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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 Julzie
February 20th 2009

Well I thought BA was hot..... South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Centro

My god Iguazo Falls defid the imagination wth heat and humidity. Must have been close to 100% with temps around the mid 30´s. It was exhausting just getting up! We spent 2 nights there and was a nice town, small and easy to get around. The falls were magnificent, we took a train round the park, a boat ride doen the river and then the jet boat into the falls. I did take photos while we were in the falls but to be honest even I´m having difficulty working out what they are of! Cant download any phtos as there are [View Full Entry]

By AlesDavidKac
February 20th 2009

Sambadrom - detskej karneval South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Centro

Razeni venku

Jelikoz lisky na normalni karneval na Sambadrom jsou trosku drazsi, sli jsme se podivat alespon na ten detskej. Stalo to za to .... [View Full Entry]

By mark and chrissie
February 19th 2009

"Have you been up Christ yet?" - Looking out over Rio South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Botafogo

Christ and Sugar Loaf
Christ the Redeemer

Day 691 (18.02.09) Why is it that when you need a bus to arrive on time it rarely does? On the way to Rio from Florianopolis we had to change buses in Sao Paulo and when we booked the tickets we were due to arrive at 7.30am giving us plenty of time for the transfer. However, after a big struggle though the craziness of Sao Paulo rush hour, we finally pulled into the bus station at around 8.55am. This left us with approximately 5 minutes before our bus to Rio was to leave. "Oh well" we thought, buses from the same [View Full Entry]

By lehcarc
February 19th 2009

Beach, Caipirinhas, Football - got to be Brazil South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro

Bag lady going from Bolivia to Brazil

So we are in a taxi on the way to get our Brazil entry stamps and the taxi driver went down a street, slammed on his breaks, hurriedly reversed and went down a different street. He goes police and flashbacks of Peru came back to me and I thought not again, but we got there without further problems. The immigration guy went to stamp on my observations page and I said, kinda loudly cos it panicked me, NO and he looked at me and I said not that page. So he flipped though my passport looking for a blank page and [View Full Entry]

By AlesDavidKac
February 19th 2009

Maracana, prej nejakej stadion... South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Centro

Stadion zleva

Opravdu velkej stadion. Prej se sem veslo 200 000 lidi. Jo a ma zaviraci strechu :) [View Full Entry]

By StineandMarit
February 19th 2009

Brasil - Rio, Paraty, Ilha grande!!! South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro

stine 018

Her kommer endelig litt oppdateringer paa hva vi har bedrevet tiden vaar med de siste to droeye ukene etter litt daarlig internetttidsbedriving og litt mas hjemmeifra:) Vi har naa vaert to og en halv uke i Brasil. Vi ankom Rio de Janeiro- januarelven, 1 februar etter en 16 timers reise! Foerste uken har vi bodd paa et herlig hostal paa copacabana hvor vi har moett mange likesinnede, veldig hyggelige backpackere! Som backpaker har vi jo ogsaa naturligvis et budsjett, saa vi bor paa dorms, i dette tilfellet med ni senger, tre-etasjes koeyer!!! Planen var egentlig aa melde seg paa et portug [View Full Entry]

By Denny Rasher
February 18th 2009

Christo Redentor South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Copacabana

Today a few of us headed for the famous statue, Christo Redentor. This was spectular and a sight I never imagined that I would be lucky enough to see ; ) Tom, Fiona, Eanna, Ryan and myself all headed up Corocova. With crystal blue skies we had an amazing view of the spectacular city. That evening we went for a Buffet dinner with traditional Brazilan food. We headed into some street parties in Lapa which left us slightly drunk after all the Caperinihas ; ) [View Full Entry]

By eyetravel
February 18th 2009

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

Lapa
Some grafiti

As soon as we got into Rio, Boucs and I went straight to Carretao Churrascarria in Ipanema. We were later joined by our good friend Adriana, who took us into Lapa for some parting. We absolutely loved Rio. Ipanema beach is probably the best beach there, however its very wavy and Copacapan is even worse for waves. Absoultely loved all the different fruits and acai, fresh fruit juices, coconuts on the beach, little meat skewers, cheese skewers in fact pretty much all the street food was amazing. We accomplished quite a bit in Rio. Saw a few blocos as it was [View Full Entry]