Rio Othon

I was picked up on time by the tour operator for the hang gliding. It was a bird-like experience seing Rio in a bird´s eye-view. I met three ladies from St. Patrick land... It was bit scary because the velcru strap on my left leg got lose but ...

Rio is one of the world's great cities. The beauty is everywhere! We stayed on Copacabana Beach at the Lancaster Othon Hotel in a Deluxe Beachfront room with a balcony overlooking the most famous beach in the world. The hotel was in need of refinishing ...

... over the Atlantic Coast, this was our third and last great ocean along our trip. Finally we approached the sprawling city of Rio de Janerio! Landing into Brazil, the country has a very different feel to the other South American countries. Its a melting ...

... , when we came a cross a pretty low key looking tour company called Ancoraue Tours.  They offered both sailing and climbing excursion in Rio.  The company is run by a guy named Andrew who was who meet us to go for the climb.)  The hike was ...

... and a show, how nice.     The following day, it was quite cloudy, but we headed up to the most famous landmark of Rio, namely Christ the Redeemer. But, as we arrived at the top , the statue was so cloud covered we can't even see a thing, so ...

... I need to get used to. After all, some sacrifices need to be made.  Overall, though, I actually feel more comfortable and safe here in Rio de Janeiro than I do in Vancouver. Just so long as one uses one's common sense, there should be no ...

Well the trip from Bozios back to Rio was better the before except the fact that we had to leave Buzios. Our frist task was to take a cab up to Sugar Loaf. The ride up to the top is amazing. From the top of Sugar Loaf the site of Rio is amazing. ...

... arrives, we al pile in, and then bck into rio, past centro and flamengo and botafogo out onto copacabana, askyscraper hotel othon, very 70s era, glittering lounge, uniformed porters, mirrors, potted palms, the whole tropical 5 star thing. a room with two ...

... return at the same time. After staying at the Marriott twice and an apartment last year, we opted to stay at the Lancaster Othon this time. I had managed to get a rate of USD 79.00 per night including breakfast. We were given a large room overlooking... ...

... j ai vu ton frere on a même prit une photos pour toi. J ai fait 3 hotels sans le trouver car il y a 5 hotels avec le meme nom OTHON quelque chose donc il est venu me retrouver en face du Meridien. On a bu un verre sur la digue et il a eclaire un peu ma ...

Copacabana; the seediest/sleaziest place on ...

... to stay away. Unless of course, you pay for a tour. Next stop was to the Maracana stadium, the biggest football stadium in Rio (maybe Brazil/South America?) At one point, it held up to 200,000 people, although that’s now been reduced to 150,000. ...