Copocobana Beach 1

I´m not Michael Cane (but you can blame it on Rio...) / Home of the Cariocas

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August 20th 2009
Finally our first blog entry, sorry for the delay guys, the beach has been calling... Note the title of the blog is inspired by a track by the hip hop group 'Ugly Duckling' titled 'Rio de Janerio' Pre note- We´re going to try to keep entries relatively brief and try focus on the most interesting points of our journey which is in itself proving to be very difficult as there is so much t ... 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