Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Travel Blogs

... 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 ...

A travel blog entry by stevefn
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry by stevefn
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... unscrew the lid - taste? Water. "C'mon dude. You're better than that. Give a poor backpacker a break. Wine's expensive in Brazil - it's not Argentina you know. You're meant to be the redeemer. I have faith in you..." A moment's patience. Nada ...

A travel blog entry by marktjhung
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry by stevefn
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry by vickersontour
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... BONUS... 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 get an ...

A travel blog entry by steve_sara
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... ! 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!! ...

A travel blog entry by vickersontour
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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 ...

A travel blog entry by vickersontour
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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 ...

A travel blog entry by emanddave
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... . 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 ...

A travel blog entry by emanddave
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... ) 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 ...

A travel blog entry by emanddave
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry by vickersontour
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry by shawnsmith
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... 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. ...

A travel blog entry by shawnsmith
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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 ...

A travel blog entry by eatdessertfirst
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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 ...

A travel blog entry by jeffsadventures
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... 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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... there 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 ( ...

A travel blog entry by catters
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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 ...

A travel blog entry by dacraic
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... 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. ...

A travel blog entry by jeffsadventures
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... to 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. Everywhere ...

A travel blog entry by marktjhung
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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 ...

A travel blog entry by vickersontour
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry by caznjasonescape
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... life. It was 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 back! We went ...

A travel blog entry by dacraic
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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 mozzies so eh, it would ...

A travel blog entry by dacraic
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... 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 ...

A travel blog entry by christosp
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... (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 ...

A travel blog entry by andy_jillian
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... shore 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 location ...

A travel blog entry by alexndean
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An update to let everyone know that I´m still alive and surviving Rio. Between you and me, I think a month in this city is going to be a bit long (damn those inflexible tours with GAP... in hindsight, I should of stayed in Buenos Aires longer as everyone ...

A travel blog entry by shanewilson
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From what I´ve seen of Ipanema and Copocabana so far, Rio has got to top the list of being the most beautiful city I´ve been to. Walking along the entire length of Ipanema Beach yesterday had me in awe. The beach oozes with life (the fitness side of things ...

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