Rio de Janeiro

While traveling South America in 1999, I watched the city of Rio de Janeiro die beneath the outstrecthed arms of Christ the Redeemer. It was the Rio that the travel agents and Brazilian Tourism Board would rather you not know about.

... The traffic was quite light making it a pleasant ride to enjoy as I admired the sunrise and stunning mountainous landscape of Rio de Janeiro.  By 8:00am, we were at our hotel, the Windsor Excelsior which sat on a wide corner lot offering excellent ...

... :  31 felt like 40 Weather: bright sun, blue cloudless sky -------------------------------------------------------------- Brazil Tour Day 2 – Rio de Janeiro The rest of the afternoon was spent being driven along the famous beaches of Rio de ...