Rio Carnival 2012
February 20th 2012 We´ve left it quite late to start the blog so have a lot to fit in! We arrived around 9am to a very hot Rio on the first day of the carnival, after a surprisingly easy 12 hour flight from Rome. Our hostel, Cafe Rio Hostel, is in Laranjeiras an area about 20 minutes from the main beaches. Luckily, our hostel is also just around the corner from the train up to Christ the Redeemer, so we managed to
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