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Lopen door een sloppenwijk van Rio
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Nu de spelen (2016) en het voetbal (2014) in de planning staan is de overheid druk bezig overal ´verbeteringen´ in de stad aan te brengen. Bijvoorbeeld het neerzetten van nieuwe, betonnen huizen in het lagere gedeelte van de favella. Deze zijn in felle kleuren geverfd, op het oog heel netjes, maar de achterkant is niet meegenomen... Het is een facade. Net als de manier waarop de overheid de mensen lui ...
Sun, sand and Favela's in Rio
... restaurant it was off to get some well deserved sleep as it had been a very busy day. On Friday morning Rena was up a 7.30 then off onto the beach, whilst Kenny had a long lie. Breakfast was superb with the best choice yet and the restaurant was on the 5th floor overlooking the beach . We decided to use the Metro to go to downtown and visit a church we had seen on the way in, then visit the tourist information office. The church was cool and afterwards we found it impossible ...
Amazon to Rio and I wish there were roads
... just a small one..we stopped at a floating village and the kids had the Sloths as pets as well as the snake !! OMG !! Fancy sleeping in a small floating room with those !!
We saw a lot of birdlife mainly, beautiful birds too, and an Iguana.
Near the Lodge we took a boat to a place where the have different monkeys in the wild. The feed them twice a day so people can get to see them up close.. There were 3 different kinds of monkeys...if anyone ever ...
Jesus and the beaches
... We had lunch at a beach side booth, and a couple of beers and made our way to Forte de Copacabana which is an old fort that is still in use by the Army today, had a walk around the museum taking pictures, before we realized it isn't open yet and your not allowed to take pictures, not a great idea when your on an army base and everyone has guns.
From here we had a walk down ...
What a Beautiul City!
... towers shrouded in mist, which looked like a cloud city. There was strange graffiti art which lived along the train tracks; I saw a good one of Tupac, apparently this was where he was living.
When we finally made it to the top we were a sweaty mess. I had run the final distance around crowds of people to get up to Christ before the clouds moved in. I went up stairs, escalators, past elevators and all means of ...