Did you know that there is no Rio de Janeiro?. When the Portuguese discovered the South American region in January 1502, it is believed that they reached the mouth of a river which they called River of January (Janeiro in Portuguese). Nowadays it is not a river but just a bay, now called Guanabara.
![Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro](https://i1144.photobucket.com/albums/o496/EndriHasanaj/RiodeJaneiro.jpg)
![Guanabara Bay](https://tripandtravelblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Guanabara-Bay.jpg)
![Guanabara Bay and the President Costa e Silva Bridge Guanabara Bay and the President Costa e Silva Bridge](https://i1144.photobucket.com/albums/o496/EndriHasanaj/GuanabaraBayandthePresidentCostaeSilvaBridge.jpg)
Photo 1: Isaac Goulart, Photo 2: Henrique O Ferreira, Photo 3:SPMac