Streets Of Vila Canoas

The buildings are so tightly packed together in the small favela of Vila Canoas, that it's like walking through a maze.

February 14th 2013
With all of us knackered from a long night at the Sambadrome, we had a late start the next day. When we eventually came to, it was decided that we would head out to Niteroi, a city on the other side of Guanabara Bay from Rio. After a ferry and a bus ride, we eventually were dropped off at the Museum o ... 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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Hi, Most of you will have been directed here by me - if so, thanks for coming. If not, thanks for coming anyway. I am Derek - a Kiwi who in June 2007, set off on a 4 1/2 month sortie around Europe via the USA, and set up this blog so that friends, family and randoms could keep track of where I had been to, and of the shenanigans I inevitably got up to. The trip inspired me to keep travelling and directly following it, I spent the next seven years living in London, which was a fantastic base from which to continue my travels and thus the travelling continued unaba... full info

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