Hotel Atlantico Copacabana Rio de Janeiro

... and we all pretty much changed our minds!! Good thing too - it was wicked! It was in a big shed, no walls, mad electronic funk music, people doing samba and booty bouncing, and a fit inducing strobe light! It was packed too!! Quality!<br><br>Went to see Jesus - it was a glorious day in Rio, there was only one wee cloud, and guess where that was hanging around - right over JESUS!!! Me and an ozzie went to see it, but all you could see was a vague blurry outline, so ...

... 13! So the problems with these favelas is literally exponentially growing and even concerns the very corrupt mayor and police force monitoring the situation. Another is that the terrain in most areas restricts the growth of these communities, which grow by people renting and/or building their own homes with a first come first serve philosophy. However, this results in a person renting their roof to a new tenant, who then builds a new home on top of it and then ...

... meaning of welcome and hospitality.<br><br>Our accommodations were modest but very convenient as they were situated right across from Copacabana Beach and a short walk from Ipanema Beach. Our first day, we did a little walking tour to get a feel for the city and our surroundings. Brazilians love their churrasco (barbeque meats) and caiperinha (a sugar cane based alcohol that can be made a variety of ways, often with lots of fresh ...

... ul si sa mancam si ceva la un Mc. In sala de asteptare din aeroport am nimerit langa niste chinezi care tipau unul la altul si faceau ce stiau ei mai bine - ragaieli si alte functii de genul asta. Ne era teama sa nu stam langa ei, dar am avut parte de altele - o mama cu trei copii, toti sub 5 ani. Cand au urcat in avion urlau toti trei atat de tare, incat ne gandeam cu regret la chinezii nostri. Dar a foost bine. S-au calmat si au ...

... how long have you been travelling?, where are you going next? After these ones there might be some variation depending whether the person you are speaking to, plans to travel to the same places as you or not. Every person you meet in these meetings means a repetition of this which ends up been pretty boring sometimes. I probably had more fun with the ...

... photos should be fun uploading all them. On our third nite in the hostel some of the english boys who were sleepin in the set of beds next to us got back at 5 in the morning and got into bed about 2 mins later we hear some creaking and then an explosion. I looked up to see the bunks they were on had collapsed into a pile on the floor. Everybody jumped up and started to lift the beds as there was still a girl at the bottom of all the rubble, luckily she was unharmed but still ...

Brazil is apparently one of the best producers of gemstones so there is an H. Stern factory where they make jewellery out of these stones. As part of their sales approach they offer hotel guests a free pick-up and return to their factory in Ipanema as long as you do the tour, which is actually very interesting, and sit through a quick sales pitch. Some of the jewellery they brought out for Annie to look at was very beautiful but nothing that she really wanted. The walk out ...