{"id":13670,"date":"2014-09-29T21:32:25","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T04:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/?p=13670"},"modified":"2014-10-06T22:31:11","modified_gmt":"2014-10-07T05:31:11","slug":"sights-sounds-centro-rio-de-janeiro-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/09\/29\/sights-sounds-centro-rio-de-janeiro-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sights and Sounds of Centro Rio de Janeiro Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year I wrote about The Sights and Sounds of Centro Rio de Janeiro Part 1<\/a> which is located in the historic city center of Rio. I didn\u2019t have much time last year, so I explored more of what Central Rio de Janeiro has to offer this time around.<\/p>\n

Introduction to Rio de Janeiro<\/a>
\nAmerican Airlines LAX-JFK A321T Business Class<\/a>
\nAmerican Airlines JFK Flagship Lounge<\/a>
\nAmerican Airlines JFK-GIG 767-300 Business Class<\/a>
\nSheraton Barra Rio de Janeiro Hotel Review Part 1<\/a>
\nSheraton Barra Rio de Janeiro Hotel Review Part 2<\/a>
\nWindsor Atlantica Rio de Janeiro Hotel Review<\/a>
\nThe Sights and Sounds of Lapa in Rio de Janeiro<\/a>
\nThe Sights and Sounds of Centro Rio de Janeiro Part 2<\/a>
\nThe Sights and Sounds of Botafogo in Rio de Janeiro<\/a>
\nThe Sights and Sounds of Pao de Acucar in Rio de Janeiro<\/a>
\nThe Sights and Sounds of Niteroi in Rio de Janeiro<\/a>
\nThe Sights and Sounds of Barra da Tijuca in Rio de Janeiro<\/a>
\nThe Sights and Sounds of Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro<\/a>
\nScam City: Rio de Janeiro Brazil Edition Part 2<\/a>
\nThe Various Eats in Rio de Janeiro Brazil Part 2
\n<\/a>Rio de Janeiro Airport American Airlines Admirals Club<\/a>
\nAmerican Airlines GIG-JFK 767-300 Business Class<\/a>
\nAmerican Airlines JFK-LAX A321T Business Class<\/a><\/p>\n

My favorite place to start exploring Centro (also known as Central) Rio de Janeiro is at the Cinelandia metro subway station which is on Avenida Rio Branco.<\/p>\n

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You can find many historic landmarks such as the Theatro Municipal, City Hall, and the National Library of Brazil.<\/p>\n

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Cinelandia is a great place to people watch as it\u2019s the main town square in the city center of Rio de Janeiro. Protests usually happen around this area as well.<\/p>\n

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Rio de Janeiro has a metro system with several stops in Centro and one of my favorites is the Carioca station.<\/p>\n

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Centro Rio de Janeiro empties out during the weeknights after work and 95% of the stores aren\u2019t open on the weekends.<\/p>\n

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One of the most important streets in Rio de Janeiro is Avenida Presidente Vargas which is the main artery of Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n

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I was at Central metro station and the neighborhood is very impoverished and very much well deserted.<\/p>\n

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Street art can also be found throughout Central Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n

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Towards the Eastern end of Avenida Presidente Vargas, I visited the Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Candel\u00e1ria which is also called the Candel\u00e1ria Church.<\/p>\n

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Nearby was a museum called the Casa Franca Brasil which houses an exhibition that deals with the political and cultural aspects of carioca life. It was really dark inside where images were projected on a screen.<\/p>\n

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Also nearby was the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil Rio de Janeiro which is the Brazilian Cultural Center. It\u2019s a very small building with an amazing dome that houses multiple exhibitions of carioca society. One of the exhibitions had a bunch of people running around in circles without saying a word.<\/p>\n

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