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Rio de Janeiro

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 NicB
March 6th 2009

Rio De Janeiro - Carnival!!!! South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Ipanema

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So after a fab 24hrs on a bus, yes that was 24hrs, and having the rudest Brazilian man sitting next to me we arrive in Rio (20/02)!!!! I am still not sure how but all 5 of us get into a taxi with all our luggage and head to the hostel.......sorry I mean hovel.......OK I know when I booked it I did not expect the Ritz it was only a tenner a night over carnival period but serioulsy this was just a doss house!!! So our 4 bed dorm was basically a floor over the common area that you just about [View Full Entry]

By HayleyandSimon
March 6th 2009

Rio de Janeiro - Feb to Mar 09 South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Botafogo

Our 27hr bus ride from Salvador to Rio was reasonably pleasent, the chairs were comfortable and they reclined to almost flat with a leg rest, the only bad thing was that we were seated at the back of the bus right next to the toilets! Being next to the toilets on a 27hr bus trip full of gringos with Brazil bellies is the last thing you want. We managed to get by with the beautiful scenery. The vast difference from the outskirts of Salvador (very barron, dry and poor) and Rio (very green, lush and more wealthy) was amazing. The 27hrs [View Full Entry]

By Iola and Steve
March 5th 2009

Riiiioooooooo! South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Ipanema

At Heathrow

We’ve arrived, and in true Brit fashion we managed to burn ourselves on the first day! Whoop! My feet are now blistering and Steve’s back is looking nasty! But we’ve had an amazing couple of days (well apart from today but more of that in a bit). Steve is sat in a hammock opposite me at the mo, drinking beer! Sorry, it’s true! We arrived to boiling heat, it’s been in the low 30’s every day and coming from Plymouth it’s taking some getting used to. Our Hostel is really nice, one block from Ipanema beach!! And thank god not everyone [View Full Entry]

By Chris and Danis Travels
March 5th 2009

Trancoso - Rio De Janeiro South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro

Well it´s been quite a while since our last entry, but as you can imagine there was little time to spare in a city like Rio! We left Trancoso shortly after our last entry with some banana cake and minging guacamole to keep us going. The bus ride took 21 hours but was quite enjoyable as they supplied us with biscuits and films for entertainment. After settling in to our hostel in Catete, we headed out to meet Dave and Ollie (Dave being our friend from Uni for those who don´t know him) for a few drinks. We were ambushed by [View Full Entry]

By HunterG
March 5th 2009

Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Ipanema

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Sao Paulo

Carnival in Rio...Sao Paulo...Iguazu Falls...Paraty....crazy. [View Full Entry]

By Wherever I lay my hat
March 4th 2009

From Iguazu Falls to the Rio Carnival! South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Santa Teresa

Rainbow at the falls
so many rainbows you could reach out and touch them

So the final part of my SA blog is finally here...time has indeed flown away with itself Our next part of the trip was up to Iguazu Falls. We did both the Argentina side and the Brazil side. There were so many places to walk around in the Argentina side and so many vantage points to check out the falls. We also took a boat trip which took us Under the falls which was great fun. We got completely soaked and unfortunately someone stupidly forgot to take out their passport and purse from their pockets....so I now have a very manky [View Full Entry]

By Lambhands
March 4th 2009

Carnival Messiness! South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Copacabana

Down at the Copa, Copacabana...de der de de der der der der duhhhh. We probably should have learnt some more words to that song because thats all we knew and we sang it constantly. I don't really know where to start with this blog. Carnival was a hell of a crazy week. A lot of the stories work better in person too so I'll probably be boring you all for years to come with them. So much happened! I was a bit worried that Carnival in Rio was all about the big parades that they have in this stadium that they [View Full Entry]

By Lou and Lee Bolton
March 3rd 2009

Welcome to Rio South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro

Statue of Christ

Better late than never as they say, so here we go with the first installment of our travels..... Had quite a funny start to our trip by literally bumping into Fabio Capello in Heathrow Duty Free. He didn't stop to chat unfortunately, but Lee did secretly follow him for a while to get a better look! Arrived late in Rio and the Carnival parties were still in full swing. Went to the winners parade for the Carnival at Rio's famous Sambadrome, which was quite an experience. Everything you would expect, thousands of people, fabulous costumes, banging drums and all in all [View Full Entry]

By Jake and Leslie
March 3rd 2009

Thoughts on Brazil... a non-Lonely Planet guide ;) South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Copacabana

Leslie + Jake do Rio

We´re still in Rio de Janeiro, waiting for the Cannon charger to arrive in the mail and Jake´s cold to get better (he caught the bug I had during Carnaval). After 2 weeks here, we are feeling the urge to move on. We may just head to Salvador without getting the camera charger; who knows if it will ever arrive anyway? It seems we are in the midst of a mini-heat wave here in Rio. Yesterday the temperature topped 40 degrees celsius-- abut 104 fahrenheit! What better way to pass the time than catch up on our blogging in an air [View Full Entry]