Little place of motivation

Dois Rios

30 Jul

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View to the parrot mountain The most popular hike is to the top of the parrot mountain. It got its name by the way it looks – like a parrot (the little tip right of the big mountain peak). The ... Read more »

Island that does not like us

30 Jul

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Night view from the hostel First day on the island We woke up to a breakfast at 8. It was good, mostly fruit and bread. They really like fruit and white bread here. No toppings, so bread went with butter ... Read more »

On the road again

28 Jul

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Goodbye Rio… We are moving on from Rio de Janeiro city towards Ilha Grande (or direct translation: the Great Island). It is a rather big island around 150 km from Rio with great beaches, waterfalls, hiking, etc. All we know ... Read more »

Christ Redeemer and Olympics

28 Jul

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Visiting the Christ Redeemer…. …. and forgetting to add a memory card to the camera. 🙂 Not a great start to the day. We bought tickets and got a free transportation to and back from the statue. So far so ... Read more »

High on Sugar…loaf

27 Jul

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Sugarloaf mountain Today was another sunny day with temperatures up to 30 degrees in the sun. We decided to take to the first mountain tops called the Sugarloaf mountain. The trip started with boarding a cable car. There could be ... Read more »

Botanical garden and celebrities at Copacabana

26 Jul

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Botanical garden Today we woke up to a rather cloudy day. We decided that it is best to see the mountain tops on a sunny day. So, as the only other thing on the list, we went to see the ... Read more »

Ipanema, Copacabana – beach day

24 Jul

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Ipanema We survived the night. Didn’t get much sleep due to the guy next door. He had the light on whole night (remember the hole in the wall) and was talking to himself or someone really quiet the whole time. ... Read more »

Not everything works out as planned

23 Jul

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Early saturday morning Our morning started early, waking up at 07:00 to get ready for training at 08:00. We had luckily packed last night. Today we are moving to our second hostel in Rio. We asked the host to call ... Read more »

Last minute face lift

22 Jul

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Maracana stadion Today, after consulting with a map, we took the shortcut towards the Maracana stadion. It was still quite some walking on very different sized streets. Maybe because the weekend was starting or for some whole other reason the ... Read more »

First impressions

22 Jul

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It’s clearly winter… … outside temperature is around 20 and it’s totally cloudy. Sunbathing has to wait. Our first stop is a nice bed & breakfast in the Santa Teresa area. According to Lonely Planet Santa Teresa is Rio’s most atmospheric ... Read more »