Ipanema Beach salesman

Rio

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January 19th 2016
"?Rio, de Janeiro, ?Riohohohoho, ?land of sun, samba and wine" - top 3 hit from Maywood, a Dutch pop duo in the 70's. Poor things apparently didn't know that Rio was a city, not a country. And that it's so much more than just sun, samba and wine. We think it's more 'city of beaches, Cristo and beer'. The beaches obviously being Copacabana and Ipanema. Seriously though, Rio was a very positive s ... read more

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro

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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