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Rio De Janeiro Part 2 A day in Parliament After leaving Teresopolis  we were soon to be departing from Brazil entirely. This meant that we had to fly to Sao Paolo before flying onwards to Brazil. So we arrived back in Rio and stayed as close to the airport as we reasonably could. After all we only had one day to do anything.  We arrived back in the bus station we had left from and then went towards the tram stop just outside. As we were staying in the Central area it was easier to get around by tram than it was by Metro or Bus. Unfortunately we needed to purchase some Rio Cards to use on the public transport, this was a bit of a pain as we could only use exact change to buy them and realistically only wanted to take two journeys on them. But nevertheless we paid the fare needed (mostly in 10 centivo pieces, imagine paying £6.80 in 10p pieces...) We took the tram to the Lapa neighborhood as that was the easiest place to get to our accommodation in Santa Teresa, a...

Sun, Sea, Sand and Brazillians (no, not that kind...) The Panorama from Christ the Redeemer As I write this, it is raining... but at least the rain is warm! For the last month or so we have been in winter, which has seemed at polar opposites with the sweltering weather that the UK has been experiencing. But since arriving in Rio it has truly become more summer like. To be completely transparent it is winter here, but at roughly twenty seven degrees each day it is a very poor excuse for winter... The sandy Copacabana We have situated ourselves in a lovely apartment about two blocks from the world famous Copacabana. We have walked along this beach a few times having a look at the sea and walking on it's wavy black and white sidewalk. I have to say it's been a little scary though as whenever I enter the beach there is this impending sense of doom, probably because whenever an action film wants to prove it's a global crisis something terrible always happens here.....