Media Folder: 2015
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Back to Rio
For the trip back to Rio I got together with two girls from Austria and a guy from Mexico. As the girls had left their luggage in their Pousada (a wise decision as the entry from the street to the training places was a few hundred meter unpaved dirt road) they called a taxi to…
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From Rio to CEMB
As my trip to Brazil was not only about sightseeing I had to leave Rio and get to my next destination the Centro Educational Mestre Bimba in Cachoeiras de Macacu by bus. The bus left Rio at the Rodoviária Novo Rio. It is possible to get there by public transport by taking a municipal bus.…
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Pictures from the hostel in Santa Teresa
Here are a few pictures from the hostel named Santa Mix I was at in Santa Teresa. The cat is called zebracat by the way. Don’t ask me why. 😉
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Day 7 in Rio – Jardim Botânico
Today’s destination was the botanical garden and Ipanema and Copacabana. The driving force was Tilda a french doctor who was on her way from an internship back home to start her residency and her friend whom we met up with at the garden. Ludo tagged along too. Again we went via Metrô and Metrô Na…
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Third day in Rio – Sugarloaf Mountain
That night I had to share my room with four very good looking nice women for the second time. Two of them twins from France and the other two ongoing teachers from Germany. (Hi Marlene and Nadja. 😉 ) – Yes I know I am a such a poor guy. 🙂 In the morning the…
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Escaderiea Selaron
The Escaderiea Selaron is a work of art by the chilenian artist Jorge Selarón. He put over 2000 colorful tiles on the stairs in front of his house. As this took a lot of money people started to donate tiles from all over the world which he integrated into his work. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Selar%C3%B3n Just in front…
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Second day in Rio – Walking Tour
Wanting to see the city bit by bit I decided to join a “free” walking tour. For everybody not knowing that concept: The tourguides don’t actually work for free but the rely on getting tips at the end. In theory this should ensure some pretty good tours. So down to Centro and on we…
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First day in Rio – Santa Teresa
To start my stay in Rio off I decided to walk around the neighbourhood of Santa Teresa. That’s were my hostel Santa Mix is located anyway. This day was ment for me to get a feeling for the city and how save it is to go around. So I only took the small camera with…