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The price for beer depends obviously on where you go. In general, I paid anywhere from 2-5 Real (Brazilian currency) for a beer. The normal is to buy a large bottle of beer and share it with your friends. That is generally a better deal and will usually only cost around 4.50 or possibly up to 8 depending on where you are. As a general rule, anything not Brazilian cost more. That makes sense, but it is true for food and drinks. Vodka is more expensive than their local alcohol "cachaça" which is made from sugar cane, similar to rum. A shot of cachaca will cost about 2-3 Real. Their national drink "caipirinha" is a mixture of cachaca, slices of fruit usually Lime, ice and sugar. The taste is good, but all that sugar and alcohol ... read more
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Rio - Nothing gives you a feeling of adventure like a black out in a foreign city in South America. Luckily for me, I know reputable people and there are certain places which never seem to lose power. Generally they are affluent places that make money. Rich people enjoy their luxuries especially when they are on holiday. It just wouldn't do to have a 5 star hotel without power. And so, I have relocated from my meager lodgings to the bar in the Hotel Santa Theresa, and I wait out both the power outage and my friend's occupation. Both of which prevent us from enjoying a night out on the town. There are worse ways to spend the evening. :) ... read more
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Rio is pretty awesome. A big city full of people but right on the beach and also in the mountains. Beautiful like Hawaii, busy like New York, fun and crazy like Las Vegas (without the gambling but with better hookers), international and yet very very Brazil. Here I get a sense of wild west freedom. There are rules and people obey them when it makes sense but mostly people are just doing what they want. That being said you can see the best and the worst of human nature. I've watched taxi drivers apologize for cutting each other off. I met a stranger who shared a cookie with me and who lent me a dollar for no reason. But also drugs are rampant here. Some parts of the city aren't safe and you must constantly be ... read more
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Halloejsa hvor blev ferien af? Det bliver vist den absolut sidste blog paa denne smuttur til det sydamerikanske kontinent. Det er intet mindre end dybt maerkeligt at erkende det, og samtidig en utrolig rar tanke at komme hjem til jer igen - og tilbage til ordnede forhold. Er ved at vaere rimelig traet af knirkende og vakkelvorne koejesenge, fede hvaler der snorker lige meget hvordan de roterer i sengen, toiletskraldespande der flyder over af brugt toiletpapir og meget meget mere, hehe. Ikke desto mindre er det noget af et eventyr, jeg kan se tilbage paa. Jeg havde ikke turde haabe paa, at jeg ville have oplevet halvdelen af de oplevelser, jeg har givet mig i kast med, eller moedt bare en broekdel af de hyggelige personligheder, der har krydset min vej. Jeg er simpelthen saa glad ... read more
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Udsigt over Salta
Iguazu fra argentinas side


Hi All, Well, here we are in the last lounge waiting for the last flight - flight 9 of our RTW3 trip. As we blogged last time, the weather in Rio has been a bit wet and we have been dodging the rain the fair bit. But when the sun comes out, and it has done, it has been fabulous. Saturday involved travelling into Centro which is actually a decent 15 minutes ride on the Metro. Half an hour by the time you have got down to the platforms and back, but it is an effective way to get around this very large city. We took the famous vintage tram ride up he hill to Santa Teresa. It is a fantastic ride and passes over a very high viaduct (64m high, as I recall) before flogging ... read more

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Santa Teresa December 30th 2010

Da har vi faderullan meg ankommet Brasil og Rio de Janeiro! Flyturen(e) gikk fint som bare det, selv om det var forsinkelser på 2 av 3. Men ikke verre enn at vi rakk det vi skulle, som f.eks. flyet videre :) Og så kan vel muligens Larsa skrive under på at de var trangt nok til føttene på den lille turen over Atlanteren! Vi satser på at Magnhilds lotto går inn mens vi er her nede, så setene blir oppgradert til hjemturen! Men, vi skal ikke klage - glade turister fikk servert middag og øl/vin på flyet kl 02.30 - akkurat det vi trengte for å bli døsne og trøtte! Nå er alle 3 nydusja og rimelig klare for fôr igjen, så nå skal bydelen vi bor i, Santa Teresa, få vist seg frem på restaurantfronten! ... read more
Snacks!
Fôr på fly!
Two Berres and one Lars

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Santa Teresa December 27th 2010

Day 7 - Dec 27 - Rio De Janerio - Selaron - Santa Teresa: Before talking about today, I would like to recap what we did last night. We went to Impanema to have dinner where we had lunch early because they had good chicken meals that I had mentioned a lot on this trips blog. Across the street from the chicken place was a happening bar which created a big impromptu party in the street as people were just standing around drinking and listening to the music coming from the bar. Once we finished our meal we joined the party for a little while before heading back to Copacabana. It was fun and relaxing night. Today is another relaxing day. In the morning we walked along the beach toward Impanema to do more shopping and ... read more
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So arrived rather delayed at 3am and got a taxi to our Pousada in the leafy area of Santa Teresa. Breakfast was had on the terace with amazing views over the city cerntre. Next was some exploring, we followed the Santa Teresa tram into the city centre through Lapa on our quest for a cash machine and the tourist information. Unfortunateyl unlike the Uk there is more than one type of Brazilian cash machine and this caused lots of confusion and meant we had to visit a few banks and ask a few guards to get it right. The police presence in the banks was at first a little overwhelming. It was a hot sunny day and we came back for a seista before going out for a amazing meal inthe evening, which set us back ... read more
Rio From a high
Sam & Rio
Kjersti on the Sidewalk


After a pretty uneventful flight from Londres, we arrived in Rio de Janeiro late Monday night. After a slight detour through some of the sketchier parts of town, where business was obviously booming for the “ladies”, the cabbie finally found our Pousada (guesthouse). The next day we got to see where we were staying. It’s an area called Santa Teresa, which is set up on a hill overlooking central Rio. It’s meant to be slightly rough, but we loved it. It was very bohemian, with loads of artists and street performers wandering around trying to hock their wares. We spent the first day in Rio pounding the pavements in the CBD / central area, including checking out a huge, modern cathedral called Sao Sebastiao. It kind of looks like an upside down cone, and could be ... read more
Deodorant?
Sugar Loaf from Statue of Christ
Santa Teresa

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Santa Teresa February 26th 2010

First and foremost... apologies for the lateness in this blog, but it gives you a good idea of the crazy fun times I'm hvaing already in South America... I actually write this from Buenos Aires in Argentina, so you will hopefully soon have a more updated blog to read... but for now, let's go back a few weeks to sunny Brasil! We arrived in Sao Paulo, Brasil late friday night (12th feb) after an epic movie marathon flight over from India. Both tired we somehow made it to our hostel in town in a taxi speaking no portugese and at this point little english. On waking we soon faced the reality of not speaking the native language and the complete and utter change of location, culture and way of living- so very far away from India! ... read more




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