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Rio de Janeiro Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
One more night...
... see Sugar Loaf at sunset. Great timing as the weather is gorgeous today and it is a full moon! I was quite worried about being in Rio in terms of safety, and I must say it has been really amazing. As much as this city is a bit of a pain at times, ...
Rio de Janeiro Day 6
Spent this fantastic day all day at Ipanema beach bodysurfing and playing football. That evening most of us from the hostel went to a local ...
Onwards and Southwards!
... lovely staff) and set off on a 4 hour bus ride to Paraty (pronounced 'Paratchi') which is South down the coast from Rio. The buses here in Brazil are awesome - you get a load of room, these leg rests come down from the seat in front ...
Soccer in Rio
Hello all, So I am back in Rio de Janeiro. I have two more days here before we fly to Peru. I found out that Rio is hosting the Beach Futball (Soccer) World Cup. And yes the USA has a team in it...although they have already been eliminated. The ...
Rio de Janeiro
Wednesday 5th April We arrived in Rio in the dark, having come via Sao Paolo (which looks enormous). We woke up to look from the top floor of our hotel all along Copacabana beach (we are right on the front). The weather stays wonderful and we spent ...
Rio de Janeiro: Cidade Maravilhosa
When our bus trundled into Rodoviaria Novo Rio, the main bus terminal in Rio de Janeiro, we were a mixture of excitement and anxiety. Rio conjures up such vivid images: cocktails on Copacobana beach, the overbearing Sugarloaf Mountain, colourful ...
Rio de Janeiro
... just as our Spanish was getting good. The following day we headed up Corcouado upon which Christ the Redeemer gazes over Rio with outstretched arms. While incredibly touristy, the 710 meters high peck provides a striking panorama of the city below. ...
Rio de Janeiro
... would cost me about $4.00 USD which is much more than I have paid for anything short of a special meal anywhere else. I got to Rio de Janiero and was immediately blow away by the sheer size of the place. Even though I knew it would be big... I was ...
Paraty
... was still drizzling but we set off to see what Paraty had on offer. To my delight it was hosting Brazil's largest photographic festival and the restaurants/cafes were all holding photographic exhibitions. I wondered around totally inspired by the amazing ...
Touring Rio's Favela
... City of God" (which was nominated 4 Oscar in 2003)? Yes, the lawless communities it described are the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. "Favela" originally means "wild flower" in Portuguese. Because poor migrants build up their communities on the hills, their ...