Destination: Brazil

Amazonas Info

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 | By abelaine | Views [1237]

Some tips for the Amazonas.  As I mentioned flights from Rio;Sao Paulo to Manau is 800USD return.  Pretty expensive. Some tips: 1. Coming from another country, fly straight to Manaus.  Then youonly need a one way flight out of the city to another brazilian ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Tips

We Must Be Dreaming - Grocery Shopping Ecstasy

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 | By laurelmarshall | Views [2518] | Comments [3]

Living on the road from town to town, hostel to hostel, bus to bus, we never have truly have access to a big grocery store.   Especially in Latin America, we've tended to shop for groceries at local mom & pop tiendas, as large supermarket type grocery ... Read more >

Maracana Stadium!

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 | By abelaine | Views [1649] | Video

Commonly called Estádio do Maracanã ("Maracanã stadium"), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is one of the largest football stadiums in the world. It is named after the Maracanã neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. It was opened in 1950 to host the FIFA ... Read more >

Tags: Party time

Rio de Janerio

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 | By abelaine | Views [1898]

Full name of the city: São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro ( "Saint Sebastian of the January River" ) and it is the second major city of Brazil, behind São Paulo. The city is capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro. The city was once the capital ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Brazil-Rio Buses

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 | By abelaine | Views [2664] | Comments [2]

The bus system in brazil is really great.  It has great connections between the states and cities.  It is also much more reasonable priced than that of flights.  Ofcourse the only draw back is that the travel is long and can have traffic.  However the ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Tips

Brazil internal flights

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 | By abelaine | Views [2594] | Comments [3]

Internal flights are quite expensive.  The main options you have are TAM, Varig and Gol.  Gol is supposed to be the new cheap airlines all over Brazil but the prices are not significantly lower than the others.  There was an offer while still abroad ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Tips

Sao Paulo by air

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 | By abelaine | Views [847]

Last night we took a helicopter ride over Sao Paulo with Edu(a pilot). The city by night was gorgeous with the city lights extending as far as the eyes could see. Most of it was a pleasant ride, with sudden shocks of free falls that had us all screaming ... Read more >

Tags: Adrenaline

Back again!

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 | By vietnamviking | Views [867] | Comments [1]

After a somewhat prolonged absence, I'm back on this blog. My birthday, while officially only lasting for 24 hours, felt like it continued for at least another week. We celebrated New Year's Eve together with the Paula and Lautaro gang and most of ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

When it rains it pours!

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 | By abelaine | Views [992]

Be prepared for the tropical sudden turns of weather in the early summer.  It can be 28C in the morning and all day, then it is common that the late afternoon/early evening turns nasty very quick to have strong crazy storms! We got caught in such a ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Tips

Gallery: Salvador

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 | By vietnamviking | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Lençois and Chapada do Diamantina

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 | By vietnamviking | Photo Gallery

Gallery: The Farm

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 | By abelaine | Photo Gallery

The Farm

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 | By abelaine | Views [2557]

The Farm - this is not like any farm I know of.  The farm does have plantations like : mangoes, coffee, wine, corn, eucolyptus trees, general vegetables.  HOWEVER the main purpose of this farm is "FUN"  for the family and friends! The Dimas ... Read more >

Tags: Adrenaline

BARBACOA time!

Wed, 9 Jan 2008 | By abelaine | Views [994]

Well today Wed 9th Jan, we spent the day on the beach, jet skiing around in tabatinga (the usual) however we also headed to Sao Paulo that evening.  Where we went to Deda's apartment (our base in Sao Paulo) dumoed our gear, and headed out for dinner.... Read more >

Tags: Food & eating

Gallery: Tabatinga 2

Tue, 8 Jan 2008 | By abelaine | Photo Gallery