Sugar Loaf View

Sugar Loaf Mountain

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September 1st 2008
Today was the day for Sugar Loaf Mountain. The tour entailed two cable car rides up to the top of a mountain and some smelly European girls that obviously didn't believe in deodorant. The mountain beautiful views of the city. You can make out Christ the Redeemer statue in the distance of some of the pictures. Afterwards, we tried to have high tea at Copacabana Palace, but they stopped serving h ... read more

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Botafogo

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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