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Flying high above a Brazilian sky
I've been to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil three times now. Once when I was a child at 7 with my parents, once on my own at 27 and the latest time, four months into my thirties, with three girlfriends.
What better way to mark the third time in the city of sun, beaches, mountains and teeny bikinis than running off a mountain?
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Travel tales by Diana Pereira
Brazilian barrel bathrooms
In my travels, I've seen plenty of bathrooms.
The WCs (water closets) in parts of Barcelona and other European towns, where you have to pay to go to the loo. Then the woman you give your two Euros to only gives you a couple squares of toilet paper.
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