Lapa is a neighborhood in the city of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. It is located in the centre of Rio and is famous for its historical monuments and nightlife. But what i really, really wanted to see was Escadaria Selarón, a set of world-famous steps in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They are the…
Santa Teresa is the name of a neighborhood in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is located on top of the Santa Teresa hill, by the centre of Rio, and is famous for its winding, narrow streets which are a favourite spot for artists and tourists. We took a tour which started by…
Petropolis, located 68km out of Rio, is also known as The Imperial City of Brasil as it is home to the former Summer Palace of the second Brasilian Emperor, which is now the Imperial Museum. It is a beautiful Colonial town with a very different feel to Rio. Between 1894-1902 it was the official capital…
Time to explore Rio.. And what better way to spend my birthday than climbing Corcovado and at Copacabana 😉 Onto Parque Lage ready meet our tour guide, Jungleboy Brasil, otherwise known as Alberto, and then a hike up Corcovado. It took us 1.5hrs and we certainly got a bit out of breath at some stages..…
Time to say goodbye to Resende.. And travel to Rio.. My first glimpses of Rio!! I can’t say I wasn’t a little nervous arriving by myself in Rio due to the bad rep. Rio has about safety, but I got straight into a taxi to meet Ayumi!! I am extremely lucky as I have a…
“Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida” The largest Marian temple and the second largest Basilica in the world, second only to St. Peter’s in the Vatican City. Our Lady of Aparecida has a great story! The official account of the apparition took place in October 1717, when the Governor São…
I can’t believe I came back to Brasil!! I lived in Brasil – Resende, RJ for one year on a student exchange program in high school, and I lived with a family that had 3 sisters around my age.. I met my family again 🙂 it was an unbelievable feeling.. Whole family re-union ❤❤ And…
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