The weather is little bit hesitating today and we decide to visit the botanical garden just nearby the Rodrigo de Freitas Lake at the foothills of the Tijuca forest. To access there, the simplest way is to take a taxi (fare: 12Reals from Copacabana) The...

The hotel atrium is bathed in sunlight this morning. The weather is promising. Our today program includes two inescapable visits of Rio: Corcovado and Sugar Loaf. Around 9h a.m., a minibus pick up us; we join the Rodrigo de Freitas Lake and take the tunnel...

December, the gloom sets in, and as we often feel an overriding need light and sun. A small trip in a region more conducive to remove the spleen, appears increasingly necessary. It's decided, we target South America, it's spring in Rio, the crowd of the...

PLANISHPERE HERE ABOVE SHOWS THE COUNTRIES VISITED. THIS BLOG WILL OFFER FOR EACH OF THEM, PICTURES, FEELINGS AND SOMETIMES PRACTICAL INFORMATION Sicily and Aeolian Islands, Canary Islands, Greece, Santorini, Japan, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Bali), Ethiopia,...