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Travel to Rio over Christmas

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August 17th 2016
Spending time in Rio over Christmas is crazy. The amount of people on the beach was incredible. The picture does not do it justice! Also - we stayed right between Ipanema and Copacabana beach - Ipanema was by far the better beach. Copacabana was dirty whereas Ipanema was refreshingly cool with clear water. The last day the water color changed to a Caribbean color and became much warmer. I would ... read more

South America » Brazil

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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