Destination: Brazil

Gallery: Rio de Janeiro (River of January)

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 | By luchinko | Photo Gallery

Rio - the touristy stuff

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 | By luchinko | Views [766]

The last few days has been a jumble of events, not sure if I can recount them chronologically, but here it goes. Day 1. Tuesday: Arrived Rio midday, had trouble getting to the hostel in Botafogo because they were meant to pick kme up at the bus terminal, ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Rioian Beaches, Copacobana & Ipanema

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 | By luchinko | Views [1413]

Copacabana, Ipanema, Rio, wow, those famous names, finally I get see it, no glossy photo paper in between. They are long stretches of pale coarse sand, roads and pedestrians on one side, dangerous man-eating waves on the other. At the Northern end ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Crossing the border Brazil to Argentina

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 | By abelaine | Views [1841] | Comments [1]

We again took a local bus ´Puerto Iguazu´ which comes every hour (at the 30min).  This bus costs 3 REAL takes you to the brazilian border where you have to get off and you need to get you passport stamped to leave the country. Once this is done you ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Tips

Heeeeeoooooo

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 | By luchinko | Views [595]

Thats how the locals pronounce Rio. Heeee-ooooo. Sounds a bit funny but I'm getting used to it. Oh yesterday was terrible, I had travellers stomach, spend all evening and most of the night in the foetal position in bed, occassionally rushing to the ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Gallery: Rio de Janeiro

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 | By shmitravel | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Iguazu Falls-Brazil

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 | By abelaine | Photo Gallery

Iguazu falls - Brazil

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 | By abelaine | Views [33254] | Comments [1]

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

Gallery: Fifties - YUMMY

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 | By abelaine | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Downtown Sao Paulo

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 | By abelaine | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Florianopolis

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 | By markbrul | Photo Gallery

Carnaval in Brazilie

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 | By markbrul | Views [2518] | Comments [1]

Van 2 tot en met 9 februari was ik met Han in Florianopolis (Lagoa om precies te zijn) om carnaval te vieren. Helaas voor ons hebben we de grote parade gemist, die op de avond van aankomst was. We hadden ons huiswerk beter moeten doen. Maar de korte ... Read more >

Tags: Party time

Final lunch at Pucci´s

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 | By abelaine | Views [1103]

Well it is time again for that dreaded farewell to people we adore.  It is gain hard as we have made so many close connections here.  We fell in lov enot just with the country but is local people who hopefully will be part of our friendships forever.... Read more >

Tags: People

Lesson 2 in Relaxation

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 | By luchinko | Views [584]

Lesson 1 was walking slowly, lesson 2 is learning to do nothing. It is a difficult lesson to learn. I practised all morning and believe I have improved. Basically you look at a spot on the wall, set your hammock swinging, and try not to stare too hard ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Downtown Sao Paulo with Duccio!

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 | By abelaine | Views [1659] | Comments [1]

As a great way to finish our time in Sao Paulo, we did some exploring on foot-bus-metro of Downtown Sao Paulo.  This certainly put some smiles on our faces. First it was off to the Japanese district, where we ate some yummy sushi for pretty cheap and ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing