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Lindo Olinda! (Beautiful Olinda in Portuguese)
Aug 10, 2006
(11 photos)
"Nigth before last got our very posh Guanabara bus (v wide seats, legroom and virtually horizontal) down to Recife. Managed to sleep ok and arrived this morning in Recife. Got the M ..."
A travel blog entry from Olinda by
emanddave
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Carnaval Warmup
Feb 12, 2006
(8 photos)
"Brazil is dangerous. You here soooo much of this...and it is I guess, moreso than many places weīve been. What you donīt hear enough of is that Brazilians in general are some of th ..."
A travel blog entry from Olinda by
shawnsmith
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Olinda - beautiful View
Aug 31, 2005
(9 photos)
"Beautiful Olinda We arrived in Olinda and I was really happy. I think I don`t like the big cities. But the first problem was to search for a toilet. We asked at the beach in a fis ..."
A travel blog entry from Olinda by
rese_ma
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Colonial cuteness!
Oct 21, 2005
"We arrived in Recife bright & early and did some research on how to get to our next destination! Hmmmmm...Belem, a 36 hour bus journey away or Fortaleza, a 26 hour bus journey away ..."
A travel blog entry from Olinda by
dawn_smedley
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RIDING IN KOMBIīS WITH MONICA
Apr 24, 2003
(1 photo)
"Hey, guys. Well, I have to admit, it was over a month ago that I arrived in Brazil. But, Iīve had a case of "lazy pen." Leaving the cheerful people of Sao Paulo behind, I bused my ..."
A travel blog entry from Olinda by
modernoddyseus
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A rushed afternoon in Olinda
Mar 11, 2007
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"Olinda is renowned as a great cultural center in Brazil. I am SO sad that I hardly had time to wander around the small, colonial city, and didnīt get a chance to experience some of ..."
A travel blog entry from Olinda by
clarasudamerica

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Olinda
Nov 10, 2007
"Well we decided to skip Receife and make for a little town called olinda just 7km north of Receife. 3 of us decided against taxis and got the local transport and as we found out th ..."
A travel blog entry from Olinda by
kieranocal

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Olinda
Aug 12, 2006
(5 photos)
"Olinda, a gorgeous colonial town just north of Recife. the historical area is very beautiful and and in a wonderful natural location. from the main sq at the top of a steep hill th ..."
A travel blog entry from Olinda by
seanandfaye

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Pretty, bohemium coastal town
Sep 18, 2007
(17 photos)
"It took me 24 hours to get to Brasil from Cuzco, I actually flew into Sao Paulo in the south and met up with my friend Mark (thatīs Mark the pilot and Carolyns cousin- for tho ..."
A travel blog entry from Olinda by
dstean

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Olinda
Apr 3, 2006
(3 photos)
"Spent a couple of days here. After being on the beach for so long olinda did not imeadiately appeal to us (especially because our hostel was a cheap and nasty). You couldnīt swim i ..."
A travel blog entry from Olinda by
salkelely

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Team Swiss have landed!
Apr 8, 2006
(16 photos)
"Team Swiss have taken the Brazilian North East Coast by storm! Or at least by a balmy ocean breeze.... With temperatures consistently cruising above 35 degrees - It's too hot for s ..."
A travel blog entry from Olinda by
teamswiss

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Oh linda(s) - our beautiful mums 25-27 March
Mar 26, 2006
(11 photos)
"Olinda Olinda - Spanish for beautiful, and to be fair in some parts it was very beautiful indeed. Lots of old colonial buildings, cobbles streets, colourful trees, nice churches an ..."
A travel blog entry from Olinda by
stokenmait

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Stupid, Stupid, Stupid
Sep 24, 2005
"Our flight from Salvador to Recife is short and smooth. Even the bus from the airport into Recife town centre is relatively easy, once we found where it left from (airports never s ..."
A travel blog entry from Olinda by
davidbowmaker

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The Build Up!!!
Feb 11, 2006
"The Build Up Cool afternoon breeze filters through soft evening light. A welcoming change from the oppressing heat that hours earlier had driven the author into the air conditioned ..."
A travel blog entry from Olinda by
rioluna

