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Trish at the Cristo

Rio - We didn't expect it to be raining!

April 13th 2008
So, we escaped the rain in the mountains and headed to Rio de Janeiro where it was also raining! What an anticlimax!! The first night we stayed in a hostel in Copacabana. It wasn't the best hostel in the world and the prices are astronomical. Luckily we found an apartment more or less straight away. Maria at It's All Brazil gave us a good discount as we ar ... read more
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Brazilian Flag 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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