Botafogo Easy Hostel

We moved hostels to Botafogo Easy ...

... and for my move to Botafogo which was about 10 minutes away from the hotel in a cab. When I arrived at the hostel, The Botafogo Easy Hostel, initially I thought we'd gone to the wrong place as there was nothing to indicate it was one so I rang on the ...

Yesterday we arrived in Rio De Janeiro.  Rocked up to our hostel - the Botafogo Easy Hostel, a top find.  Room is decent, 6 bed mixed dorm, although no one in the other three beds so we have it to ourselves.  Lockers in the rooms for ...

Where do we start on this topic?  First day at Botafogo Easy Hostel, we meet one of the workers, Sergggio he introduces himself to us.  He seems pretty cool, but little do we know he is going to be the centre of our universe in Rio! We soon ...

... full pelt down the motorway, singing along to songs he didnīt understand.... it was an experience. Once I was settled into the hostel I visited Sugar Loaf mountain since itīs closeby. Well, in actual fact it looks close by on the maps, but is more ...

... dag is een gevecht. Triest. Onder de indruk van dit alles werden we door de taxi voor de beveiligde deur van ons hostel afgezet. We hebben een kamer met tweepersoonsbed en nog een dikke vierkante meter vloeroppervlakte, meer heb je niet nodig, tenminste ...

... gewacht op het strand om te mogen betalen (over vertrouwen gesproken), stond er weer een taxi klaar om ons naar het hostel te brengen. Het middagprogramma bestond uit het bezoeken van een bloco, oftewel een streetparty. Samen met voor het gemak 2x ...

... tegen 11 kan Flamengo een nederlaag niet meer voorkomen en het wordt uiteindelijk 1-3. Wat een afknapper. Flamengo gaat niet naar de staatsfinale. Dus geen party in de stad en wij keren moe terug naar ons hostel. Wat een dag. (Fotos zijn nu ...

... brush your teeth with it. Don't eat seafood, No ice in drinks. don't blah blah blah. First thing i did on arriving in the hostel is have a drink of nasty orange squash (or was it grapefruit), then brushed my teeth with tap water. Oops. Then after a walk ...

... every bus passes through all of the main neighborhoods going from south to north:  Leblon, Ipanema, Copacabana, Flamengo/Urca, Botafogo, Lapa/Gloria/Santa Teresa and Centro.  Making things even easier for the visitor is the best street sign ...

... a cheaper place around it. We jump on the bus but go straight through Gloria accidently and end up getting off at Botafogo where our original hostel is booked. We find it and ask if we can stay there the night. They have room but the price ...

... nbsp; We catch another taxi at the terminal, all this is sounding familiar isnīt it, to our accommodation, another hostel, in Botafogo, the suburb nextdoor to Copacabana. Taxi rides are great because they take you straight to your destination, hopefully, ...

... some people on the plane so looking for 5 beds was not an easy task.  It wasnīt the best hostel (Villa Caraioca) or best area (Botafogo) to stay - cheap but not very cheerful so I went looking for alternative accommodation and just happened to bump ...

... past every few seconds yelling īAGUA, CERVEJA`.  Anyway.... not a bad first day.  We had a very chilled evening in Botafogo (the area of Rio we were staying in) experienced some tasty local food resulting from a lucky īpoint and hope for the ...

Arriving back in Rio in the early evening we take a taxi to our chosen hostel (Beach House Backpackers in the middle class Botafogo area). Luckily they have space for us for 2 nights and for R$25 each (Ģ10) it's a pretty good deal for Rio – about ...

... a foocheebo fan, but the passion brazilians have for it, made attending a game almost obligatory. Luckily, two Rio teams (Flamengo and Botafogo) were in the semi finals for the right to represent brazil in the copa de libertadores (I think that's what was ...

... in over the mountains which were shrouded in cloud, to a cool but very humid 18īC. After getting the airport bus to the Botafogo region of Rio, we had an interesting 15 min trying to actually find the hostel! But once we were there we had ...

... to the top of Sugarloaf (Pao de Acucuar), which has amazing views over the beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema, and north to Flamengo and Botafogo, and also East to the city of Nitteroi which is linked to Rio by a massive bridge that crosses the bay.  ...

... a long dark tunnel was in the way full of traffic and lovely carbon monoxide. The run had to steer back towards our Botafogo suburb which  proved to have a decent beach we didnīt know about and hardly anyone on it at 7:30am running.. ...

... climate around us. After much difficulty in finding it, we managed to catch a performance of the new Star Trek film in the Botafogo district - well worth the wait in my opinion. The next day we began our city exploration by taking a tour. We revisited ...