Favela with an ocean view!

Rio de Janeiro

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June 9th 2008
After Iguazu, we finally had a chance to slow down a bit and enjoy the trip as our next destination was Rio. We were in Rio for 5 days and it is more of a place that you experience as opposed to a place that you go to see a bunch of sights. Regardless, we were sort of in the sight seeing mode after Cusco and Iguazu so the fist day we spent checking out Impanema beach and we also went to Corcova ... read more

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Copacabana

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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