View from Rocinho favela

March 24th 2008
We stumbled off the bus and got a taxi straight to our hostel in Copacabana. Its a really nice, small and relaxed hostel - especially nice after some of the noisy and crazy ones we stayed in in places like Buenos Aires. We went straight down to Copacabana beach to see what all the fuss was about and dozed in the sun for a while. At one point I looked up to see some woman picking up Lara's sung ... read more

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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

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Nicki Goh

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This travel blog will contain short diary entries and as many photos as possible over the 7 months that I am travelling. I will be starting off in Mont Tremblant and Montreal in Canada where I will be improving my skiing and learning some funny Quebecois French. In February I head off to South America to do a whistlestop tour of 6 countries before venturing North to Cuba, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras. I will be back sometime in June but don't even want to think about booking the return flight for the time being! Sorry if the blog is quite boring - i can't be both... full info

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