I heart google earth. Google Earth has been such a valuable tool for us in exploring our new city. I highly recommend you download it to your computer and check it out, once you are familiar with how to use it (it's not hard) you will wonder what you did without it! It offers detailed maps, driving directions, and lets you customize your settings (zoom in, zoom out, show things such as street names & landmarks, or not...) Oh and it's free.
Not to be a downer but it is also very good for when you are househunting so that you can be aware of any areas such as favelas that might be in your vicinity. It is likely there is one, being that depending on who you talk to, there are anywhere from 500 - 800 favelas in Rio alone.
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