Continental Hotel Rio de Janeiro

... we learned our lesson at the beginning. The next day (October 30th), we took an all day, guided tour of Rio de Janeiro, in an air conditioned bus.  Even though it was partly cloudy, the temperature throughout the day averaged ...

Rio is great. Love the long beaches and the atmosphere with Carnival week. It really is the cidade maravilhosa - marvelous city. The hotel is awesome - a hotel vs. good hostels. Best part is the safe so I don´t have to wear a money belt. Air con, ...

Yeah another travel - this time Rio de Janeiro Wow I guess I`m traveling to much. Today at 10 o`clock i got an email from the DAAD with my flight which was at 15 o`clock from the airport in Natal ;) So I really had to rush and all my afternoon plans ...

... onniennes en 1807. La cour et la famille royale portugaise se sont réfugiées au Brésil. La capitale fut transférée à Rio de Janeiro où elle reste jusqu'en 1821 quand Jean VI est retourné à Lisbonne. Dans l'année suivante, le 7 septembre ...

... 'onniennes en 1807. La cour et la famille royale portugaise se sont réfugiées au Brésil. La capitale fut transférée à Rio de Janeiro où elle reste jusqu'en 1821 quand Jean VI est retourné à Lisbonne. Dans l'année suivante, le ...

The first DAAD Meeting in Rio de Janeiro and Sightseeing Yesterday night when I arrived from the airport to the hotel I went to some bars to have a café and to read some stuff about Rio to know where to go because I have known that the meeting today ...

... this way. I paid more to get from the airport to my hostel than I did to get from Houston, Texas to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! Reccooccloouussnesss! (I only paid 133.00 for my ticket here because I religiously put every penny I spend on my Continental World ...

... car was thirty years old in this country, lovely.   Santiago   The last of the buses in my epic cross continental experiment did not estimate border time in the ticket, and consequently I was cutting things a bit fine. In fact I also misread ...

Kom til Rio ...

... come from favelas. Back down to the beach front and we dropped our tour mates, Roger and Jenny from the UK, back to their hotel in Santa Teresa. The city was pumping with street parades all over for Carnival week. We hooked into one in our area later ...

Late start today after Sambodrome last night. Great swim in the pool on the top of the hotel and a zzzz in the sun. Best coffee we have had so far in South America and a piece of disgustingly sweet but divine cake at Macedonia Video on Rua Gustavo ...

... come in to collect people and showed our pass to a driver who opened the door for us. Bit cheeky but we would have got back hours before most others. Had a quick breaky at the hotel before a few hours of sleep. What an amazing night at the ...

... much time to blog... As if things can't get any more perfect, we end up meeting a young (almost gay) pilot for Continental airlines who pregamed at the hostel village with us last night. He ended up inviting us to the Sheraton Hotel to have lunch ...

... of baroque churches, pretty front buildings and great views.   All too soon it was time to head to the end destination - Rio de Janeiro, boy have I been looking forward to this, not the end, but Rio!  As we descended into Rio we spotted the ...

... day running last-minute errands and confirming everything - flight, hotel, etc. Everything's set and we're ready to go to Rio de Janeiro. Thank goodness Anita's passport finally arrived. We were down to the wire with that one. She sent it off six weeks ...

... wetting herself. As the next day dawned we said goodbye to Panama and its Central Americaness for the bright lights of Rio De Janeiro. However, after our initial excitement had brewed to boiling point and we´d got to Panama City airport, checked in our ...

... a phenomenal run in the past two months – Madrid and Morocco with Mom in early November, then Sydney for Thanksgiving, Rio de Janeiro in mid-December, Bahrain in late December, and Qatar for New Year’s on my own. This concludes a spectacular ...

... , Argentina/Brazil. Hotel St. George. May 24: Varig (RG) 2163, Iguazu (IGU) to Rio, 545pm-735pm. May 24-27: Rio de Janeiro. Sheraton Barra Hotel & Suites. May 27-28: Buzios. Pousada Hibiscus Beach. May 28: AF 443, Rio (GIG) to Paris (CDG), ...