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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 Toothy Grins
March 30th 2006

Anticipation is for suckers! South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Botafogo

I can't seem to get past my initial concept that the cultural differences between the United States and places outside the United States would be much more significant than it turns out they are. I had pretty much built it up to the point that I expected to feel as though I landed on another planet once I got off the plane this morning. This, both fortunately and unfortunately, is not the case. While their numbers may contain only eight digits against our ten, Brazilians still use phones just like I do. I'm still holding out hope that the occasional South [View Full Entry]

By Toothy Grins
March 30th 2006

day 1: embarrassment and failure South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Botafogo

Tasting Brazil's Unique Flavors

yesss... two of my favorite things. well, with all our planning and arranging, we ran out of time to learn portuguese. no problem, i thought. we'll pick it up along the way. i know spanish, i'm sure we'll be fine. i was unaware that portuguese sounds a lot like what i imagine to be italian and latin...spoken backwards. and that practically no one speaks english and can thus guide us through our quest to learn. so what does this all mean? when we went scrounging through the streets of copacabana for some food this evening...totally groggy, totally starving (i ate a [View Full Entry]

By So So
March 24th 2006

Les petits culs South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro

D'aucuns s'imagineront que les petits culs auquel nous référons ici incarnent des gamins tous sales, joyeux malgré leur misère, sympatiques comme tout. Il s'agit de bien autre chose. Les petits culs en question sont d'une toute autre nature, tous ronds mais pas trop, bronzés dans toutes les nuances, du chocolat noir au café au lait, sont recouverts de trois timbres poste de tissus et arborent leur 20 ans avec arrogance et panache. Ceux-ci et leur pendant males s'appellent les "cariocas", especes de "bum"de plage oisifs et bourrés de fric acquis on ne sait trop comment mais certainement facilem [View Full Entry]

By Gringoloco
March 22nd 2006

Fun in the Favela South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro

I woke up this morning and my German buddy was leaving to go home so I decided to see about booking myself on the Favela tour. The favela is a slum a very poor area. You have not already seen the movie "City of God " you have to watch it. that Is what I went to see. I was really unsure about the idea of being there but I was glad I did it. The tour started at the bottom of the Rochina Favela in Rio there was seven of us. we got onto motorcycle taxis and road to the [View Full Entry]

By wherearewenow
March 20th 2006

"At the Copa, Copacabana..." South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro

On top of Rio de Janeiro

Hello Everyone! The time after Carnaval has just seemed to fly right by, so fast that we can’t believe we are returning to the states in just 4 days! We had an amazing send off from Recife (more on that in a bit), but currently we are in Southern Brazil near Sao Paulo in a suburb called Alphaville and have been since the beginning of March. We also just returned from a 5 day trip to Rio de Janeiro where we made many new great friends and saw some fantastic sights. So without out further ado, let’s tell this tale. When [View Full Entry]

Sorry boys, I think American Idol has already begun

By LaurenLevine
March 15th 2006

The Real Rio South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro

Siblings

Rio de Janeiro. Legendary land of beaches, bikinis, Carnival, Copacabana, samba music, and sun. Who wouldn't want to visit Brazil? Probably anyone who gets ahold of the following safety tips most commonly associated with Rio: *Always walk with a strong sense of purpose *Never keep your camera exposed in public; consider carrying it in a plastic grocery bag instead *Only take with you as much cash as you need or can afford to lose. *Never walk on the beach after dark *Don't bring anything to the beach except your towel, sunscreen and enough money for lunch. Never leave [View Full Entry]

By DrBrazil
March 10th 2006

Cloudy Cristo, Camera Crisis, Kite Caper South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro

All right. Good news and Bad News. First the Good news. I broke the Camera. We went up to Corcovado. Amazing view half-way up, took some awesome pics of the city. I jumped down, and back up onto a wall to get a different view, and kinda didn't make it up onto the wall. The camera was in my hand, and I smacked it onto the wall. Camera go boom. No worky. No more photos. Sorry everyone. It kinda wrecked my whole mood yesterday. On the good side, it was entirely cloudy up at the top, and really impossible to see [View Full Entry]

By DrBrazil
March 10th 2006

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

Packing the room. That's it, that's all. Woke up, shopping, caught the last sun at the pool, and we're off. See you soon at home! XOXO S [View Full Entry]

By DrBrazil
March 8th 2006

Music and Beach and Shopping, O Boy! South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro

Sao Conrado beach, Sunrise

Okay, so for the last few days, life has fallen into a pattern of waking up in the early afternoon, and wondering what to do with ourselves. Usually, we end up eating something, then heading downtown. Yesterday, we went late down to the Center of the City, and toured around the Ipanema area (we had done Copacabana previously). Included in our tour were the famous Bar of the Garota da Ipanema (the bar where Vinicius de Moraes and Antonio Carlos Jobim wrote the famous song) and the Toca de Vinicius (a less touristy, more music-oriented version of the same thing) I [View Full Entry]

By Dirty Rice
March 7th 2006

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

Hi friends and family! This is my first trip to South America and I have been here for about 5 days. One word can't describe it, but what comes to mind is Incredible! Where do I begin?! Flight was actaully fine considering that I had to take a zillion anti-nausea pills. The crew...Scott(Mr. brazil)...could not have survived without this guy...absolutely a must have kind of guy for such trips...a walking stud who is resourceful. "Crash" would not have been here because of him....LOVE the guy...Truly "a Brother from another mother". He loves the conference here..is actually learning stuff a [View Full Entry]

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