Rio de Janeiro – Alex In Wanderland https://www.alexinwanderland.com Fri, 03 Jan 2020 03:03:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The Great Escape: Month 60 Roundup https://www.alexinwanderland.com/great-escape-month-60-roundup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=great-escape-month-60-roundup https://www.alexinwanderland.com/great-escape-month-60-roundup/#comments Sun, 28 May 2017 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=45075 Oh, my monthly roundups. They are so ridiculously out of sync with real time now (this post is basically eleven months late, whoops!) that I recently considered axing the series, but I decided to play catch up instead — so brace yourself for a couple of these coming up! However, now that I’m writing on multiple […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/great-escape-month-60-roundup/feed/ 40 Surprises From Six Weeks in Brazil https://www.alexinwanderland.com/surprises-six-weeks-brazil/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=surprises-six-weeks-brazil https://www.alexinwanderland.com/surprises-six-weeks-brazil/#comments Sat, 29 Apr 2017 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=45811 As my biggest getaway of 2016, I spent plenty of time meticulously planning my six week trip to Brazil. And yet for all my research and reading, nothing can actually prepare you for the culture shock of completely immersing yourself in a new country, new language, and new lifestyle. So many aspects of Brazil took me completely […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/surprises-six-weeks-brazil/feed/ 78 Eight Secrets of Brazilian Beach Culture https://www.alexinwanderland.com/eight-secrets-of-brazilian-beach-culture/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eight-secrets-of-brazilian-beach-culture https://www.alexinwanderland.com/eight-secrets-of-brazilian-beach-culture/#comments Mon, 24 Apr 2017 18:13:31 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=46544 I read once that local of Rio often say “tenha uma boa praia,” or have a good beach over the much more standard translation for have a good day. It’s a culture-revealing phrase not unlike Thailand’s famous “gin khao reuyang?”, a way of asking what’s up? which literally translates as have you eaten rice yet? In much […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/eight-secrets-of-brazilian-beach-culture/feed/ 63 The Best Airbnbs in Brazil https://www.alexinwanderland.com/best-airbnbs-brazil/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=best-airbnbs-brazil https://www.alexinwanderland.com/best-airbnbs-brazil/#comments Wed, 19 Apr 2017 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=45549 Considering a trip to the land of caipirinhas? Consider accommodation where you’ll have a kitchen in which to whip up your own. Airbnb exploded in popularity in Brazil in preparation for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and then again ahead of the 2016 Olympics, a shift that continues to benefit travelers — especially those headed to big cities. Want […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/best-airbnbs-brazil/feed/ 26 One Last Night in Rio: Retreating to Copacabana To Plan My Next Move https://www.alexinwanderland.com/one-last-night-in-rio/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-last-night-in-rio https://www.alexinwanderland.com/one-last-night-in-rio/#comments Tue, 04 Apr 2017 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=45804 Making the spontaneous decision to cancel our trip to Iguaçu Falls was the quite possibly best call I made in all of Brazil. Within seconds of deciding to skip our flights and spend two leisurely extra nights in the State of Rio de Janeiro instead, I felt a weight lift off of me. But I still […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/one-last-night-in-rio/feed/ 22 Street Art, Sunset and Sugarloaf: The Perfect Last Day in Rio de Janeiro https://www.alexinwanderland.com/rio-street-art-tour-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rio-street-art-tour-review https://www.alexinwanderland.com/rio-street-art-tour-review/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2017 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=45087 A week in Rio de Janeiro flew by. I knew it would. Heather and I had debated what to do with our final day in the city. There were so many options! We’d hit a lot of the major must-sees — we’d woken up before dawn to be (literally) the first two people at Christ Redeemer, we’d […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/rio-street-art-tour-review/feed/ 18 From Bullet Holes to Murals: An Afternoon in Santa Marta Favela https://www.alexinwanderland.com/santa-marta-favela-tour-rio-de-janeiro/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=santa-marta-favela-tour-rio-de-janeiro https://www.alexinwanderland.com/santa-marta-favela-tour-rio-de-janeiro/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2017 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=45082 To visit a favela or not to visit a favela: it’s a controversial decision many travelers to Rio will ponder at some point or another. Critics call it poverty tourism, proponents say it de-stigmatizes and brings income to marginalized communities. Even amongst my own peers, there’s discord. Friends from South Africa have made me cross my heart that […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/santa-marta-favela-tour-rio-de-janeiro/feed/ 43 Soaring Over The Land of Samba: Hang Gliding in Rio de Janeiro https://www.alexinwanderland.com/hang-gliding-in-rio-de-janeiro/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hang-gliding-in-rio-de-janeiro https://www.alexinwanderland.com/hang-gliding-in-rio-de-janeiro/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2017 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=45065 Hang gliding in Rio de Janeiro was just one of those things I had to do. Back when I was a distracted student sketching maps of Brazil in the back of my math notebooks, I must have come across a guidebook or an early blog post that highlighted it as a top attraction — because while […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/hang-gliding-in-rio-de-janeiro/feed/ 32 Waking Up With Christ Redeemer in The City of God https://www.alexinwanderland.com/early-access-tour-to-christ-redeemer-rio-de-janeiro/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=early-access-tour-to-christ-redeemer-rio-de-janeiro https://www.alexinwanderland.com/early-access-tour-to-christ-redeemer-rio-de-janeiro/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2017 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=44985 There are two attractions that are pretty much non-negotiable must-sees for more travelers to Rio — the Cristo Redentor statue, also known as the Christ Redeemer statue, and Pão de Açúcar, also known as Sugarloaf Mountain. Heather and I were no exceptions, and planned to make both a priority during our one week in Rio de Janeiro. However, […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/early-access-tour-to-christ-redeemer-rio-de-janeiro/feed/ 44 One Week in The Cidade Maravilhosa https://www.alexinwanderland.com/one-week-in-rio-de-janiero/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-week-in-rio-de-janiero https://www.alexinwanderland.com/one-week-in-rio-de-janiero/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2017 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=44951 “On the eighth day, God created Rio.” It doesn’t take long to understand why cariocas love to say so. Palm fringed beaches bookended by iconic granite morros, the world’s largest urban forest, and one infamous statue of Christ perpetually watching over the city. One of the most geographically blessed cities I’ve had the privilege to visit, it’s […]
 
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