Lagoa da Conceicao Florianopolis

We caught an over night bus from Foz to Florianopolis and arrived at the bus terminal at 9.30. We then had to catch another two buses before walking about a kilometre to the hostel. It was hot and sticky and we were pleased to have our bags off our backs! We got talking to Leo, a guy who works at the hostel and organises trips for the guests. They …

It now seems that all attempts to forward plan on this trip are unnecessary and simply winging it has so far proven to be the most fruitful approach. On my last day in Argentina, I spent a few hours trying to book coach tickets to Rio de Janeiro, only to have my bank cancel my card (as they obviously believed my card was being used fraudulently …

Our first day in the beautiful beach resort of Florianopolis didn´t get off to a great start as we waited two hours for the wrong bus to our hostel. However, our luck turned as we checked in to find that we had our own private room! Not having to endure the snores and ***** of eight other strangers, as well as their questionable bathroom habits was …

Two years ago, my best friend and I went to Florianópolis or Floripa during fifteen days. It is a beautiful city of Santa Catarina state in the Southern region of Brazil. This trip was amazing because Floripa is an exciting, cosmopolitan and historic city.
Before this trip, we were living in São Paulo (Brazil) and some friends recommended us to …

We had finally arrived in what was going to be our Xmas and NYE hangout for the next 10 days. What better place than Brazil's party island of Floripa. More than 1 million people come to Floripa over NYE!! So it was nice to be arriving before the crowds. Floripa weather is as unpredictable as they came in South America, so we were hoping for a clear …

... island (Voted the Number 1 Party Destination of 2009 by The New York Times). Our hostel was right next to Lagoa da Conceicao, a pretty lagoon where people were paragliding, windsurfing and kite-surfing everyday. The lagoon is also close to Praia to ...

... ; The afternoon was concluded with a drive up the North Eastern coast of the island past a huge protected inland lagoon, Lagoa da Conceicao. The entry/exit roads on the island is many single lane and gets quite congested over weekends with parking as ...

... morning - which was a relief as we have been getting a little bit punished by the sun. So got a taxi boat across Lagoa da Conceicao to a small fishing village called Costa do Lagoa. Village could only be got to by boat so boat we shared our journey with ...

... può spostare a piedi come e quando si vuole. Noi siamo sistemati un po' in collina con bella vista sulla Lagoa da Conceiçao e possimo raggiungere questa e il mare in pochi minuti a piedi. Stamattina fatto una bella passeggiata ...

... night, a large group of us from the hostel and some others headed to the east of the island to a club in the Lagoa Da Conceicao district. The club was small but packed with people, and unlike Seattle, the ratio of girls to guys was actually pretty ...

... I arrived late on Saturday night. Taking advantage of the night and timely 1 am start we hit up one of the ´best´ discoteques in Lagoa da Conceição called John Bull. They had a live band and the place was packed. The band was playing a bunch of ...

... .  A bunch of people headed back to El Divino for hip-hop night, but some of us preferred sticking around Lagoa Da Conceicao for a tamer local evening, having a few drinks while listening to some live music, something which this town has an ...

... the skateboards!  We also experienced Brazilian summer traffic jams too that day.  Enroute, we enjoyed lunch at the lagoon, Lagoa da Conceicao.   Great lunch, great juice; but it just took 3 hours to get in and out of town ...

... the side of the road until it was cleared. When we finally arrived and got our bearings we hopped on another bus to Lagoa da Conceicao and then walked to the hostel. We checked in to discover that the Australian girls were also staying at the hostel! ...

... I've had some pretty good food, although I think I'll get into some better stuff next week, when I move to a town called Lagoa da Conceicao, which sits aside a half fresh / half saltwater lake on the interior of the island. The best food I've had so far ...