Blogs from Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America - page 30

Ana and I arrived in Rio having begun the journey without pause 30 hours before. We left Lisbon on the overnight train to Madrid, said goodbye to Rachel (who we will see in a few weeks in Buenos Aires) and went straight to the airport to check in for our flight. Then flew to Brazil. Iberian air is a bit of a misery. I do not want to use this blog as an endorsement or name and shame forum but this flight was funny. We are absolutely convinced that after the first meal, the captain turned on the seatbelts sign just so the cabin crew could lounge around for 4 hours! During those 4 hours, there was not an iota of turbulence. People were sent back to their seats despite wanting to go to the toilet, ... read more

I'm not gonna talk a lot about Rio, mainly because we didn't do an awful lot. What we did do was have a lot of fun and I would recommend anyone to go. The only problem with Rio is that it's pricey; if you want to go out its as expensive as the UK. That said we did cram in the major sights and spend a good while on the beach. Both Copacabana and Ipanema beaches are fantastic; on the weekend they are packed with tens of thousands all in speedos or thongs regardless of shape, size or age - power to the people, and there are plenty of oppotunities to embarass yourself playing kick-ups with the Brazilians. The Favela tour is well worth a look - again its expensive but really informative and a real ... read more

Oi todos!! Hope you are all well and happy! After 32 hour on planes, different airports and buses we recently arrived to Rio de Janeiro from Cuba. A LOT have happend since last time we wrote so we´ll have to give you the short version. We will at least try! Back to Jamaica. Before we left lovely Port Antonio we went on a rafting tour on Rio Grande, slow and peaceful but very nice. It would have been very romantic with a partner :) After a few hour in the packed sweaty local bus (where you litterally got very close to the locals), we setteled down in Ocho Rios for one night. We spent the night out and went to the beach the day after with some swedish guys that we met at our guesthouse. The ... read more

Hello, We arrived save and sound after a very calm boattrip to the mainland again, where a bus took us to our hotel Santa Clara in Rio de Janeiro, a few blocks away from Copacabana beach. The end of the trip for many of us, so our tourleader Hugo suggested to go to a local disco in the favellas in the evening. We gathered in a minivan by eleven o clock in the evening, a guide took us to that megadisco, and by five o clock in the morning we arrived back in the hotel. The next day we walked the boulevard on Copacabana, and just relaxed for the rest of the day. At seven o clock in the evening a new Gapgroup was formed, so now we are ten people with a new guide Jose ... read more

Det er 11 dager siden jeg dro fra Norge saa da er det vel paa tide med en liten oppdatering... Ankom Rio de Janeiro fredag 7. september, selveste nasjonaldagen i Brasil. Flyreisen over gikk utrolig raskt, bortsett fra de 5 timene jeg maatte vente i Paris paa neste fly. Flyet fra Paris til Rio var enormt, og jeg hadde vindusete i "2. etg", med en benk jeg kunne legge bena paa, saa jeg sov stort sett hele flyturen. Kjoreturen fra flyplassen til hotellet i Copacabana tok dobbelt saa lang tid som vanlig, pga nasjonaldagen. Det var lange koer paa veiene og jeg fikk god tid til aa se meg rundt. Man kjorer forbi favelaer underveis, enorme "slum" omraader som ligger overalt rundt i byen. Det er 600 favelaer i Rio og over 3 millioner fattige mennesker ... read more