Ipanema Beach

Rio de Janeiro: City of God

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July 20th 2008
Rach: The sun was setting when our plane landed in Rio de Janeiro, staining the sky a watery pallette of pink and purple, and I knew instantly that I had arrived somewhere special. Even the roads leading us out of the airport were lined with palm trees. As our bus crawled through the busy, colourful streets of weekend-Rio towards the beaches the tiredness that had been weighing on me just minu ... read more

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Following three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance of t... ... read more