Hostel Copa Praia Rio de Janeiro

... to the two principle attractions in Rio: to Corcovado to see Christ the Redeemer as well as a visit to Sugarloaf Mountain. I´m not entirely sure why but the train to Corcovado Hill ran to the top long before the statue was there, I think since the beginning of last century. I saw some old photos in the dining room at the hotel and it looked quite different to now (even accounting for the obvious difference of the statue) - a lot of the vegetation had been cleared ...

... that Michael Jackson had passed away. In the blink of an eye, a person who was completely out of mind swarmed my emotions. MJ. The King of Pop. All of us immediately dismissed the freakshow Jacko that we read about in the last decade and instantly were nostalgic of the MJ that coincided with our upbringing. "He made Thriller man... Thriller." The guy was beyond legend. He transcended music. He was as iconic as Elvis, Bob Marley and the Beatles. He was the ...

Yesterday we had one of those 'pinch me I'm dreaming' days unfortunately I am neither a good enough writer or photographer to really be able to convey the beauty and passion of this city so you will have to use your imaginations to embellish what I am able to tell you.<br><br>In short Rio is above and beyond the most amazing place I have ever visited from the jaw dropping views to the friendly openness of the people nothing else could come close. We ...

... and littered with carnival debris from the winners party the night before last. Manage to find a headress to be snapped in..then kill a few hours at the hostel and head to Copacabana beach to stare at the medley of normal to very strange people before catching a bus back to the airport. A flying visit but every local I met was sooo friendly, would love to come back and 'do'Brazil properly and at carnival.

... sit in Section 13 (the peasant section where you cant see very much!) we agreed that we would either have to pay up (hundreds) or settle for the common people! We settled and at around 1.30am we walked into the Sambodrome and took our seats. The parade is split into two nights, Sunday and Monday. Half the groups parade on Sunday and the other half on Monday, around six per night. It´s a fierce competition between each samba school and we cant even begin to ...

... hosting me, he lives a lil way outside of rio but it will also offer a more unique experience then the typical backpacker hostel deal, actually i think its been a pretty long time since i~ve ended up in a hostel now that i think of it, i been pretty lucky and using lots of my past travel connections to keep off the gringo trail to some extent at least.