Christ the Redeemer

Rio de Janeiro

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February 4th 2008
Rio de Janeiro Brazil October 26 to 29, 2006 Our flight from Cape Town to Rio took about 12 hours with a 1 hour refueling stop at Ascension Island on the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean. Ascension Island is British Military Base that during the Falkland Island conflict with Argentina was the busiest airport in the world. We were the first commercial jet that was allowed to disembark in th ... 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