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Favelas - The Sad Story of Brasil

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 | By dirosa | Views [2367] | Comments [3]

What is a true Brazilian ? The country is so diverse with a strong mix of Portugese , African, Native Indian amongst many others that it is true to say a true Brazilian does not have white or black skin, brown or blue eyes. Brasil is the ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Por la costa brasileira

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 | By k-lero | Views [458] | Comments [8]

Actualizo! Ahora mismo estoy en Río de Janeiro, la 'cidade maravilhosa', algún anho después de que viniera por primera vez, y bueno, ya vuelvo a estar sólo de nuevo tras haber estado 3 semanas con Ziortza recorriendo la costa brasileira; la dejé ayer ... Read more >

Tags: santa catarina, ilhabela, paraty, ilha grande, brasil

Salvador & Bahia 27/06/07 – 12/07/07

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 | By lionel14 | Views [680] | Comments [8]

ENGLISH Arrived in Salvador de Bahia (Nord East Brazil) at 18:30 after a 2:30 hours flight and 2 hours bus ride from the airport. This time i am staying a The Youth Hostel Laranjeiras in the heart of Pelourinhou (the old town). The place is georgous ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

El Pantanal Brasileño y mi buena estrella

Sun, 8 Feb 2009 | By k-lero | Views [546] | Comments [11]

He vuelto a la civilización! Bueno, estoy en Bolivia, así que que en mayor o menor medida puedo decir eso, y por ahora me encanta este país! He tenido un comienzo bastante intenso, la verdad, pero lo cuento mejor al final... Antes de venir he pasado ... Read more >

Tags: pantanal, brasil

Rio Carnival: She-Wee vs Condom

Thu, 7 Feb 2008 | By sandn | Views [9592] | Comments [6]

I will explain more about the title later but thought it was time for me to take control of the journal and add a male point of view, especially as it was becoming, as Sam said, "....snapped from a travel mag..". Oh, and the Mighty Dragons!!!!!! ... Read more >

Tags: party time

Iguazu falls - Brazil

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 | By abelaine | Views [1498]

Getting there - There are 2 main bus lines ' Pluma '  and ' kaiowa '.  Costs are not cheap for a regular crappy bus 130 REALs or for a basic sleeper bus 204-215 REALs.  This was a shock as we had heard so many great stories of the bus system and great ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

La fuerza de Iguazú

Thu, 8 Jan 2009 | By k-lero | Views [448] | Comments [10]

Vale, o no escribo en dos semanas o escribo dos días seguidos... pero es que esto iba atrasado y tocaba ponerse al día...  Pues sí, Iguazú... Como decía en el otro capítulo es uno de los escenarios naturales más impresionantes que he visto en mi vida, ... Read more >

Tags: iguazu, brasil, argentina

Rio de Janeiro 14/06/07 – 26/06/07

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 | By lionel14 | Views [594] | Comments [6]

ENGLISH Arrived in Rio at 6:30 in the morning after a 7 hours overnight bus ride from Sao Paulo. I am greeted with a lovely breakfast by my host for few days Roberta. She lives in Botafogo a busy neighborhood half way between the historical ... Read more >

Tags: Party time

First Black Eye!

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 | By bjjgirl | Views [2654] | Comments [5]

In one week I will be returning to Canada, and so I think it is fitting that yesterday I was baptized here in Brazil with my first, pretty black eye as a goodbye gift.  The training has been difficult, to say the least, and yesterday was my hardest ... Read more >

Tags: Adrenaline

Coração

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 | By nickandlaina | Views [587] | Comments [5]

Coração, Corazón, Heart, or Soul. Whatever word you use, Brazilians have it. Once I was on a bus, and as you know I can´t speak portuguese. The bus driver knew I couldn´t speak and He smiled, and help out with our bags, and gave me a big thumbs up, as ... Read more >

CARNIVAL, THE KISSER, FRIENDS, VIOLENCE AND THE NAKED WOMAN

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 | By simonefrancis | Views [1630] | Comments [1]

Rio kind of became like a second home to me after staying there for about a month. Just about every day in this city brings an adventure.   Carnival was craaaaazy!! You couldn´t go anywhere in the city without running into a party! I went to catch ... Read more >

Tags: rio, carnival, passport

De Río a Saô Paulo, pasando por Ouro Preto

Mon, 2 Feb 2009 | By k-lero | Views [390] | Comments [6]

En Río dejé la historia y en Río la retomo. Nueve días pasé en Río, todo el tiempo en un albergue en el que había un excelente ambiente y donde conocí multitud de gente. La verdad es que el clima no acompanhó en todo ese tiempo, pero ni la ausencia ... Read more >

