Rio, the Marvelous City: Part 2--The City
October 12th 2010 Like all cities, Rio has great neighborhoods for exploring and staying. While the more upscale hostels were in the leafy streets of the beach communities of Ipanima and Copacabana, I chose to stay in the central and more affordable Botofogo. It was a residential area with mansions from the 19c, now housing schools, cultural centers or the small, quirky museums that I love--the house of classical
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