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Bom dia Brasil "Hello"

We leave with sadness Argentina and Falling Iguazu, to get to Rio. One of our longest bus journey, 22 hours, ouch buttocks ...

RIO DE JANEIRO

In Rio, we stayed at Copacabana Hostel Che Lagarto, people are friendly and it's far less expensive than the hotel ...

For the first time in years the weather is overcast and rainy so no pictures of Christ Redemteur wonderful bread or sugar. With the rain not so much to do near our hostel, there is a music CD shop that it transforms every evening in the restaurant bar Jazz "Modern Sound". It's great, the music is excellent and the food is delicious. One refuge there two nights in a row.

Copacabana Beach ... in the rain.

Rocinha FAVELA
Around Rio residents are very poor settled in the mountains. They are from poor neighborhoods who self-manage; q'on call "Favela". Today we visit Rocinha, one of the largest, with 200,000 inhabitants!

With two Quebecers, Bettina and Mélisa we meet on the bus tour.

the middle of the favela, an impressive art gallery http://www.artfavela.com/ .

We buy a little picture of Augusto.

The group that organizes tours in the Favela is Bealocal, also helps encourage local living there. For us it was quite an experience to see how it worked and seemed happy anyway. To make donations to local schools and help these poor people to escape: http://www.bealocal.com/

PARATY

Still here we are in Brazil to Paraty! It is a village of colonial architecture, founded in 1667 located between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo and finally it's sunny! It was time especially since this is our last day before our return to Quebec winter.

To the end of the journey we're paying a little madness, the Pousada do Sandi, http://www.pousadadosandi.com.br/principal.htm for two nights.

On the beaches of Brazil .. .

Always on the beaches of Brazil ... ps Another blog on the Chic Choc is being prepared .... follow