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Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
We timed it so that we would hit Rio for the weekend (Oct 9th) and chill there for a couple of days. Accommodation was quite difficult to get so the only one we managed to secure before we left Ilha Grande turned out to be less that desirable. A quick scoot around and we booked into a 'fresher' establishment. Enough of that, it was Friday night so we were aiming for the street party in Lapa. Basically it's thousands of people out on the street having a drin...