Hanging out in the Favela

Rio and Ilha Grande

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January 23rd 2009
Landing into Sao Paulo, Brazil, we ditched our pathetic Spanish and mangled our way through with our even more minimal Portugese to get a public bus from the airport to the main bus terminal to head straight for Rio. Arriving in Rio we got a taxi to the famous Copocabana beach where a friend of a friend owned a Hostel. This Hostel and Rio itself seems to be a non-stop party with happy hour in th ... read more

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

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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