Belem, Brazil Travel Blogs

Down the Amazon River
Mar 10, 2006 (22 photos)

... the shore go by, which in some cases was a couple miles away in both directions... the Amazon River is HUGE !!!! While in Belem I did the usual city exploration and checked out a couple museums and the fish market. From here, I am well positioned to ...

Cachoeira - Day 52-54
Feb 28, 2009 (14 photos)

... concoction of religious influences from one end of the spectrum to the other, it's very unique to this region of Brazil. Unfortunately I didn't have chance to see this unique religion being practised in the area.  This evening I was in laying bed ...

How many sandunes are there in Brazil?
Nov 2, 2004

... I hadn´t seen a film since Lima, this was a nice change. That night we had our second last night bus, to Belem. All in all, a fairly straightforward trip except for the road disappearing sometime in the middle of the night and experiencing the bumpiest ...

A Whale of a Tale
Aug 27, 2006 (18 photos)

... when he visited while travelling on the HMS Beagle in 1832. Abrolhos - which literally translates as "open your eyes"- is Brazil's first marine park, and was created in 1983 to protect and study the whales, and to preserve the coral reefs and crystal ...

Early morning flying!
Jul 29, 2006 (2 photos)

... in the middle of the Brazilian rainforest. Said our goodbyes to the Dragoman group and chilled out until midnight awaiting our 3am flight to Belem which is the coast and entrance to the Amazon. We had intended to fly to Sao Luiz directly but it was too ...

Belém
Nov 4, 2004

Belém, Brazil Nov 3-4 Ok. The mouth of the Amazon -- where it feeds into the Atlantic. Otherwise known as a place to skip! Not much here, a fun dinner at some restored docks. And a musician playing on a moving platform...hmmm. Managed to find a ...

Amazon Queen - Arrived in Belem
Sep 26, 2005 (6 photos)

Arrived in Belem yesterday afternoon, after an amazing four day journey along the Amazon River, places and romantic names that I only every drempt of visiting whilst reading my geography books. The boat journey was a fantastic opportuinity to interact and ...

Cruising Down The Amazon!!
Mar 19, 2005 (5 photos)

... on deck for the whole trip sleeping in hammocks!). He even brought his own TV onboard which he took with him when he got off half way to Manaus to catch a flight back to Belem! All in all it was a fantastic 5 days though dont ask me where the time went!

Slow, Steady and Sweltering
Sep 25, 2006 (10 photos)

... least until about 9 am - but mid-day found us right in the middle of Teresina, a city renowned as being the hottest in Brazil! In places the tarmac road surface was buckling and melting in the heat, and even the slight breeze did little to alleviate the ' ...

AMAZON - AT THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER
May 25, 2001 (6 photos)

... me their extra bananas. If anyone wants to write me, my address is: Shady Acres Housing, Branch 6, Twig B, Leaf 206, Belém, Pará, Brazil. Ha, ha. I'm just yarning ya'! I'm not really living in a tree. It's just my dream. But, I saw this ...

A boy in every port
Mar 27, 2004 (3 photos)

... of Brazil. It was so similar to back home that I felt a bit uneasy mixing amongst the middle and upper classes whilst backpacking Brazil. Jaime took quite a shine to me and I must say that I took full advantage of him being a local (and from Santarèm to ...

Finally...Belem!
Oct 23, 2005

... day slow boat instead! The skies were cool...really moody and you could see the storm clouds gathering! The dockside in Belem is very funky (and full of drunk locals on this occasion!)...they've basically converted the whole area into posh restaurants and ...

Aprenda Português a caminho a Belém
Nov 3, 2009 (5 photos)

... but thoroughly enjoyable… it’s going to be tough to get back to bus travel again. At the moment I am in Belém, where things start to get a little dangerous for the tourists.  I am now on a mission to learn more Portuguese, otherwise I ...

Never ending bus rides
Sep 9, 2005 (6 photos)

after almost missing our plane in Rio because our passports were locked into a safe where we had no access, we flew to Belem in northern Brazil. We arrived in the middle of the night but the humidity and heat were still oppressing. We found a shitty hotel ...

Boat trip from Manaus to Belem
May 30, 2009 (15 photos)

... , sometimes while we were not looking and then took great joy in showing us later on! By the 3rd night they gave us nuts (Brazil nuts). Talk about feeling like monkeys in a zoo as two of 5 gringos on the boat, the only blonde ones... We were quite the ...

