Copacabana Palace Rio de Janeiro

There is something more than magical about Rio de Janeiro. It is hard to say exactly what it is, but is there. The city is unmatched by any other on Earth. You can dine at the Copacabana Palace, or take in a snack at the food stand across the street. Of course there is the other side of Rio de Janeiro that we all know of all to well. A friend once told me that Rio de Janeiro is in the shape it is in because when the capitol was moved to Brasilia the funding went with it. Brasilia, as many kno...

Hoi lieve beeldbuiskindertjes Het heeft even geduurd maar hier is tie dan: ons eerste emailtje. Na een paar dagen van laatste voorbereidingen en de puntjes op de i zetten voor de thuisblijvers, zijn wij woensdag 19 september naar Zuid Amerika vertrokken, eerste bestemming: Riooooo de Janeiro. Doel: onthaasten, middel: Copacabana strand, veel zon en nog meer Caiparinhas! Helaas heeft de stad veel te veel mooie bezienswaardigheden te bieden, dus het zou zonde zijn enkel op het strand te blijven...

Copa...Copacabana... now that the tune is stuck in your head can anyone email me the lines which go with this song cause I only know one or two and it is driving me crazy and I have been humming the same lines for three days..... So we made it a few hassles getting to the airport good old London tube network shuts down the day we need to use it!!! A queue a mile long at Heathrow for check in and no chance to hit duty free shopping, but we made the flight and 14 hours plus an hour and a half s...

From Santiago, we continued to Rio de Janeiro via Sao Paulo on a flight operated by LAN Express. Once again, both flights were on time. Upon arrival in Rio, we purchased a taxi ticket at the Transcoopass counter. We had a discount card from our last visit (10% off) and got a further discount for purchasing the return at the same time. After staying at the Marriott twice and an apartment last year, we opted to stay at the Lancaster Othon this time. I had managed to get a rate of USD 79.00 per ...

Today we got up at our usual time 9am and rushed straight to the breakfast area. We loved the BF that was served- ham, salami, cold cuts, cheese, sausages, scrambled egg, variety of juices(papaya, orange, cocunut water, pineapple), variety of fruits (watermelon, mango, kiwi, fig, papaya, passion fruit, grapes, pineapple, melon etc). Highlight of our BF was watermelon, papaya and mango. Watermelon and papaya was very sweet and mango tasted like our indian alphonso. After BF we came to the room...

Well here we are, less than 24 hours before weŽre due to fly out of Rio and therefore less than 24 hours before the end of the trip and, having been so excited about going home (well, me anyway) youŽd think by this point weŽd be beside ourselves but, weŽre not. We just feel a bit flat. ThereŽs a rather pleasing symmetry with the way we were feeling on our last day in England before we started the trip, but really weŽd rather be feeling a bit better than we are now. ItŽs not that weŽve stopped...