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Sarthak Dev's avatar

FINALLY! Such lovely stories and pictures, Ila. Loved how you brought the cities alive with the details.

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Ila Reddy's avatar

Thanks Sarthak! 🤗

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Divya Shivaram's avatar

Sounds like you had a great time there. Loved reading this, and lovely photos too ✨

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Ila Reddy's avatar

Thank you! It was indeed a very enlightening and memorable trip ☺️

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Vishal Talreja's avatar

Loved your story-telling

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Ila Reddy's avatar

Thank you Vishal! ☺️

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Rohan Banerjee's avatar

Lovely essay, Ila. So many interesting TILs but a drink named Mamata was the highlight. Puts an entirely new spin on politics in my home state.

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Ila Reddy's avatar

Hahaha! Maybe we need to give didi a drink

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Binu Sivan's avatar

Oh how lucky!!! This place is on my list. Also thank you for sharing stories beyond the samba and the celebratory spirit of Rio.

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Ila Reddy's avatar

Thanks for reading, Binu :)

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Pritam Sukumar's avatar

Lovely! So happy to read a long post from you after a long time. Great photos as always :)

All these posts must be creating such a nice journal of your travels!

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Ila Reddy's avatar

Thanks for reading, Pritam! Haha, yeah, the biggest motivation to write these travel blogs is in a way to document these memories before they start to fade.

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Ayush's avatar

Excellent. So to learn from in this write-up and a reminder for me that no one else can write with such a light touch. Have been meaning to go and this has added to it. Brilliant photos too!

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Ila Reddy's avatar

Thank you! When I found out I was going to Brazil the first thing I remembered was our Brazilian meal in Bangalore and thought now I will know what it's supposed to taste like! Hahah... I can't remember what we ate at the restaurant but the food in Brazil was chef's kiss!

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Bharadwaj's avatar

Lovely read. Great pics.

Tapioca - a Portuguese legacy from Brazil to India.

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Ila Reddy's avatar

So delicious! And thank you ☺️

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