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Notes from North East Brazil
Apr 29, 2005
(22 photos)
"Hello once more! We last left you in Ouro Preto where we saw a zillion churches and drank beer with mining students (OP has the biggest mining school in the country and did you kno ..."
A travel blog entry from Olinda by
viajar

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Olinda
Feb 17, 2008
(9 photos)
"Spent the last two days in Olinda which is a small city that is full of bohemians and art galleries. It is about 20 ks north of Recife, but worlds apart. We have been s ..."
A travel blog entry from Olinda by
vmcelani

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Olinda
Mar 4, 2007
(2 photos)
"Olinda is a classic colonial town filled with churches and fantastic views of the ocean and the city of Recife in the distance. I almost didnīt make it here as I was having a real ..."
A travel blog entry from Olinda by
davejin

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Carnaval
Feb 4, 2008
(4 photos)
"So I just wanted to update everyone with some pics for Carnaval. I think they speak for themselves. Tons of color, tons of music and people packed shoulder the shoulder everywhere ..."
A travel blog entry from Olinda by
tigo2

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Oh Linda
Jan 31, 2008
"Beautiful Olinda (oh Linda) Weīre here. I burst into tears on landing in Rio I was just so happy. The trip was long. We had some problems with the baggage handlers, somewhere betwe ..."
A travel blog entry from Olinda by
soooz

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olinda
Aug 16, 2007
(25 photos)
"olinda is a quiet, pastel colored, portugese colonial town serving as the cultural counterpart to recife. it has steep cobblestone streets and nothing to do after the sun goes down ..."
A travel blog entry from Olinda by
emily_sarah

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Day 3 - Olinda
Feb 18, 2007
"As tired as I was...it was Carnaval...and I wanted to go out and drink (especially after the bus ride from hell). Katie and Mel had been to Olinda last year and knew the city fairl ..."
A travel blog entry from Olinda by
athena

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de onde surgiu essa viagem?
Nov 1, 2007
(7 photos)
"Hoje, depois de muito tempo, resolvi criar este blog. A ideia eh ter um meio de comunicacao sem precisar ser direto, isso eh, aqueles que estiverem afim de ler algo sobre a minha v ..."
A travel blog entry from Olinda by
betuca

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Olinda
Jan 31, 2007
"Connections from smaller towns are difficult. Schedules rarely seem to get posted anywhere. My pousada has lots of backpackers so I get the times from the nearest major town to Rec ..."
A travel blog entry from Olinda by
will.traveller

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Oh linda, Olinda!
Sep 9, 2006
(23 photos)
"So yesterday I wrote all about how hard doctors work here and perhaps I gave you the impression that I too had been working this hard... well for that, I should probably apologise! ..."
A travel blog entry from Olinda by
jarvs

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And the Journey continues
Mar 3, 2006
"As my journey continues I become more and more certain that to truly enjoy life and to have unforgettable experiences, you sometimes just have to go with the flow and welcome what ..."
A travel blog entry from Olinda by
cori42

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Olinda
Mar 1, 1991
"Olinda, a city found by Portuguese and Dutch people. World Heritage! ..."
A travel blog entry from Olinda by
acneto

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Olinda Limbo
Feb 1, 2005
"Traveling always takes its toll and by the time I arrived in the sleepy hillside town of Olinda, my art gallery/inn looked like a little bit of custom-built heaven. I was warmly gr ..."
A travel blog entry from Olinda by
sola

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Danger: Sharks in the water
Jan 26, 2007
"We didn't stay much time at all in Olinda, but it was a really pretty, colonial style city. There were signs warning of the dangers of sharks in the waters, so we didn't both ..."
A travel blog entry from Olinda by
worldwanderer05

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Day 8
Jul 4, 2007
"We made it to Olinda (although the flight was about 2 hours late) and unfortunately it was after dark when we got to the hotel, which was on a hilltop. We were treated to Eng ..."
A travel blog entry from Olinda by
amitandsona

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Olinda
Mar 5, 2007
"Just out of Recife we got to another colonial town. Olinda was also the first capital of Brazil. I again walked around the town looking at the buildings and churches but I was gett ..."
A travel blog entry from Olinda by
guycann

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