Walking Down the Favela

Three days in the City of Flip-Flops

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December 30th 2008
Hi all, We are now already in Buenos Aires and are lagging behind big time with our blog entries, but this will hopefully change. Anyway, it's my job now to report about our first days here in South America. So here we go: Three days in the City of Flip-Flops We arrived in Rio de Janerio at 7am after a surprisingly pleasant overnight flight operated by Air France (shitty in-flig ... 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