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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 smkwan
February 25th 2006

We have finally arrived! South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro

After 31 hours, we have finally arrived at Rio de Janeiro with much anxiety! Slept throughout the journey but still feeling very tired... Read so much abt the possible danger of getting robbed that upon arrival at the airport, we anxiously guided our bags with caution. So kua zhang to the extent tt OSM refused to let go of the trolley when the airport attendant attempted to help us to load our bags up the cab. It was quite a comical sight. Dunno what we doing tmr. Can´t think straight now. Hope we´ll be more alert after a good nite sleep! [View Full Entry]

By smkwan
February 25th 2006

·The Carnaval South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro

The Carnaval. The reason for us being here in Brazil. What impress me most is not the parade itself, but the passion and spontaneity of the people. The audience just danced and sashay to the music, fully immersing into the atmosphere. And the best part is the performers simply go home by subway with their costumes on. Can you imagine performers in Chingay going home on MRT with their make-up and costume on? Was really an interesting sight. And the parade itself? We were excited when the first group came. After that, we waited for 20 mins for the second group [View Full Entry]

By burger1979
February 24th 2006

second test South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Botafogo

second test [View Full Entry]

By SibSute
February 24th 2006

Carnaval Explained (NS) South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro

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There are many facets to Carnaval, it is not like Notting Hill Carnival where there is one procession down a determined route. Things are not organised in Brazil not even the time always makes sense. (Look out for later update.) The main parts are the Blocos and The Sambodrome Parade. There are many Blocos that parade around various parts of the city. The Blocos have a name and a theme such as Banda De Ipanema. Ipanema is a predominantly gay area so the Banda De Ipanema Bloco has a gay and transvestite theme. The Bloco consists of a few musicians playing [View Full Entry]

By El Tigre
February 22nd 2006

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

In Rio now after a long but surprisingly awesome bus ride. Although I could not understand the movies, they were constantly playing, and the company provided a few treats and water for the ride along with a blanket and head phones. Aside from the baby that decided to scream at 4am (I have no way to confirm because I don´t have a watch), it went by really quickly. The apartment that we have in Rio is on the 8th floor with three bedrooms and three bathrooms conveniently. The shower is the best shower that I have had on the trip so [View Full Entry]

By SailAwayWithMe
February 22nd 2006

Rio de Janeiro (Feb. 8-20) South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro

Post 9- The Happening Spot

Rio is that beautiful woman you saw in the distance and finally approached. She is most of what you dreamt of when you saw her but she’s lived through a sorted past and accepts the failings of a society most only catch a glimpse of. Ahhh, Rio......... Such as beautiful yet unsettling place at times. I feel like I have spent more than 11 days there because of all the different experiences I had there. I rented a flat there as well and the manager, Mariana, was a tremendous help the entire time. I stayed in Ipanema, the pristine beach area [View Full Entry]

By lush
February 20th 2006

Rio and so Much More South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Botafogo

Rio Panarama

Well, if I can start by trying to remember what day it actually is today I can count back to my last blog update and try to figure out what I did since then, but instead since I don't think I can actually do that, I'm just going to list all the highlights of Rio so far. Jacky came to visit me! As many of you know, she planned to come down here for Carnival and she did just that. It was quite the heartwarming reunion and we have had a lot of catching up to do. I actually arrived in [View Full Entry]

By savo
February 20th 2006

Her name is Rio and she dances in the parade South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro

Copacabana Beach

After the traumatic journey to Rio, with countless layovers and a slight losing of my way in Houston airport leading to passing through security twice... I finally arrived in Copacabana beach in Rio. The Mellow Yellow hostel is fantastic, 5 floors of fun (the stairs are a killer) with loads of great people. The first night had a pub quiz, which my team (all Brits, Katy, Rachel and Terry the hostel owner) did not do to well at, the highest score was less than 20 out of 40 though, followed by a search for a salsa club which ended quickly when [View Full Entry]

By Vitaliy
February 19th 2006

An improvement South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro

Rio

We received our bags, and things started to improve. I decided to leave that apartment and spoiled myself with a 4 star hotel, and I even had a private Jacuzzi in my room! I think that it was my best experience until that moment. We also went to see the Corcobado, which is a statue of Jesus that oversees the entire city, and the view (although cloudy) was amazing from over there! I discovered that the language barrel is a serious one, as almost no one knows English or even Spanish in Brazil. The next day I was to fly to [View Full Entry]

By CheekyPee
February 19th 2006

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

From Christo Redentor

So Brazil. Turns out the Spanish and the Portuguese dreamt up some line of longitude to separate their New World empires. Then they discovered Brazil. Or something like that. Long and short of that is they don't even bother speaking Spanish here. Well that's no bloody good, is it?! Anyways, four months of lazily travelling far too slowly meant so far I'd cut short my stay in Costa Rica from three weeks to two days, scrubbed around Panama altogether and put Cuba off until later. So far so good. Flying into Sao Paulo late January was a bit of a shock [View Full Entry]

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