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Copa, Copacabana! Come lets samba! Oh yes, we shook our hips like the saucy sun queens that we are! Homesick, shmomesick! All cares are lost in this city that ranks ...
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A mammoth 61 hours after we left our hostel in Auckland, we finally arrived at our hostel in Rio de Janerio. We hadn´t booked anywhere so we were very lucky to find ``The Girl from ...
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The flight over was pretty uneventful. However, during a pit-stop in Sao Paulo, we realised that the change of cabin crew presented an opportunity to sneak into Business Class whilst no-one was ...
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Rio de Janeiro
(May 31 '06)
"I felt like Jason Bourne zipping through the streets of a third world country on a motorbike!"
(5.31.06) This morning I left Renato in Curitiba and flew to Rio de Janeiro. When I arrived in Rio, I found ...
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What an awesome city!
(Jun 07 '06)
My first day in Rio was fairly uneventful but nice. I went for a walk on the world famous Copacabana beach, which was really nice, although unfortunately it seemed to be only the older hairy male ...
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You know you're in Rio when ....
(Feb 20 '07)
You know you're in Rio when ....
1. Your sense of smell gets cocked up....
Let me explain. As soon as you find the way to the Arrivals area of the Rio ...
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Hotel isn~t bad, but it is what it is. Arrival didn~t get off to the best start when I waited 2 hours for my transfer to turn up, which didn~t in the end. ...
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Carnaval Time
(Feb 23 '06)
Headed out of Paraty for our final stop on this leg of the tour and where we would be saying goodbye to a number of the group who are not continuing on. The truck was in the party spirit with toilet ...
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Rio de Janeiro
(Feb 05 '07)
One week in and all is well. After 24 hours of flying around South America we finally arrived in Rio. This place is crazy! Upon leaving the airport you are immediately driven through the "Favelas" ...
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Well Rio is definitely the most beautiful City I have ever visited. In fact, everyone I have met has said the same thing.
Since returning here from Ilha Grande, ...
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Recent Blogs for Rio de Janeiro
Raging in Rio
(Mar 25 '08)
A cloudy morning in Rio so a good opportunity to do an update....
Left Iguazu on Wednesday 19th and had a big travel day....flew to Sao Paulo and then had crazy bus trip from Sao P to Paraty. Trip ...
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Rio de Janeiro
(Mar 12 '08)
After a 24h bus ride I arrived in Rio de Janeiro. The bus ride was actually lots of fun ... a Girls Volleyball team from Sweden and a Boys Soccer team from São Paulo in one bus. You can imagine, that ...
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Brazil and Beyond
(Jan 20 '08)
"Another fantastic asado awaited us along with another typically late late Argentinean night"
Rain rain rain! That's about all I can say about our week in Rio. If ever there was one spot in the world I ...
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