Blogs from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America - page 235

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro June 7th 2005

RIO DE JANEIRO - COPACABANA!!!!!! Vi bor lojligt fint har i stan. Mitt i smeten, pa 10:e vaningen, en parallellgata till Playan Copacabana. Vi startade dagen med en morgonpromenad i vattenbrynet langs den 4 km vita sandstranden. Passerade Pesquadores som precis kommit in med morgonens fangst, sedan gick vi vidare till grannstranden Ipanema och tog varat forsta dopp i havet! Harligt!! Salt och klart vatten! Fran klipporna intill sag vi upp mot Kristusstatyn. Maktigt! Kameran vagade vi inte ha med idag...da det hander en hel del saker pa Copacabana. Strandforsaljare vimlar overallt. Det var helt enkelt sarong, solglasogon och bikini utan vaska som gallde!! Efter en harlig formiddag pa stranden begav vi oss till varat nya favvo-stalle - den storsta fruktmarknaden i Copacabana..se bild. Kopte nog allt som vi inte hade provat tidigare i fruktvag..forutom tex ... read more

Glada barn! Besok barnhem i Rio

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro June 6th 2005

Barnhemmet Japeri - Glada barn som garna ville vara med pa bild!

JennyLisa

Mandag Dags att lamna det trygga Penedo mot barnhemmen utanfor Rio! Vagen mellan Sao Paolo och Rio slingrar sig mellan den grona bergskullarna. Vi stannade pa en mack for att tanka.. slog oss att det ar dyrt med bensin i Sverige. Har kostar det 8 Reais (x3 SEK) per liter, och manga anvander alkohol eller gas som ligger runt 3 Reais. Kom fram till ett hett Japeri och det forsta barnhemmet Orfanato Evangelico. Dar blev vi val mottagna av forestandaren Pastor Carlos Avensto. Barnhemmet fungerar som ett dagcenter dar barn som gar i skolan i omradet kommer for att fa undervisning, ata ett mal mat och for att leka i trygg miljo. Syftet med verksamheten ar att sprida mojligheten med ett halsosamt och fornuftigt liv. De som barn lever kvar i slummen blir oftast kriminella, sjuka, ... read more

Nagra av de aldre pojkarna fran barnhemmet Tropical Home utanfor Rios slum

Bilder barnhemmen Rio

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro June 6th 2005

Barnhemmet i Japeri

JennyLisa

Bilder barnhem... read more

En av de gulliga flickorna pa dagcentret

Matbespisning...har serverades god mat som vi ocksa blev bjudna pa

"Magical Rio?!"

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro June 6th 2005

YoungVic

Greetings all from Rio, on the top 5 list of one of the most romantic cities on the planet. This is our first night here. For those of you who have been here, we are in the Everest Rio Hotel in Ipanema. Unfortunately, the atmosphere has been colored by a police action through the city streets, M-16´s firing, people in buses and cabs ducking, etc. etc. My four female colleagues from Jackson State just got back. It was supposed to be a shopping trip at the "Hippie Fair" but they ended up in the middle of a shootout and turned around quick! Despite all that, I hope to have a really good time here and I am practicing my ducking just in case! We flew into Rio from Salvador, State of Bahia, late this afternoon. Bahia ... read more

Adventures in Rio - May 2005

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro May 26th 2005

Cristo Redentor 1

GBrowne

Greetings, I am new to Travelblog and to blogs in general; but I thought how great an outlet this is for those who wish to share their tales of travel and photos of exotic places. I have been traveling to Brasil for the last eight years. I have spent a good deal of time in the northeast (Recife, Fortaleza, Belem) and even more time in Salvador and Rio de Janeiro. Over the years my confidence (as well as my Portuguese vocabulary) has grown and I enjoy getting away from the normal touristic spots and finding new places to explore. For my initial blog I will deal with those places that most tourists will likely visit and as time goes by I willbe more than happy to share my experiences off the beaten path. This passed May ... read more

Brazil 2 - Australia 0

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro May 10th 2005

On top of Corcovado

zed

Well I figure that after Bolivia and the World's Most Dangerous Road took its shot at me, Brazil wanted to get in on the act too. After leaving the delights of the Incas behind, it was time to head back to the beach and move onto Brazil. Unfortunately, from this point on, my trip kind of took a turn for the worse. It started when we left La Paz, we took a flight to Iguazu Falls, via Sao Paulo and landed in Brazil. I was still feeling extremely tender after the copping an absolute beating on the WMDR but if the body’s outsides were hurting after the ride, it would be nothing compared to the way my insides would feel about 24 hours later. After forking out money back home for a visa and a Yellow ... read more

Great Pics from Rio

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro May 2nd 2005

"Our Beach"

Candy

Gary and I are in Internet in Sao Paulo trying to down load our pics from Rio. The weather was great the last day (of Course) and the Christ the Redeemer statue is tremendous. Cannot explain the feeling looking out over Rio standing at the feet of Christ who looked distinctly Brazilian. Just like Mexico where he looks hispanic! Hope our pictures get posted ok. Had a guide named Antonio who spoke spanish pretty well--he works for the hotel as guide and driver. He gave us a card for future trips and told us he would get us a ´flat´for 2 or 4 people next time. So, Gary and I were thinking that the famous Brazilian Carnival might be a great time to come back. I know many of you will be putting that on your ... read more

What a day!

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro April 30th 2005

Candy

First: The weather. VERY WINDY, 70 degrees, rainy. Had breakfast next to 2 older gents drinking scotch. Insisted on sharing when they found out we were from AR. BILL CLEENTON!! dude was an attache for the Brazilian gov. when BC was pres. Scotch with breakfast isn´t so bad. Especially looking at the sugarloaf mountain and the gondola. Speaking of...went up the gondola and saw macnificent views of Rio..inspite of the wind and rain. Took lots of pics. on way down, lift stopped. swayed..swayed..swayed.. Called mom..no one home. called pam...no one home....called Angie. She answered!!!! Thanks, ange! Had visions of plane snipping the cables and dropping us into the rain forest. haaha Then went to Carmen Miranda museum. Poor Carmen. her museum is quite small, but had great clothes and shoes! Platforms..just like in bloomingdale´s. We,re getting ... read more

Just arrived in Rio!

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro April 29th 2005

Candy

We got here at 10:30 this am after sleeping on the plane. THAT was a challenge. Rio is ...big. beautiful, mountainous and the scenery is magnificent. have seen Ipanema and Copacabana beaches, eaten at a place named Gula Gula (gluteony). Yep, it was good! Coffee is to die for. Will have pictures tomorrow. Going to the SugarLoaf mountain and to the Jesus statue and to the museum of modern art tomorrow. Gary bot tee-shirt, and I bot a painted purse--Hello to everyone-- we´ll write more later. xo... read more

Tomorrow's the Day!

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro April 27th 2005

Candy

We're packed. ready. waiting. well....almost. That was a slight embellishment. We leave tomorrow at 5pm. YEA!! Will write from Rio.... read more

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