Boa Vista, Brazil Travel Blogs

Dull town blues.
Nov 7, 2005

I have seen some wonderful places on this trip, but also a handful of ordinary ones, amongst them several dull cities. Boa Vista in northern Brazil is definitively one of them, so it's kind of funny that I am back here for the third time in less than a ...

Staying in a coconut plantation of course!
Jul 25, 2006 (2 photos)

Leave our bush camp and continue south where scenery progressively more rainforesty. Lots of flooded fields and very wide rivers and trees which just go on for miles. There are intermittent gaps in the trees where there are huge lakes with dead tree ...

Reunited with DC3
Oct 7, 2006 (15 photos)

... and were ready to head north again after only four days of arriving in Manaus. Although not really intending to cover the 800 km to Boa Vista in one day, there didn't appear to be anywhere suitable to stop, so we just kept going for twelve hours. The road ...

Amérique du Sud / South America
Jan 9, 2005 (4 photos)

... revenir. De toute façon je prévois toujours de retourner au Pérou un jour ou l'autre. Quelqu'un intéressé à m'accompagner? Finalement nous arrivons à Boa Vista. Que la fête commence! Pourquoi? Et bien... On m'a dit, avant que je ne quitte le Canada, qu'il était ...

Big skies and Amerindian reservations
Sep 3, 2007

... ) pulled into Boa Vista at first light, and headed off to find some basic digs for the night. From all accounts, Boa Vista is a quiet, unattractive place with little to attract the casual traveller, but it was a convenient stopover before heading into ...

Venezuela to Brazil (Boa Vista)
Feb 17, 2009

... Boa Vista was full!! Nothing till tomorrow!!! We both went searching for a bus to Santa Elena (the border crossing point- 4 hours from Boa Vista), but all buses were full.Finally after an hour of searching we found a bus that left Ciudad Bolívar at 9.30pm, ...

Boa Vista
Mar 6, 2007

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Au Brésil / Across Brazil
Jan 10, 2005 (5 photos)

... . He usually flies Tucanos, but being the only one speaking English he's been assigned to us for the duration of our trip across Brazil. Adalberto is very helpful and we probably won't need to fake a mechanical problem to stay here. Oooops did I just say ...

Reportaz z plavby/ Amazon Cruise
Sep 11, 2007 (14 photos)

Rivers are the roads of Amazonia. It is not a cruise teritory but merely means of transport from place to place. Boats pass the Amazon River with cargo and people. They go from port to port, loading and unloading cargo, slowly hauling around their ...

Border Town
Apr 2, 2007

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Boa?
Jul 13, 2008

... seems they go in for it in a big way here, It's an easy city to leave behind, and quickly we're heading north toward Boa Vista. Like others before, we thought for sure there'd be a nice little place to park for the night and so avoid driving 800k in one ...

WEEK FIFTY FOUR, COWBOYS, CARDS, CABLE
Mar 27, 2008

... we pulled over and slept 3 in the van in a petrol station. Comfy!! Up at sunrise to drive through an Indian Reserve and some wonderful scenery and into the last town before we hit Venezuela. Boa Vista the capital of the Brazilian state of Roraima.

The Life Of Brian
Sep 2, 2007

Arrived at Boa Vista 14:30 Here all about how I spent 4 hours at the bus station trying to be converted to Jesus by Brian the American Evangelist. Coming soon............. Bus to Manaus (sat next to Brian) 17:30   80.50 R$

boa vista
Jul 14, 2006

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Eu nâo falo portuges
Sep 17, 2009

Made it to Brazil in one piece. Don~t speak the language and i feel pretty stupid about it.

Work,Work and Painting, Our 2nd Month In Sta Elena
Sep 1, 2005 (8 photos)

Our second month in Santa Elena went well, and mighty quickly. I spent most of the time working on a new website for the foundation. Not exactly typical 3rd world volunteering perhaps, but it was the pet project of the foundation's director, and I thus ...

Brasil
Jan 20, 2005 (10 photos)

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Week 24 - Merida (Ven) to Boa Vista (Brazil)
Jan 18, 2008 (80 photos)

... whole pack and re pack it..took 20 minutes). Eventually I arrived in Santa Elena. Jan 16th Santa Elena (Venezuela) to Boa Vista (Brazil) At 6.30am I walked into town and got a shared taxi to the border ($2.50). While I was waiting for the Venezuelan ...

1 night 2 days great trek up Serra Grande
Aug 30, 2008 (11 photos)

... experience was worth all the effort. Francisco was a great guide and will do very well with Helio in the business. We have been very impressed with our good fortune at spending the additional time in Boa Vista and highly reccommend this very cool city.

towards Boa Vista
Mar 1, 2009

After a good night at our parking stop we set of towards the town, by now the scenery has changed to very flat ground with lots of low scrublands. Still with lots of different birds though. On arrival at the town it was the usual story of very few road ...

At Border
Mar 2, 2009

... organised in that once across the bridge there is another bridge over one carriageway because we have to swap the driving position; Brazil is on the right and Guyana is on the left. Eventually we came to the last barricade, manned by Brazilian soldiers, ...

Bonita Brazil
Aug 27, 2008 (15 photos)

... thing here is that people do seem to understand a little english whereas Venzuela is solo Espanol and without it you are stuffed. Boa Vista is a great little town and we are thrilled to be here. People are friendly and the place is cleaner and tidier ...

Waiting in Boa Vista
Nov 13, 2007 (3 photos)

... and no town anywhere nearby, so people started hitching a ride in both directions - those hitching to the north, eventually reached Boa Vista. But I couldn't go anywhere, even though I had been offered a ride with the post office truck at 16:00 but but ...

Amérique du Sud
Jan 9, 2005 (4 photos)

... revenir. De toute façon je prévois toujours de retourner au Pérou un jour ou l'autre. Quelqu'un intéressé à m'accompagner? Finalement nous arrivons à Boa Vista. Que la fête commence! Pourquoi? Et bien... On m'a dit, avant que je ne quitte le Canada, qu'il était ...

Got to Brazil..... and it was closed!
Nov 27, 2009

... And it was closed for Lunch!!!! A 2 hour lunch at that! The bus had to drop me off (cos it was only 12:50) and left without me. I then had to wait until 2pm. Got a stam in about 3 mins and then waited until 4pm for the next bus to Boa Vista (great!!!!!)

Boa Vista Brazil
Jan 6, 2008 (8 photos)

Boa Vista Photos

Au Brésil
Jan 10, 2005 (5 photos)

Nous voici de retour à l'aéroport. D'un coté la société pour laquelle je travaille essaie de tout faire pour que nous puissions entrer au Brésil. De l'autre le responsable du Département de l'Aviation Civile fait tout ce qu'il peut pour nous virer. Les choses ...