Rio de Janeiro

The Samba capital of the world – Rio de Janeiro is one of the most beautiful cities we have visited during our travels. Nestled between cliffs of cloud forests this city boasts of some of the best white sand beaches in the world like Copacabana, Ipanema etc and some of the worlds greatest Icons like Christ the Redeemer, Sugarloaf etc.

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Visit Rio De Janeiro – Favelas of Rio

A visit to Rio isn’t complete without visiting the so heard of Favelas – Brazils version of shanty town. This is a must do to gain a different perspective of the city and to see the day to day lifestyle of people who live in these Favelas.Most of you must have heard or seen the movie ‘City of God’ which gives an unique but damming insight into the Favelas of Rio and here we were at the top of Rocinha Favela- biggest in the continent…

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Visit Rio De Janeiro – Top 3 Beaches in Rio

The sun was soon fading back in UK and we desperately needed an extended summer and what better than to head to the Samba capital of Rio de Janeiro. Rio boasts of some of the best beaches in the world and I don’t seem to disagree with this one bit.Abundant sun, white sands, amazing landscape, surfer friendly waves, a great vibe and some of the most happy go lucky people on the planet –this is what defines Rio…

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