Travel

Casa 32: Rio de Janeiro, Brasil First Impression After my flights and tours were booked, the last thing left to decide was where I would stay in Rio. I searched tirelessly to find an affordable place near the beaches of Copacabana or Ipanema, however the cheapest room I could find...

I failed to mention several things on my last post that happened after I arrived in Rio, because most of it occurred past midnight technically making it the next day. It was about 11:30PM when my plane finally landed and it was also pouring rain. My heart sank, as bad...

Unfortunately, my room was right above the hotel's restaurant, so I was woken up bright and early by the kitchen staff setting up breakfast. On a positive note, I was the first to arrive at breakfast and therefore the first to arrive at the pool, so I was able to get...

My trip had really begun the day before, but nothing reportable had happened, as I had been traveling for almost twenty four hours to arrive at my ultimate destination of Porto de Galinhas. Porto, as it is affectionately called by the locals, is a sea-side village about one hour away...

My trip to Brasil began to materialize last June when I discovered that USAirways was starting a new direct route from Charlotte, North Carolina (my hometown) to Rio de Janeiro, Brasil the following December. I had 100,000 points with the airline and had been waiting for the right opportunity to...