Thursday, February 05, 2015

Rio de Janeiro - Cidade Maravilhosa

 

Bom dia do Rio!

After one month of traveling it was time to take a break and what city could be better for this than Rio?!?
It is a vey vibrant and lively city and I enjoyed it a lot!

Sambódromo

I was very lucky and saw the Samba Schools rehearsing for the Carneval!

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

Lapa- Samba, Caipirinhas and street art





 
 
 
 
 
 



 
































Corcovado & Pao de Acucar

Cannot be missed when in Rio...












 
 

 The Girl from Ipanema

 beautiful day at the beach...












Museum of Modern Art







Rocinha- the other side of Rio

In my opinion, a Favela tour is a MUST when in Rio, so I did visit the biggest Favela in whole South America- Rocinha. It has more than 100.000 inhabitants and you can say it is a city within the city...
I learned a lot about the life in a Favela and I can say that I felt more secure there than at Copacabana!














The Botanical Garden


If you have enough time and can visit other things than Corcovado or Sugar Loaf, then I definitely recommend a visit to the Botanical Garden.

 
 


 






 
 

Can we import this, please?!

What I will miss..... my daily fix of copo do Acai, Suco do Goiaba and Agua do Coco...