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when on 1st January 1502 portuguese navigators sailed into the bay known today as Guanabara, they thought they had discovered the delta of a huge river and named it "River January" - Rio de Janeiro. Rio is a wonderful citie. The high points in Rio are the beaches of Copacabana, Ipanema, Leblon and Barra da Tijuca, the exquisitely beautiful woman, the largest football stadium in the world, the Corcovado, the Sugarloaf and - above everything else - the world famous carnival...