Favela Rocinha

1km square and home to 200,000 of Rio's "forgotten" residents

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Rio part 2 - stick the kettle on, we're coming home

August 25th 2007
So here we are; 360 days, 62 blogs and 14 countries later. This time tomorrow we will be home. This probably won´t be our last ever blog, as what started as a way of keeping friends and family up to date with our travels, has become an obsession and our own personal record of the experiences (good, bad and ugly) people (friends, enemies and the slightly unstable) and unforgettable moments through ... read more

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

Following three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance of t... ... read more

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