Blogs from Centro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America - page 4

Cristo Redentor (Christ the Redeemer) sits on the Corcovado mountain overlooking Rio de Janeiro. Finished in 1931, it has been a fixture of modern Rio and is recognizable world-wide. Brazil has more catholics than any other country in the world. The statue was erected to greet visitors from all over the world to Rio. We took a Jeep Tour to the top with travelers from Ireland, France and Sweden. Pão de Açúcar or "Sugar Loaf" is another spot in central Rio that defines the city. A cable car takes you to a small mountain, then a second takes you to the top of the large one. The view is probably the most amazing thing I have ever seen. You can see all of Rio (Copacabana, Ipanema, Leblon, Centro) and Notoroi. Notoroi is the city across the ... read more

Trip 3 to the Maracana!! and it´s a biggy! Fluminense vs Flamengo. Flamengo are Rios biggest and best supported team. Fluminense on the other hand are their arch rivals. Thus the FluFla derby was born! Early on and the atmosphere outside the stadium is electric...we are down with the end with the nense fans, who are already in high spirits singing and chanting outside the stadium. We sit in the shade with a few cold beers because man it´s a scorcher! Inside and it´s back to the familiar grandstand where me and Chris were nearly teargassed last time, told you we enjoyed it! One glance around the stadium and you can see we are easily outnumbered by the Flamengo fans, well I guess we´ll just have to sing louder, so thats what we do! (well we ... read more

4 days of hardcore partying are bound to leave a mark on anybody. By the time Carnaval was over I think it´s fair to say we came, we saw and we got well and truly mullerered. So what do you do when all the partying stops?! Well first you have a meal out with the friends you made in South America, as most of them are now leaving the continent all together. You spend a wee bit of time feeling down and looking back on all the cool things you´ve done, but realising they are over (I blame the depression on alcohol myself!). Finally, you realise you are still in one of the coolest cities on the planet and that you should be taking advantage of every minute you are there!! So just as soon as ... read more

No hej! U nas mala zmiana planow, jeszcze jestesmy w Rio, tzn. do jutra, mamy wyjazd autobusu o godzinie 13.30 i do wodospadow powinnismy dotrzec za jakies 22 godziny. Stwierdzilismy ze jeszcze musimy w Rio troche pobyc, gdyz pogoda popsula nam troche plany. Wlsnie wrocilismy z Narodowego parku, lasu tropikalnego w okolicach Rio, co prawda odbudowanego przez czlowieka, bo orginalny sie juz niestety nie zachowal w tych okolicach. Widzielimy skaczace malpki, z 15 ich bylo, bawily sie i jadly. Rob widzial wielka jaszczurke, niestety uciekla do zarosli zanim ja przyszlam. No i wielkiego pajaka, ale naszczecie mi o nim nie powiedzial az nie wyszlismy z lasu. Pogoda nam sie ciut poprawila, nawet mielismy dosc sporo slonca przez te ostatnie dwa dni. Wczoraj bylismy na plazy, troche nanbieram brazowawych kolorkow choc bardzo powoli. Acha widzielismy jeszcze kolibry!!! ... read more

Well since the last update I seem to have been more or less tagging along with a GAP.COM tour group. Bar the odd few days where I have disappeared. This been to regain my composure/credibility as an independent traveler, something like that anyway. So since leaving the place where my last blog ended I have generally just been clinging to the coast and rarely moving anywhere where I cannot see water. It’s definitely a plan and a half. First off I headed to a place called Jericoacoara, very nice it was too. I had heard a lot about this place so naturally I expected to be disappointed, thankfully I wasn’t. It seemed to have found the fine balance of been a holiday destination but not been overly annoying at the same time. I think this is ... read more