Rio de Janerio (State) 2009

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 | By heywoods1976 | Views [251] | Comments [3]

After our 4 days in Rio – it was time to move on – not because we had exhausted the city, but it is just so expensive to be there. We still were in the company of Steven and James and decided what better place to chill out (a little more) than the ... Read more >

Tags: ilha grande, buzios

Day 106 - Last day in Brasil

Thu, 3 May 2007 | By lani | Views [11749] | Comments [2]

Well, its been the best of times here for me in Brasil... and what better way to spend my last day in Brasil doing the things that have made me so happy on my travels here.... I started on Ipanema beach, sunning and swimming and just watching the ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Cerea & Rio Grande do Norte & back to Pernambuco 25/07 - 24/08

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 | By lionel14 | Views [708] | Comments [6]

ENGLISH Wouah! It s been ages since I have given any news ... apologies! From Recife I decided to go to Fortaleza in the state of Cerea (to the North). After the now usual 12 hours (ha-ha) bus trip I got to Fortaleza and staid in a backpackers ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Rio de Janeiro

Wed, 2 Jul 2008 | By sarahandphil | Views [600] | Comments [2]

Hi everyone, You remember that last time we wrote, we were telling you how brilliant the weather had been in Salvador and how we'd spent every day basking in sunshine on the beach? So, can you guess what happened next....? That's right, it tipped it ... Read more >

Rio de Janeiro (State) The favela tour

Thu, 1 Jan 2009 | By heywoods1976 | Views [1220] | Comments [1]

Still in Rio and learning more about the city. When we were staying at the Surf and Stay, we met an Australian girl who was over here working as a tour guide, and she insisted that we should do favela (meaning slum) tour when we were in Rio. I, initially ... Read more >

PORTUGALSCINA

Wed, 4 Jul 2007 | By aach | Views [150] | Comments [2]

PORTUGALSCINA Poznam ljudi, ki so se od vedno zeleli uciti enega jezika. Meni je portugalscina na mojo pot prisla kot veliko presenecenje. Na sliki smo ljudje, ki smo se iz celega sveta nakapljali v Bridge Linguatec v Riu de Janeiru ucite novega ... Read more >

Tags: Friends

Iguazu Falls - Argentine Side

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 | By jimandnicadventure | Views [113] | Comments [5]

Wednesday 12 th August Iguazu Falls We thought we got wet yesterday. Today we were saturated completely. We were picked up by our driver/guide early this morning and headed across the border ... Read more >

Sao Paulo & Foz de Iguazu 26/08 – 04/09

Sun, 9 Sep 2007 | By lionel14 | Views [654] | Comments [5]

ENGLISH On the 26/09 I flew back from R e cife to Sao Paulo and manage to spend a bit of time with my friend Rodrigo (who hosted me the first time around) and on the 30/09 I flew to Foz de Iguaçu where I spend few days discovering ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Foz do Iguazu to Montevideo, Uruguay

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 | By luchinko | Views [1025] | Comments [1]

That was hell of a flying day. Arrived Foz do Iguazu about midday, quickly bussed to the urban bus terminal, left our luggage, and sped up to the Iguazu falls. I was with the English couple, Maria and Matt, and we were on the same mission: see Brazil ... Read more >

Tags: adventures

A NIGHT IN A FAVELA,

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 | By simonefrancis | Views [509] | Comments [1]

I finally got off the boat from Manaus to Belem! A couchsurfing host named Fabien picked me up and took me to his apartment, which is located in the middle of the city in a nice, high rise building apartment. He spoilt me insanely over the next few ... Read more >

Tags: brazil, favela, belem, bus

Porto Alegre, Brazil

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 | By eoghancito | Views [488] | Comments [1]

We arrived in Rio's Novo Rio bus station at about 3 in the afternoon, over 2 hours after leaving Copacobana. The reason for the delay was a torrential rainstorm. We had had a lot of rain in Rio but things had certainly stepped up a notch. Our destination ... Read more >

Tags: modern art, buffet, natural disaster, ipod, gaucho

Rio de Janeiro

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 | By thebigtrip | Views [301] | Comments [1]

Rio. What an awesome city? 7 nights there just wasn't long enough. None of us wanted to leave this incredible place. The hostel was cool and all the staff were really nice. Especially Bill the night porter who continually threw us out free ... Read more >

Tags: rio de janeiro

Savador - God in your heart and the Devil in your groin

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 | By jimandnicadventure | Views [109] | Comments [1]

Monday 16 th August Salvador Salvador (translation: Jesus) is the ancient capitol of Brazil and the old part of the city was heritage listed by UNESCO late last century. We had the absolute ... Read more >


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More umbrellas the beach is about 2kms long and there is still no spare room

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