Destination: Brazil

Gallery: BRAZIL

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 | By simonefrancis | Photo Gallery

Rio de Janerio (State) 2009

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 | By heywoods1976 | Views [1039] | 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: buzios, ilha grande

Gallery: Brazil´s Northeast

Fri, 9 Jan 2009 | By navidalizadeh | Photo Gallery

La fuerza de Iguazú

Thu, 8 Jan 2009 | By k-lero | Views [1960] | 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: argentina, brasil, iguazu

Gallery: Iguazú (Brasil)

Thu, 8 Jan 2009 | By k-lero | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Rio State 2009

Sat, 3 Jan 2009 | By heywoods1976 | Photo Gallery

Rio de Janeiro (State) The favela tour

Thu, 1 Jan 2009 | By heywoods1976 | Views [12198] | Comments [2]

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 >

Gallery: Rio State 2008

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 | By heywoods1976 | Photo Gallery

Rio de Janeiro (State) up to New Year´s Eve

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 | By heywoods1976 | Views [832]

The festive period now over we can update you on our most recent activities – not many adventures as the more developed a country gets the easier it is to navigate and the better the general infrastructure is to cope with travelers/tourists. What ... Read more >

Tags: rio de janeiro (state)

Gallery: Brazil

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 | By steph_dave | Photo Gallery

Sun, sand, Santa and snakes

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 | By steph_dave | Views [1006] | Comments [1]

A n island 150KM south of Rio and off of the coast, Ilha Grande is supposed to have some of Brazil's best beaches. We had managed to find an apartment to rent for a week over Christmas. It's really nice with a good view of the sea, the ... Read more >

Tags: ilha grande

Warm Welcome in Rio

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 | By steph_dave | Views [1161]

From Foz do Iguacu (on the Brazilian side of the falls) we decided to get a bus straight to Rio de Janeiro. What a long bus journey that was. We couldn't even get a good bus. Just 25 little hours later we arrived in Rio's extremely ... Read more >

Tags: lapa, rio de janeiro, rio hostel

Gallery: Sao Paulo

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 | By heywoods1976 | Photo Gallery

Coração

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 | By nickandlaina | Views [2719] | 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 >

Brazil

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 | By loundyl | Views [647]

We have just finished ten days in Brazil, most of which was spent in Rio. Rio...it was not what I was expecting at all. I really didn`t like it at first it's a bit stinky and dirty and it seemed rather pretentious, with lots of wannabes walking about ... Read more >