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Cidade Maravilhosa

On the southern coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro is the city of Rio de Janeiro, land of the tiny bikini and even tinier speedo and one of most scenic and well loved cities world wide.

Locals are known as "Cariocas" and pronounce Rio as "Heeo Je Han-ear-ho", wear Havaianas (flip flops/thongs) all the time, let the days slip by on the beaches and party the nights away.

Highlights
• Christ the Redeemer
• Sugar Loaf mountain
• The beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema
• The Mardi Grais Carnival in February
• Maracana Stadium - the largest soccer/football stadium in the world
• Lapa's amazing night-life
• New Year's Eve at Copacabana beach
• The favela tour

Best time of year to visit
Any - though most popular and crowded is December to February - when prices double.

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By Bartoni
April 9th 2009

The count down begins South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Copacabana

Brimelow
She likes the snow!

Hi All, This is the start, I hope of many updates on my adventures with Brimelow in South America. First stop is Rio on the 4th May. After that it will be a journey south ending up in the Galapagos :0 For those of you who don't know the plan the itinerary is as follows: Brazil - Rio and the falls in Iguaza Argentina - Tango and steak Uruguay - a boat trip from Buenos Aires to add another country to our stops Argentina - the bottom of the continent and hopefully some wildlife Chile - wine and mountains Bolivia - [View Full Entry]

By MickPurcell
April 9th 2009

Rio Baby South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Ipanema

Hey everyone, The first couple of days in Rio were exciting to say the least. Well my flight to Rio was an extremely long flight. I think it worked out to be 11 hours. Altogether I was travelling a solid 24 hours between Dublin to London and then on to Rio. As I arrived I got to immigration and there was queue to go through. Of course for some bizarre reason I was the only one picked out of the queue and I was escorted into a back room. I was quite nervous now at this stage. I thought someone may [View Full Entry]

By Dr Pepper
March 27th 2009

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

Road to Rio

10 days in Rio de Janeiro, The Cidade Maravilhosa (The Marvellous City). Not many cities can boast such a beautiful setting, its backed by green mountains that look down on to wide swathes of sandy beaches. My hostel was in the area of Ipanema, one of the more expensive, and safer areas on Rio. The hostel was on a small closed street with a few other hostels so the atmosphere was relaxed, friendly and safe. Every evening people from the different hostels were out chatting on the street, well until the 10pm curfew. The first couple of days were spent getting [View Full Entry]

By kyakawena
March 26th 2009

Just before I leave... South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Leblon

Just a test blog before I head out to make sure I can do this in transit. I leave in 1.5 days on my little trip. [View Full Entry]

By BjorgisandCicis verdensturne
March 26th 2009

Brasil - Karneval, men for mykje folk:) South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Centro

Klare for karneval
Kostyma okkos bleikna i forhold til andre, men det stod ikkje paa innsatsen.

Me landa i Sor Amerikas storste by Sao Paulo med omlag 20 millionar innbyggjarar. Me fekk eit stressande forsteinntrykk daa me tok metroen midt i morgonrushet. Her er trikset og vente paa ein litt mindre full vogn, eller eventuelt presse paa alt det du maktar til du er sikra ein liten plass i vogna. Her blei det nokre rolege dagar, og me fekk starta jakta paa dei perfekte Havaianasane. Me traff nok ein valldol, Bjorn Tore Homme, og han introduserte okk for brasiliansk frukost og ol paa sitt beste. For karnevalet, var det paa sin plass med litt sol og strandliv [View Full Entry]

By ADog
March 24th 2009

It's Getting Hot in "H-io" South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro

The Rio Beach from above

You can easily tell that "H-io" (as the locals pronounce Rio) is a beach town. Even if you're not strolling across the miles of beach-side promenade in neighborhoods like Copacabana and Ipanema that are nearly synonymous with exotic locale, people take their time making it from point A to B, and there is a hint of sea air across the city. In general, the city's vibe can be summed up as "why rush, why worry?" Rio was actually a pleasant surprise for me in many ways. I'd been told that the city was dirty and extremely unsafe, and movies like City [View Full Entry]

By joelsupertramp
March 20th 2009

Sun, Sea and Cristo Redentor! South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Santa Teresa

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Last week in Brasil. Having made flight plans and hotel bookins and such Joaquim and i set off on our adventure to the State of Rio de Janiero (river of January), last sunday night! For starters the car journey seemes a bit hairy and scary, being my first proper drive at night in Brasil... especially when you cannot see the big potholes looming out of the road at you every 2 seconds! Anyway, made it to the hotel in Uberladia - flight down to Rio, via sao paulo the next day... then picked up by a driver and taken to Juiz [View Full Entry]

By Vix83
March 19th 2009

Been upto way too much since last blog South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Botafogo

Right this may be abit long winded especially since I haven´t written a blog for so long and we´ve been upto so much, I´ve also copied in Nic´s blog to save me a little time, I´ll add that to the end for u, as its a little more detailed, although don´t get too bored with all the writing. Right where do I start.... Carnival was amazing, one of the best weeks of my life. One massive week long party of samba and street parties. We were lucky enough to have Michelle come and join us for the party in which she [View Full Entry]

By Cristina74
March 17th 2009

Rio and caipirinhas!!!! South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro

With Marina, Gonzalo and Luca

On the way to Rio I met a really nice young Argentinean couple (Marina and Gonzalo), so on arrival to Rio we all took a taxi together and went to the same hostel in Ipanema. There we meet a nice Brazilian guy called Luca so we all went for a walk around and dinner. After that we end up at the Irish pub next door to celebrate St Patrick’s Day with a few caipirinhas. The following day we all decided to go to the beach to relax all morning, and we met a couple of girls from Italy that were also [View Full Entry]

By Sherri G
March 16th 2009

venturing outside comfort zone South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Tijuca

graffiti

Rio De Janiero is not the safest city in the world to travel solo, of the six million people in this city, much of them are thieves. Graffiti is the art of choice and unlimited amounts of crime are evident everywhere you go so I thought I'd just stay in today, but when I woke up at 6:30am and looked outside, I thought what the hell, you only live once, just go for it! I called the front desk and booked one of their tours even though I knew it was overpriced. It was scheduled to leave at 9am so I [View Full Entry]

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