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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 IonaF
August 31st 2009

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

Christ the Redeemer
Generic tourist photo of the Christ statue!

White sand, turquoise sea, pink sunsets, and super strong clear caipirinha cocktails! RIO = huge! Hot, and lots to do and see! Tuesday 25th August Flight to Sao Paolo, then interesting bus ride to the centre, trying to hurl our backpacks over the tiny turnstile on a very packed bus! Lots of little helpers on the way... - A tiny mute Chinese lady attempted to help lift our bags, and was nearly flattened! - Then a precious boy with glasses showed us where to get the metro ticket. - Then a lovely Brazilian girl showed us where to get the [View Full Entry]

View from the top of Sugar Loaf Mountain!

By SteveB
August 20th 2009

Day 2 in Rio - footballs, beaches and religion South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro

Day two was all in all a busy day. We started by visiting the Maracana football stadium hoping to get a tour round this 110.000 seater monster stadium. We ended up with tickets to Flamengo v Cruzeiro tomorrow night. The atmosphere should be superb, can´t wait. We only managed to do this by stopping many passers-by and asking whether they spoke English - and then forcing Ben to unsuccessfully attempt Portuguese to the lady in the booth. After another quick portuguese lesson from a very understanding man and his girlfriend behind us in the queue I managed to say - ´three, [View Full Entry]

By CatsandMike
August 20th 2009

I´m not Michael Cane (but you can blame it on Rio...) / Home of the Cariocas South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro

Botanical Gardens Rio
The fountain in the Botanical Gardens

Finally our first blog entry, sorry for the delay guys, the beach has been calling... Note the title of the blog is inspired by a track by the hip hop group 'Ugly Duckling' titled 'Rio de Janerio' Pre note- We´re going to try to keep entries relatively brief and try focus on the most interesting points of our journey which is in itself proving to be very difficult as there is so much to write about and there is temptation to churn out 1000 words on the complexities of the Brazillian public transport system (and other random topics) which we will [View Full Entry]

By SteveB
August 19th 2009

Made it to Rio...finally South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Santa Teresa

Well Ben, Akshay and I have finally made it to Rio. Making it here was a long winded process involving British Airways´inefficiencies, Pret à Manger and not much sleep. So,we got to Manchester airport on time. Boarded the plane - also fine. However, BA´s baggage handling computer system was less than fine and resulted in us being on the tarmac for an hour and 30 mins. With British planning crises at their highest we ended up landing in Heathrow 20 minutes after our direct flight to Rio had taken off: ´Good news is, there´s another flight to Rio today. Bad news [View Full Entry]

By jackbloggs
August 17th 2009

Uruguay to Iguassu to Rio to Boston to Home (yay, sob, yay) South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro

Taking some time off from the difficult life sprawled on Rio´s beaches to update this bad boy. From pretty, tranquil, rabid-dog infested Colonia, we headed to Montevideo, the spectacular capital of Uruguay. My travelling style of go now, plan later, although offers spontaniety, excitement and flexibility can spectaculary go wrong at times. This began to look like one of those times as the direct bus from Montevideo to Iguassu Falls was something of a convenient transportation fantasy dreamt up in my head and it looked like the whole Uruguay expedition was turning into a complete farce, the [View Full Entry]

By digbas
August 4th 2009

Faltam 4 Dias... South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro

Ainda planejando as coisas... sei que essa viagem vai ser muito louca... po, resolvi viajar semana passada... já tinha desistido... de repente... olhei pro Rough Guide - South America on a Budget... e mudei tudo de novo... Saio de férias dia 10... viajo dia 09 rumo a Manaus.... e de lá vai começar a minha saga... pretendo visitar... a venezuela... colombia.... equador... e Peru... não sei se vai dar tempo... mas... tomara que dê! Vou tentar manter isso aqui atualizado... [View Full Entry]

By OneWaySupertramp
August 1st 2009

Family fun in Rio South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro

Cidade Maravihosa
"The marvelous city" - Rio de Janeiro lives up to its nickname.

Rio is magical. There is something very special about the place - the picture perfect setting, the refreshing caipirinhas, the feel of sand between my toes...but best of all my parents and sisters were with us for a holiday. We started and ended our three weeks together in Copacabana. And yes, Barry Manilow played in my head throughout. I am not really a beach bum. It can be more hassle than it is worth. All girls know that sand gets everywhere. Regular readers of the blog will notice that we have tended more towards cities and mountains than sand and sea. [View Full Entry]

Copacabana beach with the Sugarloaf in the background

By MWCJunkie
July 28th 2009

The stairway to heaven is a cog train South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Santa Teresa

Tuesday. Woke again to roosters, and later to three military helicopters buzzing over our heads. Strange. I spent some time reading out on our balcony, listening to the neighbourhood slowly awaken. Another lovely breakfast in the garden, overlooking the little pool on the side of the hill. We tramped up the hill to Largo dos Guimaraes, where we caught the wonderful old tram (called the bodinho) almost immediately and hung on as we hurtled all the way down the hill, clackety-clunk, past magnificent old villas decaying in that tropical way, with vines and flowers covering the old stone w [View Full Entry]

By MWCJunkie
July 27th 2009

Rooster awakening in Rio South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Santa Teresa

Monday. Woke quite refreshed, to the sound of roosters. Amazing how quiet it was after all the racket of the evening. A bit of a panic this morning - after the camera was dropped we discovered we were having trouble downloading photos, and couldn’t figure out why. Decided the only solution, given that both my disks were full, was to seek a new one. Breakfast left out for us was delightfully Brazilian - ham and cheeses, various breads and toppings, granola, yogurt, fresh papaya (yummy!) and watermelon juice as well as coffee - all enjoyed in the lovely tropical garden down [View Full Entry]

By MWCJunkie
July 26th 2009

Going bohemian in Rio South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Santa Teresa

Sunday - on the road again. A long day of travel after a rather less than refreshing night on the bus. We reached Sao Paulo at 8:55 a.m. as promised, and found ourselves in a huge station of the size and caliber of any city airport, with the restaurants and souvenir shops to match. More than 80 gates! We’d soon bought our tickets for Rio and were back on the bus, “convencional” this time. At least the weather was gradually clearing as we went along, from rain and lightning to patches of blue sky as we rolled through increasingly mountainous terrain, [View Full Entry]

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