http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Brazil , Rio de Janeiro , Rio de Janeiro en-us Wed, 25 Nov 09 02:52:01 +0000 Wed, 25 Nov 09 02:52:01 +0000 FAREWELL RIO DE JANEIRO 22.11.2009Huomenna matkustan executivobussilla kaksikymmentkolme tuntia Foz do Iguaun putouksille joilla sijaitsee Itaipun voimalaitos. Sehn juuri pamahti ukonilmassa pari viikkoa sitten. Koko rannikkoalue pimeni.Kaksikymmentkolme tuntia Se konkretisoi miten valtavan suuri maa Brasilia on. Se on maailman viidenneksi suurin talous. Asukkaita noin 200 miljoonaa. Mieli http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/Botafogo/blog-455088.html Bom dia pessoasHoje eu pensei que o estava necessrio para escrever esse.......nee grapje. Ok daar zijn we dan weer Het is half vier s nachts en de politie is net de deur uit. Politie Jaja lees vooral verderHet is alweer bijna een maand geleden sinds mijn vorige blog hadden jullie maar harder moeten zeuren en ik ben eigenlijk maar weer verhuisd. Niks te maken met betalingsachterstanden o http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/Copacabana/blog-454976.html RION FAVELAT 18.11.2009Eilen kvin rystyrityksen jlkeen tutustumassa faveloihin. Paradoksaalisesti niiss itsessn ei rystj tapahdu murhia sitkin enemmn eri rikollisliigojen keskinisiss kahakoissa. Joten ei niihin yksin voi menn tutustumaan. Jrjestyst yllpitvt ankaralla kdell huumeliigat ja Miliciasnimiset rikollisjrjestt. Jlkimmiset toimivat kuten edelliset sill erotukse http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/blog-454462.html RYSTYRITYS RIOSSA 18.11.2009Rantaa pitkin kulkevalla pyrtiell on yksi vaikea kohta. Koska Rio on vuoristoinen kaupunki tll on paljon tunneleita. Ennen Copacabanalle johtavaa Avenida Princesa Isabelia on pitk tunneli jossa autot ajavat taukoamatta ja erittin lujaa useilla kaistoilla. Laidoilla kulkevat jalkakytvt ja keskell kapeat pyrtiet yhteen suuntaan toinen toinen toiseen s http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/Copacabana/blog-454265.html COPACABANA JA IPANEMA SUNNUNTAINA 15.11.2009Karibialla ihmettelin miss turistit valkoiset ovat kun heit ei nkynyt missn. Lysin heidt vihdoin eristyksist tyden palvelun vetytymispaikkojen rannoilta all inclusive resorts. Sunnuntain blogissa kirjoitin ett Rio de Janeiro on katukuvaltaan pikemmin valkoinen. Aloin mietti ovatko mustat sitten kaikki faveloissa vai miss he ovat. Ly http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/Copacabana/blog-453710.html PYRILY RIO DE JANEIROSSA 10.15.11.2009Ecuadorista itselleni lhettm postipaketti uimapukuineen lytyi vihdoin. Majoitusisntni joutui vakuuttamaan tullille etten ole suurin piirtein huumeiden salakuljettaja. Nyt loppui postipakettien lhettminen itselleni. Siit aiheutuu vain hirvittv hankaluutta ja liskustannuksia. Ennen matkaa lukemissani useissa maailmanymprimatkailijoiden oppaiss http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/Ipanema/blog-453359.html Rio de Janeiro Brazil. The travel books all give many warnings about being mugged or robbed in Brazil. Donrsquot believe the hype. If you have any street smarts at all or if you have lived in any large city you probably already know how to reduce your chances of being a target. The travel guides recommend using a guide to go to the soccer game. We went and were fine 15ticket. Just g http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/blog-453318.html RIO DE JANEIRO 4.9.11.2009Olen kynyt postissa ja tullissa etsimss Ecuadorista itselleni lhettmni postipakettia joka sislt kaikki kesvaatteeni uimapukuineen kaikkineen. Olen ostanut kaksikin brasilialaista SIMkorttia joista kumpikaan ei toimi ja lisksi ulkomaanpuheluita varten erillisen kortin joka ei myskn toimi. Olen kynyt silmlkriss joka totesi silmien voivan hyvin m http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/blog-451959.html Im still alive. Im in Rio. Having a great time. This city is incredible. I will make it short today and update with pics and more details soon. The bus car and motorcycle drivers are freggin nuts. I really cant describe it. If you drove like this in the states you would go to jail. But somehow it works and no one crashes. People know how to drive here. I love it. My Portugese still is p http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/Santa-Teresa/blog-451468.html