Tina and Stacey

Copacabana

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October 4th 2006
Well we have finally decided we have enough information to be worthy of a blog entry... So well then, we arrived in Rio on the 4th of October and were met at the airport by the wonderful Tina. After dropping our bags off at Tina and Adriana´s Copacabana hostel, Tina took us up the ´superfly mountain´just incase we fancied a spot of hang-gliding. About half way up we were stopped and searched ... 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