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Brazil - Part 2 (Rio de Janeiro)
... Municipal, which we'd stopped by earlier, offered guided tours and so after indulging in an amazing lunch at a local patisserie, we decided to take one. The theatre was built in the early twentieth century and is considered to be one of the most beautiful and important in Brazil. Its design was inspired by the Paris opera of Charles Garnier and is built in an "eclectic" style for those architectural buffs out there. The theatre was reopened only last year after undergoing ...
At the Copa, Copacabaaaaaana
... shining and the statue was out in full view. We got perfect visibility which made for great photos, but if going first thing was beating the crowds, then I'd hate to see what the crowd is like - it was still difficult moving around. We even got treated to some monkeys that were hanging around which Neyla fed a banana to so we could get close. She said your not supposed to feed them but she thinks its fun so does it anyway haha. After visiting the redeemer statue, Neyla ...
A city of extremes
... living conditions. We walked down the `main street` that was not bigger than a meter wide and you had to watch your step as to not fall into the open sewer system below. Last night we went to a local soccer game Flamenica (Rio) versus Corinthnes (Sao Paulo). We were right beside the crazy fan section and loved every minute of it. We sang along with all of their songs and did their little ...
Tues-Thurs in Rio de Janeiro
... stayed up there till about 6.15pm for the sunset and then went down the first gondola and tried to get down the 2nd gondola to the bottom but since weŽd walked up we were told we had to buy an additional ticket to get down unless we waited until after 7pm and we could get a free trip down. SO we did the maths and decided we should get spend the money on a beer at Sugar Loaf overlooking Rio at night and then get the free gondola down at 7pm. It was the best decision.
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Feter ses 40 ans a Rio de Janeiro
... Carioca habite dans les favelas qui poussent a un rythme soutenu car elles regroupent la population la plus pauvre (dans les divers degres de pauvrete qui composent le Bresil...et toute l'Amerique latine d'ailleurs!!) composee des nouveaux arrivants, des familles sans travail, des marginaux mais aussi et surtout des travailleurs pauvres!!! Elles sont pour la plupart situee sur les pentes escarpees ...