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Santa Teresa
Posted on January 28, 2014 4 Comments
If Copacabana is the Times Square of Rio, then Santa Teresa is the Village (if not Williamsburg). We had a fun night out here, and on my next trip to Rio (my Visa is good for 10 years!), I’d definitely choose to stay in this neighborhood. But first, a leisurely morning. We did actually go […]
Bip Bip (snap snap)
Posted on January 26, 2014 3 Comments
I barely speak 10 words of Portuguese. But music transcends language, and listening to the musicians at Bip Bip was one of the highlights of my trip to Brazil. Located on a side street off of the beach in Copcacabana, Bip Bip is a tiny hole-in-the-wall establishment featuring live music and a self-serve fridge full […]
New Year’s Eve 2014: Rio, Reveillon, and Resolutions
Posted on January 20, 2014 5 Comments
To say that New Year’s Eve in Rio de Janeiro is a big deal would be an understatement. Reveillon is the second biggest party of the year, following Carnival. Following tradition, many people offer flowers and small wooden boats lit with candles into the ocean for Lemanja, the goddess of the sea. My friends from […]
Blame it on Rio
Posted on January 13, 2014 Leave a Comment
Following a great week on Ilha Grande, our next stop was Rio de Janeiro. For better or worse, the return trip to Rio was far less eventful than my adventures getting there! We had booked a ferry ride from Abraao to the port town of Conceição de Jacareí, as well as a van transfer from the […]
Aventureiro: The best beach on Ilha Grande
Posted on January 10, 2014 Leave a Comment
By this point in the trip, you’d think I would have become sick of beaches. But alas, there was one more on my list: the elusive Aventureiro, far off on the Southwest corner of Ilha Grande. Due to it’s remote location (one of the furthest points from Abraao), the majority of tour boats didn’t venture […]
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