Rio de Janeiro Inns - Reviews and Rates

Always expect the unexpected. Never expect anything is going to work the same way it does at home. Don't assume an office or store will be open mid-day, even outside of the scheduled siesta hours. If you have a connecting flight, don't assume your luggage is checked through, even if you've been assured it would be. Thanks to repeated warnings th...

Oct 23 2008: the plan for today is to visit the areas of the city in which 30% of the population lives, the favelas (slums) do not deserve their reputations. The favelas are controlled by drug traffickers, which apparently makes them really safe as they punish any crimes which attract the attention of the police very severely. All this is very g...

They say that going to the sambadromo is the way to experience carnaval. Whilst others say that the real carnaval is in the streets and the sambadromo is not that important. For me, going to the sambadromo was a once in a lifetime experience that was definitely a must-do, and I do not have a single regret about it. The four of us arrived at Cent...

Tuesday 8th January 2007 - London/Rio - max temp 36C Rating - suitable for all Hello to all the Carly and Garvo friends out there who have been following their travels avidly through this blog. They have generously/stupidly/bravely (I´ll leave you to be the judge of that) asked me to guest edit their travel blog during the three weeks I am with ...

Bailefunk-funky-****-funk!!! Jag har blivit hopplost foralskad i den har staden.. Jag har aven blivit kar i bailefunk! En hysterisk musikstil som far det att rycka i varje lem pa kroppen och far oronen att vrida sig av nya ljudintryck!(LAURA, KOM HIT!!!!) Att dansa till bailefunken ar inte som att sta pa ett "discotek" hemma och veva ena handen....

Sun, blue skies, enless days on the beach. That was the plan for Rio. The reality was a little different. Actually, a lot different. Of the dozen or so days we spent there it was sunny for oh.. maybe 5 hours and it rained solidly for 5 days! The worst thing about it was that it was Irish rain, a drizzly can´t make up its mind if its going to sto...

This morning, I ran 10 miles around Lagoa, Leblon, Ipanema, then back to Mariana's mom's house in Jardim Botanico. Next time, I will wear sunscreen so that I don't further burn my arms and shoulders leaving me with white bands from my watch and mp3 player. In the afternoon, Mariana, Bia, and I went to lunch and laid out on the beach in Ipanema.

Romário de Souza Faria wordt in januari 40. Hij is flink grijs, kalend en speelt tegenwoordig voor Vasco da Gama in Rio de Janeiro, de club waar hij ooit begon. Aanvoerder Romário is zo mogelijk nog luier dan in zijn PSV-tijd, zo zagen wij vorige week in het stokoude Estádio de São Januário, waar Vasco de laatse wedstrijd van het seizoen speelde...

This was it, the last leg and as much as I wanted to enjoy Rio I was feeling odd about going home. Rio however, was a pretty cool place. A little rough around the edges, but like everywhere I've been so far, I've had stories of how the place is sooo dangerous and so on, and I've no doubt it was rough in some areas. A country with a monthly homic...

We came to Rio, just to get to know it... Beautiful city...