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Where "What doesn`t kill you makes you fat!"
After an 11 hour flight, involving two movies, a very unpalatable dinner and breakfast, a woman who insisted on fully reclining her chair onto my lap and a 6 hour kip we arrived in Rio De Janeiro!!
We had our script ready for immigration regarding when we planned to leave Brazil, on our very expensive flights purchased at Heathrow Airport that according to Ailitalia we needed to enter the country. I handed over my passport at immigration, awaiting my ...
One awesome week in Rio and brazilian football ;)
... it I already felt like I am getting a cold again. But the ride was really nice to get a view of the whole city and you cross it totally from south to north. You drive along the beaches of “Flamengo” and “Botafogo” and over and through some of the “favelas” and it is just nice to watch everything. I really like riding the bus in Rio it is a whole different experience than in other cities.
There at the airport I had the luck to talk to ...
With Bruce and Nani in Rio
... to get as much down as possible now, and will then edit it when there is more time. I have put in map pins so far and will then go back to filling in the details when possible.
Andy has gone off to see our agent about our vehicle arriving in Guyaquil, and it seems as though the vehicle will be here later rather than earlier. But will find out when he gets back. We cant stay here in Guyaquil as it is an awful city - and I think that ...
Rio de Janeiro - ohtlik ilu
... poolik papaia. Ühel hetkel tuli Emilio rõdule, võttis papaia ära ja pani banaani asemele ning läks siis ära. Me lihtsalt istusime ja naeratasime, sest see kõik oli nii naljakas. Järgmisel päeval siis selgus, et tegelikult sai kunstigaleriisse kõrvaluksest. Nii et põhimõtteliselt me käisime tema kodus, ise aru saamata, et olime täiesti valest uksest sisse astunud.
Kohtasime ka rõõmsameelset kunstnikku Getulio Damado'd, kelle töökoda asub sõnaotses mõttes puu ...
This city is HOT, in every sense of the word!
... during which time they both told us some pretty amazing facts about Rocinha. For example: - up until very recently, the Rio/Brazil government didn't have anything to do with the favela, nor did they provide them any services (meaning that everything from water to electricity to housing to garbage pick-up was either run independently by the Rochinha community or the drug gang that 'owns' the neighborhood). In fact, although roughly 300,000 people live in Rocinha, ...