Sunny Rio
May 11th 2010 We left Bariloche and headed north into very hot and sunny Brazil. We landed in Rio de Janeiro around lunchtime and hopped on a bus out to Ipanema which was the area we had decided to stay in as it has an amazing beach and is apparently one of the safer spots. On the bus from the airport we got our first glimpse of a favela which are the slums / shanty towns which cover much of the Rio area.
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