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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 Kingfisher Lol
February 23rd 2009

Disfunctional tourists in Rio South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Copacabana

Christ

Well Rio was a bit of a flying visit just two days and nights. Upon arrival from Isle Grande there was a great atmosphere and vibe around the place. Everybody in Brazil lives for Carnival, it's bigger than Christmas here, so it was all Carnival talk non stop. Buses, in the street, taxi's everywhere all you heard was Carnival, Carnival, Carnival. Strange then you might think...Why did we only stay two days and then leave the day before Carnival starts. Well because we had an apartment lined up for another city three hours away that supposedly is more the 'real carnival' [View Full Entry]

By mark and chrissie
February 23rd 2009

Gearing up for Carnaval, More is More! South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Centro

More is more...
Looking good!

Day 693 (20.02.09) Carnaval, billed as the biggest party in the world, occurs at the same time all across Brazil with Rio being the most famous place to fiesta. Today was the official start to the proceedings and we decided we needed some colourful and crazy things to wear. With Drew, Nick and Mark from our dorm we got the metro out to Centro and the area outside Uruguiana station which we'd heard was great for the sort of thing we required. It turned out to perfect as we joined throngs of others gearing up for carnaval. The market and surrounding [View Full Entry]

By mark and chrissie
February 23rd 2009

Flamengo Fans for the day at the Maracana South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Botafogo

Footie at the Maracana

Day 694 (21.02.09) Wanting to experience one of South Americas biggest passions, we joined a group from our hostel and our norwegian mates hostel to go out to the Maracana stadium (once famed to have the biggest capacity of any stadium in the world when it was all standing) to watch Flamengo play. As we arrived at the stadium we joined the steady flow of the crowd and stopped for a quick piccie at the sign announcing that the stadium will be used for the 2014 world cup final. We found some seats in and amongst the most passionate fans we [View Full Entry]

By mark and chrissie
February 23rd 2009

The Greatest Show on Earth South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Botafogo

Carnaval at the SambaDromo

Day 695 (22.02.09) Today was the day for us to experience all the colour, grandeur and true spectacle of the Carnaval in Rio as we had tickets to the main parade in the Sambadromo. But before we could make it out for the start at 9pm, we still had to drag ourselves out of bed following our previous Carnaval celebrations. Making it up for a spot of brekkie before falling back into bed for a couple of hours we eventually made it outside for a trip to the hippy market in Ipanema where amongst the local artists dsiplaying their work we [View Full Entry]

By orbit
February 23rd 2009

Carne-Val South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro

im a french clown
in front of our float

Here´s some pictures Ive taken recently...some are from the other night in the Sambodromo parade. I was lucky to dance in the parade as my hosts here happened to be doing it, and invited me along. Its not all that uncommon for a tourist to do it...but I probably wouldnt have if I wasnt invited. And it was such a blast! Basically there are local Samba Schools from most neighboorhoods in Rio, and the parade is a competition with its own sort of stadium. The neighboorhood that my hosts, Rod, Luiz and Andrea, and myself danced with was Rocinha (Ho-see-nya). Its [View Full Entry]

folks in our ´ala´ (block of the parade)

By theopenroad
February 23rd 2009

Day 2 South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Botafogo

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Day 2 So after am pretty much uninterrupted nights sleep we both wake up at 7.30. After making our way downstairs and chilling in the lounge for while the cook brings out an assortment of brekkie, ham, cheese, fresh rolls, coffee, cake and some very odd tasting fruit juice! It finally gets to around 9am and we decide to hit the beach early. We leave the hostel and start walking... Everything is closed with shutters down. This seems a bit odd being carnival and everything? So we get to Botafogo beach and start walking over the beach, as i approach the [View Full Entry]

By synnemartekatrine
February 22nd 2009

Brazil!! South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Botafogo

Dykker synne
Dette er ja paa dykkerspraak

Heluuu!! Naa har vi siste kvelden i Rio! Siden sist har det skjedd ganske mye.. Vi startet med en glad-lang reise for aa komme oss fra Tofo i Mozam til Ilha Grande, Brasil.. MANDAG: buss kl 4 om morgenen (lokal buss... Trsangt og varmt)fra Tofo tilMaputo, 9 timer. Tirsag: 9 timers buss fra Maputo til Johannesburg. Onsdag: 10 timers fly til Sao Paulo... Saa Naar vi kom dit, ante vi ikke hvordan vi skulle komme oss videre.. Etter litt spraak problemer klarte vi aa komme oss til busstasjonen og kom oss paa en nattbuss til Angra. Vi var der klokken seks [View Full Entry]

By theopenroad
February 22nd 2009

Day 1 South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Botafogo

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Day 1- 22nd Feb 7:30- Craig leaves Newport with family in tow, Tom leaves Leicester at 7:30. 9:30- Both meet at Terminal 5, Heathrow. Check in and say our goodbyes, no tears from the boys, which Tom was very impressed with! 12:00pm- Board the Boeing 777, seats 37 a and b. We are sitting on the runway for an hour waiting to take off, due to BA's incapacity to clean the aircraft in time for takeoff! 9:45pm- (Rio De Janeiro time)- Land at Rio International, manage to get through customs without any problems and our taxi man waiting with the board- [View Full Entry]

By DanAndHolly
February 20th 2009

South American Dining Habits South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Leblon

Hey everyone - We are alive in Rio, and just learned that we´ll get a taste of Carnaval this Friday so we are very excited. The beaches are gorgeous and the people very nice, though we are surprised that the people know more English than they do Spanish, and even the English speakers are few and far between. We spent last night in Copacabana and ate at a Churrascaria that we stumbled upon while looking for an ATM - yes I (Holly) even had a taste of the red meat from Dan´s plate, though I stuck to chicken, pork, and side [View Full Entry]

By Jaana and Phong
February 20th 2009

Carnaval South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Santa Teresa

Flight from Iguazu (Brazillian side) TAM airlines Arrived in Rio de Janeiro No transfer present Cama e Cafe had moved addresses without letting us know. Taxi driver drove around Santa Teresa, asking every person he came across. Thought we would be the victims of some infamous Brazillian scam! Finally found the unmarked address of Cama e Cafe Due to a Carnaval Street Parade, there were no taxis available. Hiked up the hills to get to our B&B .. what a place. Nicest place that we have ever stayed in! [View Full Entry]

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