View to Copacabana from Sugar Loaf Mountain

The Road to Rio

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March 7th 2009
With no sign of Bob Hope, we head into Puerto Iguazu to catch the overnight bus to Rio. The taxi we had negotiated a price with the night before had done a runner and the hotel concierge ran off down the road to source us a cab. We asked the Brazilian border security if it was necessary to go though all the paper work as we were only catching a bus in Argentina and would be coming back through ... 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