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| 2/12/2010: Los Angeles / Rio de Janeiro | |||||||||
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| 2/13/2010: Rio de Janeiro / City Tour / Samba Parade Grand Opening at the Sambodrome | |||||||||
Arrive
in the morning in Rio de Janeiro. Warm welcome and greeting from your
tour guide. Then will tour to the edge of Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, which
meets the Copacabana Beach. After dinner, transfer to the Sambodrome,
where the Grand Opening Night of the Samba Parade will be held. The Sambodrome
can accommodate 68000 spectators. There are total 14 Schools of Samba
in Brazil, each school has 3000 to 5000 members and students. Every school
will send in 10 floats to attend the parade for competition. Each night
there will be 7 to 12 groups of Samba Parades at the Sambodrome. Each
group cannot spend over one hour time, over the time limit, the judges
will deduct some points in its score. The parade will last from 9 o’clock
in the evening until 6am next day. |
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| 2/14/2010: Rio de Janeiro : City Tour | |||||||||
You
will have time to take a rest in the morning after spending the night
at the Sambodrome or free for your own leisure. In the afternoon visit
Bara District, Beaches, and Rio’s largest shopping mall. A two-stage
cable car will take you to the summit of Sugarloaf to have a panoramic
view of the city, visit the Municipal Theatre, the Candelaria Church and
Sao Benito Monastery. |
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| 2/15/2010: Rio de Janeiro : City Tour / Carnival Street Parade | |||||||||
Today,
you make your way through the cobblestone streets of Paineiras to the
city of Corcovado and the statue of Christ the Redeemer. You will visit
H. Stern, the second largest jewelry center in the world; and the Maracana
Soccer Stadium, the largest soccer stadium in the world. In the afternoon,
free to join the Carnival street parade with Samba dance. |
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| 2/16/2010: Rio de Janeiro / Iguazu Falls | |||||||||
Today
take your flight to Iguassu Falls, which is more spectacular than Niagara
Falls. This afternoon's excursion will be made to the Itaipu Dam. Then
check-in to hotel. |
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| 2/17/2010: Iguazu Falls, Brazil | |||||||||
Today,
a whole day escorted walking tour to the Brazilian side of the falls through
path footbridges and belvederes, 275 cascades from a mile and a half long
crescent where torrents of water plunge down to the basin in cataract
230 feet high; all strategically placed to give the tourist the best view
allowing you to see each and every fall. A panoramic elevator can reach
the bottom of the falls. |
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| 2/18/2010: Iguazu Falls - Sao Paulo – Los Angeles | |||||||||
Arrival
Sao Paulo in the morning, start with a leisurely drive in the city's towering
skyscrapers and magnificent mansions along the beautiful Residential district.
Later, you will visit to the Government Palace, Ipiranga Palace, Statue
of the Bandeirantes, the royal garden of European style, the Ibirapuera
Monument and Parks. We shall start our return trip to Los Angeles in this
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| 2/19/2010: Los Angeles | |||||||||
Today
your homebound flight will bring you back to Los Angeles in the morning
to complete this pleasant trip! |
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