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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 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]

By skidia
July 25th 2009

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

After 2 nights in Ipanema, on Thursday I packed up and, as planned, shifted camp to Rio Hostel (imaginative name!) in Santa Teresa. I had heard it was slightly less safe here, so was a little wary, but have had no problems so far, and Santa Teresa is so beautiful it would be worth it. Lovely grand old buildings bedecked in greenery, crumbling and mildewing and flaking of paint. The other night I had dinner in a little square in the centre, in a bookshop that doubles as a cafe/pizzeria and has rooms for rent in the attic. There were parrots [View Full Entry]

By fun adventure
July 25th 2009

Sunday in the Rio Parks with Luisa South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro

ever present Cristo Redentor
everywhere you look in Rio he seems to be there

This three week trip to Brazil seemed like a better idea last winter, before we confronted the practical reality of such a diverse country, and tried to learn Portugese. We would start in Rio with the family of our AFS exchange student, who we had never met. We would share a wilderness experience, canoeing in either the Amazon or Pantanal areas. But after a cancelled international flight and two unexpected overnights in suburban Virginia and Sao Paulo, we were face to face with overwhelmingly friendly strangers who suggested we join them for a typical, though unseasonably cool and drizzly, Su [View Full Entry]

By skidia
July 22nd 2009

A girl in Ipanema South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Ipanema

My first full day in Ipanema, in Rio, in Brazil, in the whole of South America, and day is turning into night. It is circa 7pm here, and I am sitting in the lobby of my hostel, where I have wireless internet, a power source, a bar, and the scent of dinner in the air. I arrived a little earlier than this yesterday, but was rather too tired to do much else but sleep. I have flown long haul before (to Indonesia), but this journey (London-Lisbon-Rio) seemed the more draining. Maybe it was the mad rush at Heathrow (my e-ticket had [View Full Entry]

By Janeylew
July 7th 2009

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

Most exciting part of the city tour!

Hey!!! Well I guess this will be my last blog as I´m going home on Friday...boooo!!! The last part of the South America trip has definately been the best! Brazil is officially my favourite country! Well the city tour in Montevideo wasn~t the best...in fact about 5 people out of our group managed to fall asleep on it!!! Its not the most exciting city! We went out in the evening though and had a pretty big night so I guess that made up for it! We went to a bar that had a live band playing salsa music so we all [View Full Entry]

By GoughyandJoey
July 3rd 2009

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

Christ the Redeemer (plus clouds!)

Sad to leave the tranquility of Parati we hopped on yet another bus to head to Rio. The bus drove along the coast road so there were some pretty spectacular views, shame about the kid puking two rows behind! We arrived at Rio bus station, and after a brief domestic about whether we were on the right bus (we were!), we scrambled off to find ourselves in the world famous Copacabana district (cue much humming of the Barry Manilow classic). We had booked into a hostel that lauded itself as the best hostel in South America, as voted in the Telegraph. [View Full Entry]

By deankay2
July 3rd 2009

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

Lapa Arches

Well we arrived in Rio feeling fresh, we had been lucky enough to score some business class seats, after we were told we had to sit apart for the flight as everyone else had booked in online, I suspected the check-in lady noticed Deb´s quivering lip, anyway after Deb mentioned that it was our honeymoon she said she would see what she could do. After a while Deb heard our names over the announcer and not much longer after that we were flat out horizontally enjoying the extra comforts. Flight was delayed but we didn´t mind as I tried most of [View Full Entry]

By deankay2
July 3rd 2009

Rio - Photos South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro

Bonde in Lapa

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