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Day 49: Heading to Rio

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June 16th 2011
Today we got a bit of a leep in which was good cos of our late night/early morning excusrion last night! Got up, had breakie and then all had to have a massive clean up of the truck! That took almost 2 hours and then we headed off on our last bus drive as a tour to Rio baby!! It took us 4 hours and drove through the favella, which was incredibly dirty and sad, then arrived at our hostel 2 blocks f ... read more

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Copacabana

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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