding was born on the "Beautiful Rock" in one of Rio's massive national parks overlooking Ipanema beach, indeed one of the guys there holds the record for most tandem glides - 16,000 plus (all ...

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Relaxed, Paraty, Brazil travel blog
Relaxed
Sep 17, 2006 (9 photos)

Are you after a place to relax and basically do nothing? Well then Paraty (pronounced Par-ach-ie) down the coast from Rio is the place. We arrived a few days ago and found a place to stay at a bed and breakfast. As it's low tourist season the place is ...

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Day at the Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil travel blog
Day at the Maracana Stadium
Apr 26, 2009 (29 photos)

... be here. Then we arrived at the Maracana. This stadium once held over 200,000 people for the 1950 World Cup final (which Brazil lost to Uruguay), but today it is now just an 86,000 all seater stadium. We got into the stadium about 90 minutes before ...

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Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil travel blog
Rio De Janeiro
Apr 4, 2008 (8 photos)

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, no ...

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The Marvelous City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil travel blog
The Marvelous City
May 20, 2006 (24 photos)

... I won´t work illegally. So after spending time with some friends that I met in Lençois that live here, I was off......... Rio de Janeiro! Said to be one of the top 5 most beautiful cities in the world and nicknamed "The Marvelous City" by Brazilians. ...

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Todo bem..., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil travel blog
Todo bem...
May 10, 2008 (89 photos)

... a petshop and happened tom come across quite a few budgerigars.  I wondered how they got them to Brazil.  A trip to the beaches of Rio solved the mystery.  The illegal smuggling of budgies in men's bathing suits is seemingly rampant in Rio. ...

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We are in Rio Baby!, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil travel blog
We are in Rio Baby!
Sep 12, 2006 (15 photos)

... Beach. We weren't too impressed having to work out where we were then walking with all our stuff through the unsafe streets of Rio to the nearest Metro station at around 11PM at night. Five stations back we got off at Catete and found a cheap hotel for ...

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Rio Carnival: Rainy and Raunchy !, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil travel blog
Rio Carnival: Rainy and Raunchy !
Feb 4, 2005 (25 photos)

... until Patty translated the words on it: "Get dressed, wear a condom. Department of Health. Later we ventured into Rio's quaintest neighborhoods - cobbled streets, aging houses and a real old charm. We bumped into an exuberant street party. Set under a ...

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Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil travel blog
Paraty
Apr 11, 2008 (10 photos)

... nbsp;myself and Michael´s latest night out yet - wuhhoo - zzzz. Today we took a boat trip organised by the Hostel. Casa do Rio Hostel backs onto the river so, we just rolled out of bed, had breakfast and rolled onto the boat out the ...

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Salvador to Rio de Janeiro by Bus - Day 56, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil travel blog
Salvador to Rio de Janeiro by Bus - Day 56
Mar 3, 2009

... an American guy at the bus station I met in Cachoeira a couple of days ago, he was travelling on the same bus as me to Rio, freaky!! Nothing more to report today, sat on the bus once again for hours on end. At least on this journey I have someone to keep ...

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Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil travel blog
Ilha Grande
Apr 10, 2008 (6 photos)

Ahhhhh, Ilha Grande. A Brazilian Tropical Paradise. It rained the night we arrived. Our hostel was up a bit from the main village in the trees. We were staying in a hut. Bedroom to the front and showeroom to the back. Lots of& ...

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We're in Rio!
Sep 5, 2004 (5 photos)

... (well, a lot really we slept from 2.30pm Saturday until 9.30am today), we`re ready to hit the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Before our long sleep yesterday we strolled along Copacabana beach - how beautiful! The statue of Cristo Redentor (Christ The Redeemer ...

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Paraty, Paraty, Brazil travel blog
Paraty
Jan 7, 2007

... is backed with steep jungle covered mountains and the coast line is breathtaking coves and shallow warm waters. We left cloudy Rio and arrived in this sunshine filled Paradise. We found a reasonable-ish hotel (this is peak season in a prime ...

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Been up on a hill with Christ!!, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil travel blog
Been up on a hill with Christ!!
Apr 20, 2009 (26 photos)

Got the 9.30am local bus to take us to the train station at the bottom of the Christ the Redeemer hill. The bus took about 45 minutes and went all over town. I suppose it was like getting a free city tour in the deal I suppose. There was a 30 minute ...

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Dress shopping and Chopp!, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil travel blog
Dress shopping and Chopp!
Jan 3, 2007 (11 photos)

... silly, draft beer!), setting the trend for our time in Rio. On the Saturday we went for a trip up one of Rio´s most famous landmarks - Pão de Açúcar or Sugarloaf, the iconic mountain looming over the city. It takes two cable cars to reach the top, the first ...

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New itinerary, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil travel blog
New itinerary
Aug 18, 2006

... 2006 Nasca 28/9/2006 Lima 30/9/2006 Trujillo 2/10/2006 Chiclayo 4/10/2006 Travel to Cuenca - ECUADOR 5/10/2006 Cuenca 7/10/2006 Banos + Rio Bamba 10/10/2006 Quito + Galapagos (if we can afford it!) 21/10/2006 Santiago (flight to Chile) 22/10/2006 ...

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