After a pretty uneventful flight from Londres, we arrived in Rio de Janeiro late Monday night. After a slight detour through some of the sketchier parts of town, where business was obviously booming for the “ladies”, the cabbie finally found our Pousada (guesthouse). The next day we got to see where we were staying. It’s an area called Santa Teresa, which is set up on a hill overlooking central Rio. It’s meant to be slightly rough, but we loved it. It was very bohemian, with loads of artists and street performers wandering around trying to hock their wares. We spent the first day in Rio pounding the pavements in the CBD / central area, including checking out a huge, modern cathedral called Sao Sebastiao. It kind of looks like an upside down cone, and could be
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