A travers l amazonie (part 2) !
Mar 31, 2008 (4 photos)

... la police pour prevenir de la situation dans le coin....sympa les armoires a glace bresiliennes ! On est ensuite sorti du bus 2 minutes plus tard et en traversant le desertique Belem d un dimanche apres midi, nous arrivame a l hotel....sain et sauf.

The Boat Trip Belem - Manaus
May 22, 2008 (44 photos)

L -15/05/08 until 21/05/08 The boat didn't leave until 8am so we had been sitting on the a moored boat for 14hours, Gabrel found out that there was a problem with the rotor and then the tide had gone out so we were wedged in the sand. The boat was ...

Back to Belém to enjoy a bit more...
Jun 13, 2009 (10 photos)

Arraial de Israel
Jan 2, 2005

Next stop on the tour....Arraial de Ajuda, the first encounter with the Israeli's that apparently have infiltrated Brasil. A cute little town between Salvador and Rio that we ventured to with Jay and Roxy, friends we met in Morro. After a month in close ...

Day tour to Icoaraci
Jun 8, 2009 (5 photos)

... is such a rich country in what regards handicraft. I am always surprised with the diversity and beauty of handicraft I find in Brazil. Every little region seems to have its own type of work using a wide range of materials and techniques. It was very ...

Ilha do Marajó: Salvaterra, Soure, Joanes ...
Jun 10, 2009 (27 photos)

Chilling on the beach - and such a special beach! It was difficult to believe that the beach was part of a river; I could not see the other shore... It felt like the ocean, with waves and sandy beaches. Beautiful nature and lovely hospitality,

Belem
Aug 13, 2005

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Bélem
Apr 8, 2008 (5 photos)

... nada más de esta grande isla, volvimos, contentos de estos momentos tranquilos y yo de haber aprendido a hacer pulsera macramé ! Al llegar a Belém decido de ir con los chilenos a São Luis... y así llegué de madrugada y haciendo una sorpresa a Klaus, que había ...

Belem - mesto duhov
Apr 17, 2006

Na sreco sva zadela ta pravo letalsko druzbo - TAM, ki je precej boljsa od Iberie. Varno naju je pripeljala v Belem in nama celo dala nekaj za jest :) Kar se tice Belema, je pa zgodba cisto drugacna; priletela sva v soboto, sredi velikonocnih praznikov, ...

get me out of here : O
Oct 19, 2005 (1 photos)

what a s**t-pit and hot as hell too! Our hotel...if indeed you can call it that, should be condemned! if it hasn't already ! and its not the cheapest place here...we dread to think! we cant afford to stay at the Hilton, so were booking the boat out of ...

Cruising down the Amazon
Jul 25, 2006 (17 photos)

... clearing customs we caught a bus into the city. As we had all our bags and surfboards we knew we were back in Brazil when we couldn't get everything through the bus turnstiles!! Luckily everyone was very helpful so we had various people holding our bags! ...

Catching a boat to Manaus
Sep 24, 2009

If you can, get on Cisne Branco from the official dock. It's smaller and more personal. The food is better as well than on the bigger boats. When you walk to the docks from the market, stick to the left hand side of the road, and don't stray to the ...

Days 29-31: Christmas and Vovo 90th Birthday by ES
Dec 28, 2007 (13 photos)

... in the kitchen and I helped a bit...after a good nap of course.  Many of her family members arrived from all over Brazil and her parents and brother flew in from the US a few days before.  Prior to the party, a few neighbors stopped ...

Days 7-8 Mangos and Hot Hot Heat by Carolyn Sauck
Dec 6, 2007 (17 photos)

... Fred made up for it by singing 5 different songs of his own :) Today, we checked off one of Erin's "to do's in Brazil" and got bikini waxed.  Yowzers!  Sorry folks, no pictures to add from that adventure! Check out the story that goes ...

Arrial d Ajuda
Sep 18, 2006

Je fais un flashback sur Arrial.. car je suis deja a Rio.. la connection internet 56k a l auberge ne m a pas permi de poster mon blog.. et puis j etais trop Bahia.. trop lazy de chez lazy.. ici c est la ville.. faut presser le pas.. tout va plus vite.. ...