Destination: Brazil

Salvador 2

Fri, 5 Dec 2008 | By david_vanessa | Views [910]

Oi All, Went to a candomble ceremony last night. Those people sure have energy and rhythm. Now this wasn't part of the plan. Vanessa and I went for a walk along a walkway heading out to the lighthouse...and got robbed. Shame as it was a beautiful ... Read more >

Gallery: Uruguay

Wed, 3 Dec 2008 | By eoghancito | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Brazil - Porto Alegre

Wed, 3 Dec 2008 | By eoghancito | Photo Gallery

Rio De Janeiro

Mon, 1 Dec 2008 | By david_vanessa | Views [1780]

Oi All, This blog entry had been written by a zombie who represents David. Finally here in Rio after 28 hrs of bus trip. Tired and cranky.  Had to throw sensibility out the window with the computer images. Went out and bought a USB card reader for ... Read more >

Gallery: Brasilien

Mon, 1 Dec 2008 | By manni_das_mammut | Photo Gallery

Bonito 2

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 | By david_vanessa | Views [824]

Oi All, Another steamy day in the tropics. Went out to the Gruta do Lago Azul (cave with blue lagoon) which was  beautiful but  we weren´t  able  to  really  enjoy it as it was overcomercialised with groups going through every 20 minutes. Took lots ... Read more >

Gallery: Pantanal Bonito

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Pantanal Jungle

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Mucugê

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 | By paloma_e_abner | Views [680]

On Sept. 27, at midnight the half, we and most of our class hoped that the bus would make the long-awaited trip. However, the bus left late and only 1 in the morning the trip was very agitated party and mess. We get to Mucugê around 7 in the morning ... Read more >

Porto Alegre, Brazil

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 | By eoghancito | Views [4078] | 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: buffet, gaucho, ipod, modern art, natural disaster

Pantanal bonito

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 | By david_vanessa | Views [896]

Oi All, Just arrived and staying at the HI hostel. Pantanal jungle was too much effort. will write it later. Yes there is the same image in a few new photo galleries. We are having trouble with retarded brazilian system setups. The image is a screen ... Read more >

Pantanal jungle

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 | By david_vanessa | Views [1104]

Oi All, Day 1. So Al met us at Campo Grande bus terminal and handed us the tickets got us to the bus and said the bus driver will tell you when to get out in 5 hrs or about 1230pm. Windows were getting hotter and hotter the further we headed into the ... Read more >

Sao Paulo is different - if compared to Switzerland

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 | By fabia | Views [3215] | Comments [1]

After two months and lots of questions about how I like Brazil - here what I experienced to be different to good old Switzerland: First lesson in Brazil: toilet paper has to be put in the bin close to the closet. (Don’t laugh, that’s important or ... Read more >

Gallery: Guarujà

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 | By fabia | Photo Gallery

Tudo bem en Rio de Janeiro (Part 3)

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 | By eoghancito | Views [2005]

On the tour we also met a few more people, Justin, another professional traveller, this one a Kiwi, on his third round the world (RTW), Sylvia, a Slovakian kids clothes designer and Olivier a French civil engineer who had just started their RTW in ... Read more >

Tags: cbd, football, hippies, live music, modern art, urinal