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Our new hostel in ipanema

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January 5th 2008
Our new hostel is much better then Newton´s rooftop. We share a room with ten other people which takes abit of getting used to but it is much cleaner and the people are really friendly and chilled out. We are told the best way forward is to go out at about midnight when it is cooler, a lot of people went to samba last night but Shane and I gave it a miss because of our budget, we´ll probably giv ... read more

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro

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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