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Rio Carnival 2013

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February 17th 2013
Previous two blogs are Brazil except Carnival. This is Carnival - what we came for! On Saturday we took a taxi to the Sambodromo - we had tickets for Monday, so we wanted to do a reccy. We found the closest Metro to the stadium and tried it out. The Metro system is also just one price, about £1.20, to anywhere on it's 3 lines. Not too extensive, and easy to use - but for the next three e ... 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