Tag: Brazil
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Sixth day in Rio – Parque das Ruínas
Browsing the web in the morning I found out that there was supposedto be a class with Mestre Canguru in an hour. After a hasty breakfast I was on my way and aktually managed to kling to some Capoeriste tht went into the right direction. I wouldn’t have found the place otherwise. After the class…
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Rio day 5 – Mirante Dona Marta
Today I was on my own again and I decided to do some more of the walking stuff. This time I wanted to go to Mirante Dona Marta. This viewpoint is located more amidst the city right in front of Cristo Redentor. There is no public transport to this place so you either have a…
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Fourth day in Rio – Cristo Redentor
Another beautiful day in Rio asked to be explored. This time my companions from yesterday wanted to do the walking tour and maybe walk up to Cristo Redentor afterwards. Unfortunately this would have been a little bit tricky in the end because once you walk up you have to walk down again or pay the…
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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…