So I spent the whole of last night travelling and Im just a bit knackered will be heading off for a siesta shortly but Im back in Rio for one night to join the Intrepid tour we head to Ilha Grande tomorrow home of apparently the worlds 3rd best beach Ill have to let you know. Anyway a little of what Ive been up to in Bonito... Day 1 was the tombstoning we did a walking tour along http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/Copacabana/blog-449673.html Hoi allemaalNa een laatste nachtje slapen in de favela in Rio de Janeiro zat het avontuur in ZuidAmerika er weer op. Op donderdagavond rond middernacht vlogen we in 14 uur naar Dublin. Een eitje vergleken met de 24hrs busreizen in Zuid Amerika.De afgelopen 11 maanden hebben we genoten van al het moois dat ZuidAmerika te bieden heeft. We komen dan ook thuis met rugzak uitpuilend van de unieke er http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/Lapa/blog-449010.html Well my plans for the race have been scuppered. Basically the organisers where unable to process my application within the 13 days they were given and they have informed me that they have been unable to enter me in the race. Next time i may have to try applying a year in advance just to give them enough time to click a button on a computer. Will be intrested to see how they cope with the olympics. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/blog-447898.html So I swapped to the beach and now I have a computer to type on rather than using my phone and wifi..The Lonely planet described the mini rooms at the Hotel Toledo as coffins... not quite that bad and only slightly smaller than my digs at uni so Im used to it. Weeny en suite thoYesterday started with heavy rain but it had just about finished by 8am so jumped in the taxi to Copacabana. A quic http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/Copacabana/blog-447886.html Made it The trip so far has done wonders for the carbon footprint jfk and sao paulo before we landed at a damp rio. First view from the aeroplane was of shark's tooth mountains and a church perched on a big hill and then I noticed the houses scattered on the hills as if someone had fired a gun full of lego bricks at them. Then there was the traffic.. Am in the business district and there are http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/Centro/blog-447323.html GdayDaar zijn we dan eindelijk Momenteel heb ik er drienhalve week Rio de Janeiro een grote stad in Brazili voor de distopografen opzitten en nu de zon sinds een paar dagen eindelijk is gaan schijnen leek het mij voor het thuisfront gepast om even het schitterende klimaatcontrast bloot te leggen aangezien ik heb gehoord dat het kwik in Nederland onlangs onder de symbolische ondergrens van http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/Botafogo/blog-446965.html More Photos. Big G no more imports http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/Barra-da-Tijuca/blog-446319.html When We Wanted to go to Brazil. We really wanted to go to Rio De Janeiro. We had heard alot of things about how we will be robbed and that it was very dangerous . So we were a little worried before we got there .We didn't have any problems we really enjoyed every moment that we were there. Copacabana Was very beautiful we walked up and down copacabana every day.We walked to Leme and to Ipanema. Ip http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/Copacabana/blog-446220.html Brazil photos http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/blog-446070.html So we finally arrive in Rio De Janeiro the free upgrade was a bonus on the flight and got to the Hostel late on. The Hostel seems nice people are friendly and the decor is a little 1980s but we are here and we can explore tomorrow. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/Botafogo/blog-445794.html The next day I wandered off to do the touristy bits the bus service is really good round Rio and every journey cost 2.30 reais about 90p.My first stop was sugarloaf mountain when I was going up in the cable car I couldnrsquot help but think of the scene in Moonraker where Bond is tackling jaws The weather wasnrsquot particularly good so the views werenrsquot brilliant. Without doubt http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/Ipanema/blog-445778.html