Street scene Ipanema

Ipanema two

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June 25th 2008
I´ve had a pleasant time so far, although the weather has not been cooperating, exactly. I ate last night up on the 23rd floor of the sister hotel to the one I´m in and spent most of the meal stumbling around basic Portuguese with an extremely friendly but equally incompetant waiter. After the appalling attempts we made to communicate, it was actually a relief to get back to the sanctity of my ... read more

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Ipanema

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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