Hotel Atlantico in Rio

... wall as we drove through the northern part of the city towards our base in Copacabana. We finally arrived at our destination, Hotel Atlantico and had just enough time for a quick lunch of bananas and Gatorade before we joined up with the local tour ...

... a really decent breakfast were prepared to put it behind us. Anyway, Rio is where we´re at and what we want to talk about. Hotel is lovely, we can see the Jeebus from our hotel roof pool - that´s correct my lovely horses, rooftop pool. Nice! But it´s ...

... , beautiful women in bikinis.  So relaxing!!! 4pm - Maracana Stadium - Flamingo (Rio's Premier Soccer Team) versus Atlantico (from Curitiba).  Now that place was intense.  ...

Finally arrived at Rio de Janeiro at 11:30. Boy, was that a long journey! We didn't think it was worth spending money on a hotel for literally four hours so we got a cab straight to Campo Grande airport and hung around until our flight at 05:00. The ...

For this trip, I avoided the commericial areas and went to a section of Rio much more cleaner and quieter: Recreio beach. Still in Rio but south of the hustle and bustle (and crime) of Copacabana and Ipanema, this area boasts incredibly beautiful and ...

... big cheer!!  For the Madonna fans out there she was at the Sambadrome on Sunday night and was staying in a rather upmarket hotel – The Copacabana Palace – just a few blocks away from us.  Another bit of Madonna trivia is that when ...

... Real per night! I was really hankering after our own bathroom but they were all shared. After looking at a few more places, including a 3 star hotel, the hostel grew on me and I decided that I wanted to reserve a room. Unlike the hotels, it has soul and ...

... weapon!             For the afternoon, we are restricted to staying on the hotel grounds.  There is a beautiful pool, and a nice shady pavilion area where we at and can relax. ...

... drink Coke competition."  They took second place!  Great job Bob and Francisco. On the trip back to the hotel, I took some pictures of Huite and the surrounding area.  As you can see from the pictures, the houses ...

... are not getting a habitat house to help improve their lives a bit. We were all hot and tired at the end of the day, but came back to the hotel and took a dip in the pool. God Bless, Steve PS Please leave us messages on our blog, we love to hear from ...

When a house becomes a home. Today, one the houses being worked on became a home for a family. A celebration was held to day to celebrate the 2000th Habitat for Humanity home built in Guatemala.  What a joyous day it was, not only for the family ...

           Do you ever spend time and just look at people's faces.  Do they speak to you?  What are the stories behind the faces?  As you look at the face, can you feel what they are ...

           What work would you do for $5 a day?  Our mason's helpers, Obaldo and Oscar earn $5 a day for building houses.  The average house takes 22 days to complete…meaning they earn ...

... 's de unas vueltas nos fuimos al hotel.  Al ratito, Claudio ve que las camionetas están entrando al estacionamiento del hotel que continúa inundado.  Uno del grupo de las camionetas se queda conversando con nosotros y nos da la mala noticia de ...

... problema andando. No lo encontrarás en Google Earth porque aún aparece el solar vacío. El día en cuestión le pedimos al hotel que nos llevasen de vuelta al aeropuerto y nos dejaron en la misma puerta de Geisyr. Aunque nos presentamos 1 hora antes no ...