Downtown Rio, historic Rio, gastro Rio and Santa Teresa
June 21st 2014 Day 4 and our hosts for the day are Luiz Carlos and wife Bea who superbly guide us around Rio, starting off in the oldest immigrant quarter of Rio, Sahara, which was originally settled by Lebanese people. Today it is a great market with narrow streets and stalls selling souvenirs to Cariocas and tourists alike.
We push on to the historical heart of Rio, from the recently-renovated, gleaming, go
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