rio de Janeiro - a city devoted to the beach. It is a cool and sensual city, but also has its dark underbelly. Wealth, poverty and crime sit side by side, but to its residents and visitors it remains the Marvellous City.
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Looking back to Rio from Pao de Acucar.
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Rio panorama. No city has quite such an impressive aspect.
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The Sugar Loaf.
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The ubiquitous symbol of Rio, the Cristo Redemptor statue.
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The view from corcovado.
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Pao de Acucar from across the bay.
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Teatro Municipal in the Centro district (old Rio)
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A cathedral in the historico centro.
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Rio' ultra-modern Catedral Metropolitana.
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Street theatre in the centro.
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The Arcos da Lapa in the Centro
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Everywhere the towering granite monoliths that make Rio such an amazing city.
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Street scene in the centro.
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Graffiti in downtown Rio
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A bit of entreprenurial street theatre at the traffic lights.
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Street market.
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Football in Maracana Stadium. A sporting experience like no other.
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The Copacabana Hotel
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What everyone comes to Rio for - the beaches. This is Copacabana beach...
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Copacabana beach looking towards Impanema.
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Impanema beach and beach volleyballers
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Beach girls with Copacabana Forte in the background
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Girl from Impanema.
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Copacabana beach from the Forte
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Forte Copacabana, set on a peninsula that separates Copacabana beach from...
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One of the two great gun turrets defending Copacabana.
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Away from the glitter and beaches - the slums.
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