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Favelas and Christo!
So we`ve finally got some sun! Its been beautiful weather ever since we arrived at Rio Backpacks. The hostel`s not as clean as the last one we stayed at but we do have air con and it`s good for socialising, people tend to do things in groups. Rio´s already getting smaller though, we keep bumping into familiar faces everywhere we go! First night we …
Carnval!
Since we last wrote we went to two more Blocos, one in Ipanema and one in Leblon, the Brazilian guy who is something to do with our hostel (not sure what) took us and a few others and we lucked out and found the parades in full swing. The Bloco parade just has a van with guys singing samba songs on top and then everyone (us included) gets behind …
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil is a city of contrast; spectacular natural beauty, gorgeous weather (30c in the winter), great beaches, beautiful people in very small swimwear, alongside people sleeping on the streets and general poverty in the favelas. We spent a couple of days chilling on Copacabana, Ipanema and Leblon beaches. The Brazilians are really in to their …
Carnaval de Rio!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jusqu'au dernier jour j'ai peur de ne trouver aucun hebergement dans la 2eme ville la plus dangereuse au monde.... Et mon billet est deja booke. Je ne peux plus reculer et envisage deja devoir louer une voiture en guise de toit. Les 30 mails que j ai envoyes a la communaute des couchsurfers me sont revenus negatifs, la plupart disant meme que 3 …
Rio de Janeiro, visite et fin du periple!!!!!!!!!!
Je n'ai finalement que peu de temps pour visiter cette sympathique ville de Rio, je prefere donc terminer avec une auberge plutot que de retourner chez mon ami Sergio, faute de temps a lui consacrer. Comme a mon habitude je marche en moyenne 8h par jour, mais pas seul cette fois. Avec un copain allemand rencontre le soir de mon arrivee (en meme …