Rio Othon Palace

I was picked up on time by the tour operator for the hang gliding. It was a bird-like experience seing Rio in a birdīs 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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. ...

... along his black lesbian friend. Most nights, we went to Cafe Rainbow, one of the beach cafes located just in front of the Copacabana Palace Hotel, for a beer or a caipirinha. It too had a makeover since we last visited a bit over a year ago. One day, ...

Madrid connection to Rio ...

... picking up other tour participants. It was a bus-ful of entrapped tourists. It was a two hour bus ride west aouthwest of Rio de Janeiro followed by a three inter-island trip via a schooner. Lunch, I think, was purposedly served around 2:30 pm so that ...

I moved from a hostel to a hotel. Somehow, I canīt handle the mosquito larvae that I always see in the toilet bowl and the timed room airconditioning. I spent the morning at the beach, I got burnt ...

I hand dinner at Carratao Ipanema churrascaria with the Plataforma tour group. I was joined with a group of two elderly Argentinian couples. They canīt speak English nor Portuguese, hence my Spanish is again activated. We discussed about the ...

Our last night in ...