Curitiba, Brazil Travel Blogs

bussing my ass
Aug 21, 2005 (3 photos)

... state of Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, I caught a bus, which took me twelve hours north to the city of Curitiba (still southern Brazil). What should have been a routine overnighter turned into a painfully cold ride inside a meat locker. The buses in Brazil ...

the best concert EVER
Nov 19, 2004 (4 photos)

... be hanging out (working actually) with Groove Armarda on their South America Creamfields tour. Spent a couple of days in Curitiba cruising around (a town planners eco paradise) with the concert on the second evening. Unfortunatly Sammy was not on his ...

Curitiba
Feb 3, 2007

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Curitiba
Feb 8, 2007

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Eu não falo Português!
Aug 6, 2006 (24 photos)

... a hot shower and some clean clothes before venturing out to explore our surroundings. About the size of Toronto, cosmopolitan Curitiba is a lively city with extensive cobbled pedestrian malls, energetic street musicians, diverse cultural programs, and the ...

Curitiba, Ilha do Mel, Mococa, Sao Paulo
Feb 18, 2007 (26 photos)

... we are met by Patty's brother Iñaki, who has been living there with his Brazilian girlfriend for the past 5 months. Brazil's Model city Curitiba,  is a pleasant city of around 1 million people, and is located some six hours south ...

High Energy
Mar 10, 2006 (8 photos)

... lower. Argentina has developed a network of service stations that sell compressed natural gas, which burns cleaner than gasoline. Brazil has been aggressively pursuing hydroelectric and nuclear power (I guess NIMBY is not rampant in Brazil). They have ...

Curitiba
Sep 27, 2005 (5 photos)

... group of us went out for drinks and to watch some live music. It was the first night that I really felt like I was in Brazil. Curitiba does not have tourists, or speak much of ANY english for that matter. Overall, it was great birthday - even if it was ...

Europe?
Oct 1, 2005 (32 photos)

... from over the world. It is really great!! Her name is Claudia and she will be our private guide during our stay in Curitiba ;) European Weather .... Huhhhh It was raining cats and dogs and it was also cold. My shoes were wet in, I would say, ...

Jungle Train
Oct 3, 2005 (30 photos)

... to the rodoviaria (bus station) and next to that is the train station for a very special jungle train which goes from Curitiba to the coast. And so there are three different prices for different wagons. But we have chosen the cheapest one and it ...

Linha Turismo
Oct 2, 2005 (46 photos)

... This will be a hard program. It started at 8 am, but after a good and really sweet breakfast. We met at the cathedral Curitiba after a visit to the Freias Market we wanted to use the very special Linha Turismo for 15 Reais. You can change the Bus five ...

visiting a friend from my days back in vietnam
Jan 30, 2009

... to prepare myself for a hectic day of random bus changes in sketchy boarder towns.... Instead i lucked out got a direct bus to Curitiba cleared immigration on both sides super fast and easy and just like that i was i Brazil. an interesting side not ...

Saida de Curitiba
Jan 25, 2004 (4 photos)

Saida de Curitiba, PR,  para Chui RS

Curitiba again
Jan 31, 2008 (5 photos)

... for 1 night before we head up to Rio De Janeiro in 2 hours (just burning some time). Today we caught the train (Curitiba´s clame to fame) to Morretes (pronounced - Mor-het-ches) which was quite a spectacular journey through the mountainous rainforest. ...

The Mass Transit Utopia
Jul 11, 2005

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More bloody rain
Jan 27, 2009

January 27th 2009 We took an overnight sleeper bus to Curibita in Southern Brazil, I must admit I'd never heard of it before despite being the 8th largest city in Brazil.  I wasn't looking forward to a 14 hour bus journey but the sleeper bus ...

Taxes and Lawyers...exciting post today!
May 14, 2008

... of his office.  He doesn't know about for everyone else.     Today is our last day in Curitiba.  Probably the last time in Curitiba for this trip to Brazil.  But we'll be back.  There's a lot of exploring left to do here.

Curitiba
Apr 29, 2007 (8 photos)

... mix with flour to form a paste and then eat with rice and juices from the meat. The train ride back to Curitiba was spectacular with breathtaking views of the mountains. The train went across viaducts, through tunnels, past waterfalls and lakes. There ...

Chinese National Circus
May 12, 2008 (5 photos)

Talk about being jet-setters ;)  We went to go see the Chinese National Circus while living in Brazil!  We had awesome seats, 6th row, center.  Think of a Chinese version of Cirque d' Soleil.  I don't think I could ever ...

Curitiba: A vegetarian's paradise
Oct 30, 2009 (2 photos)

... even more surprised when half the people at the bar knew the lyrics to all the songs! Apparently a lot of people in Curitiba like country music for some reason (especially Johnny Cash). Today I checked out the Municipal Market in the morning and then went ...

Curitiba
Aug 11, 2006 (5 photos)

... Dan queried the opera acoustics of the glass enclosure and the heat build-up in a greenhouse. Who'd come away with an architect?! Curitiba is famed for the railway that runs up and over the belt of mountains to the coast town of Morretes. The Serra Verde ...

Atlantic Rainforest
Oct 14, 2005 (10 photos)

Caught a train through the slums of Curitiba and into some spectacular mountainous rainforest scenery. Walked down through the extremely humid rainforest to a lodge where we stayed for the night. Will and Worsty went tubbing (or tubing) down the local ...

New piercing! Now I look like a proper traveller!!
May 16, 2006

... to stay in the country, and this was up for renewal next Friday! So on Monday, we went to the Federal police station in Curitiba at about 10am! We took a number from a machine and sat waiting for a little while until our number was called. At the desk we ...

Curitiba
Feb 19, 2006

... front of 100 000 screaming attendees, not to mention the millions watching around the world. Anyway, off to see the sights of Curitiba. Thank you to everyone who has shared this adventure with us, both in person and via our travel log...I know it makes ...

What a busy week...
Apr 27, 2008 (8 photos)

... , arriving at 6pm to collect Jacqui and our bags.  Then Saturday morning at 4:45, we flew from Porto Seguro to Curitiba.  With all those flights, hotels, rental car, etc., lets just say I had one helluva expense report this week. So now ...

Curitiba
Jun 21, 2008 (29 photos)

... and also going to the office to practice law. Adriana took us to the market on our first  morning in Curitiba where she bought baby bananas the size of half my pinky finger, star fruit, purple artichoke, pinhoes (giant pine nuts from the ...

Don´t cry for me Argentina....
Aug 1, 2008 (13 photos)

... kann. Um acht Uhr verliessen wir dann unser Hotel und wurden an den Busterminal gebracht, wo wir in eine Nachtbus(10h) nach Curitiba stiegen (ich schlief wie ein Baby). Um 6:00am kamen wir in Curitiba an, fuhren mit Taxis zum Hotel und schliefen ...

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Jan 31, 2007

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The planned city of Curitiba...and Oscar Niemeyer
Nov 29, 2006 (2 photos)

... in the city. Highlights for me was the Oscar Niemeyer building "The Eye", the Iron Opera and the Italian part of Curitiba - Santa Felicidade. Normally I do not like tourist trips like this, but this is really recommended. Flexible and loads of worth for ...

Serra Verde Express
Mar 10, 2009 (10 photos)

Scenic train ride down the lush, steep, beautiful tropical mountains, from Curitiba (say koo-ree-CHEE-bah!) to Morretes, an engineering feat opened in 1885, with 67 bridges and viaducts, as well as 13 tunnels, with lots of the tracks at great heights. (The ...