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Rio, the Marvelous City: Part 2--The City

October 12th 2010
Like all cities, Rio has great neighborhoods for exploring and staying. While the more upscale hostels were in the leafy streets of the beach communities of Ipanima and Copacabana, I chose to stay in the central and more affordable Botofogo. It was a residential area with mansions from the 19c, now housing schools, cultural centers or the small, quirky museums that I love--the house of classical ... read more

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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

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I´m a one-way ticket, slow traveler, relishing the freedom of the open road and trusting serendipity to guide my journey. When I was younger, I used to travel for a year at a time. Then a few years ago, I roamed Europe and North Africa for three and a half years and liked that even better. On August 1st, 2010, I left my peaceful Mission Canyon paradise in Santa Barbara's mellow summer and emerged from a couple of planes a day and a world later in the teeming, sub-zero streets of Buenos Aires´winter. Now, with the Andes, Amazon and Galapagos between here and home, will three years be enou... full info

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