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- Brasilia
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Recife Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Recife, Brazil
Rushing ´round Recife
This is a top pick! ... only joking (just checking to see if he ever reads this). Have spent the last few days wondering about changing our route a bit as Brazil is quite expensive compared to the rest of S America and also we are in danger of being a bit colonial towned so ...
Brasil Brasil Brasil
This is a top pick! Day 26. 12 November 2007 (Recife, Brazil) Woke up early again and looked out the window and we're docked in Recife Brasil!! Can't work put where we are in relation to any of the maps we have but think that Olinda is directly ...
Catching the last parade
This is a top pick! ... I was getting on the bus to the train station and before I had gone through the turnstile (turnstile manufacturers could make a killing in Brazil) the bus driver braked and I went skidding backwards towards the windscreen of the bus. As I was moving I was ...
Recife
This is a top pick! ... the way we saw some signs there with a warning for Sharks ... Nice ... I will not go swimming there. Discovering Recife This is the offical Website of Recife Wikipedia Our first destination was the Casa da Cultura. It was a prison but ...
Days 50-53 Historical Recife and Olinda by CS & ES
... father, a "retired" professor from 2 universities, one of the founders of the first MBA program in North or Northeastern Brazil, historian, member of the Department of Commerce, and member of a UN program for transparency in public service) picked us up ...
I love surf
... we all stayed together in a very cute pousada. He lives here in Recife and is taking us out tonight. You can´t surf in Recife because of sharks that are attracted to the bay here because of a fruit factory (or something like that). We arrived last night ...
Formal Night Once Again
We were at Sea again today - on our way to Salvador de Bahia. Our last formal evening was tonight and I have a few photos of some of our favorites in the dining room. Mom, McTaggart....here is a photo or two with me...are you all ...
Meeting Caroline´s parents in Recife
... in Recife early in the morning. After an additional metro and bus ride we arrive in Olinda, a cute little town north of Recife where my parents had been staying. We surprised them in their hotel and we must have looked pitiful enough that they decided ...
Oh Linda!
Ohhhh Linda! Olinda is a sister city to the big smelly city of Recife whick is a seaside sprawl. Olinda is made up of alot of beautiful colonial style buildings built on a hill with a view of the sea. We stayed in a great HI youth hostel (discount ...
First stop in Brasil - Recife
... viagem, which is a famous beach in Brasil, but it was a bit packed full of people and to be honest, a bit dirty. The centre of Recife city is also dirty and a bit dangerous. It is better to stick to the tourist areas unless you are with a guide. It was ...
Still Roaming the Brazilian Coastline
... flat and some furniture was being delivered the day that I arrived. We went to Olinda, which I thought was a lot prettier than Recife I thought, with cobbled stoned streets and coloured houses and a beautiful view on the sea. You can 't swim in the sea ...
The Sun Searchers
... couldn't be sure of that and we'd just been to a bunch of Islands too (that sounds a little spoilt...I know). So a flight to Recife and a bus journey to Praia du Pipa was decided. Our flight was only at 6 am but seemed pointless to stay the night in a ...
Dernier etape au nord du Bresil
... etant tous malades (intoxication alimentaire pour moi, rhume pour Adrien): pas mal pour ma journee d anniversaire! Sinon la ville de Recife, bien qu etant tres moderne dans le quartier ou nous sommes parait assez sympa. Nous avons surtout visiter la ...
Beach bummin
... shone everyday. And the beaches were superb. Something there for everybody. Sundays are great on the city beaches like Maceio and Recife. Everybody with a pulse heads to the beach. You'd struggle to see the sand there's so many people there. Hardly ...
Beach!!
... I couldn't go visit its famous natural pools. But they had a free aquarium to inform about local seahorses, which was nice. Recife is a pretty big city with high rising apartment blocks. The view from my hosts apartment's roof was very nice, I love ...
Olinda/Recife
Well over a decade ago, I was offered an English teaching job at a private in Recife, Brazil. I had a wonderful student--who went on to become a friend--from there, but ultimately I didn't take the job and went to Barcelona instead. (A choice I have ...
Brazilian beaches
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Land Ho in Recife
... of the Windjammer restaurant - the window cleaners had a lot of work to do this morning upon our arrival in Recife (Hay C Fay), Brazil. The air was getting quite heavy last night - that confirmed that we were indeed in equatorial ...
Little old Recife
This town was kinda boring. Its two hours from Joao Pessoa, Brazil. Just went here to hide out and get some relaxation at the beach and drop a friend off at the airport. Thats ...
Recife, Brazil
... for their residents and yours for the asking for a mere $1 million. We continued on to a huge shopping mall (largest in Brazil - Halifax Shopping centre times 100 for the home crowd) where we were joined by their two beautiful daughters, Camila and ...
estranho comeco
Foi a primeira vez em minha vida em que o primeiro dia de viagem eu passei inteiro... na mesma cidade da qual eu ia sair! Foi incrivel! Realmente diferente do que eu havia planejado. Assumo minha parcela de culpa antes mesmo de dividi-la com os outros ...
Nihilist Assault Group
What's morals after all? Difícil abandonar essa cleptomania, tenho preguiça de inventar quando o que quero dizer já foi escrito e cantado. A arte original esgotou-se há muito tempo, tudo o que sobra agora é recortar e colar, ...
Colonial Splendor
... the corner from our hostel with no name. His bar was called the Paulo Axe Reggae Bar. In between cheering for Brazil, we learned that some futbol terminology were actually terms for genitalia in Hindi. It wasn´t long before we picked up ...
Genieten in Recife en Olinda
... nooit gezien (Marjo en Tim zijn op Lanzarote al bij ons aan boord geweest) en zijn natuurlijk nieuwsgierig. Na een zoektocht door Recife, waarbij de auto in een niet zo veilig uitziende buurt alweer kuren begint te vertonen, arriveren we opgelucht bij de ...
The Beautiful Game
... be the deciding Match for the Pernambucco State Championship between Sport and Santa Cruz, which are two of the three big teams in Recife (the big evil City across the swamp). The local Derby! For Kaptain Swissy it was clear that they couldn't miss ...
O início de um pequeno diário...
...pra quem quiser me acompanhar. Darei notícias de locais legais que eu visitar. Por enquanto, esse é só um texto de abertura. ...
Recife, Brasil
... a plaque saying something about the "Governador do Pernambuco". Okay..guess I´m in the wrong state. So, I guess I´m going to Recife now. There is metro connecting the bus station to downtown. Felt back at home on the subway! And I´m kinda getting ...
Travel adventures in Recife, eat,eat and eat more!
... airline. You will have to leave your legs behind! 2 hours later or what seemed like a much longer flight than that, I arrived in Recife. The first thing I noticed about this place, was that it was humid as the treacle of sweat ran down my back. I got ...
Straatparade, overvalletje en party crashen!
... in Nederland begreep ik...vervelend allemaal. Wordt tijd dat ik mijn winterbanden onderleg. Oh nee, ik kom pas na de winter terug. Recife 26th november Partycrashen De volgende stop tijdens mijn reis is Recife. Een reis van zo`n 17 uren per bus, maar het ...