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Sao Luis Slideshow
Sao Luis
Travel Blogs from Sao Luis, Brazil
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Brazil, beans and broccoli
This is a top pick! ... trip that I have hated - too chaotic, noisy and hot. I got stuck there for four miserable days while I tried to get a flight to Sao Luis, where I am now. Sao Luis is a beautiful old town with narrow cobbled streets and colonial buildings. There´s not a ...
Wandering the colonial Sao Luis
This is a top pick! ... which this part of Brazil has a lot of links to. We think we established that the festival was the last night of a festival for Sao Luis birthday but dont take our word for it. After a while and before a fight broke out amongst some locals over who ...
The Caranguejo Express
This is a top pick! 15 November, 2005 The Carnguejo Express Crab pic São Luis, Brazil - Go almost anywhere in the world you choose. In my experience in around 40 countries on five continents (but who's counting?), if there are two adjacent and populated cities - ...
The Capital of Reggae
This is a top pick! Brazil´s self proclaimed capital of Reggae music is Sao Louis... a cool colonial town where all the buildings are covered in Portuguese tiles, supposedly to combat the heat. I arrived with my buddy Boris after a miserable, overpriced, 14 hour bus ride ...
Onde esta Paco?
This is a top pick! ... 's house. Preta is the main character on Da Cor Do Pecado and she is in love with Paco (played by the sexiest man in Brazil, Reynaldo Giannecchi) Preta has gone to Rio with her and Paco´s son (who Paco doesn´t know exists because he supposedly died in a ...
Rough and Reggae
On to Sao Luis, a real party town with nice beaches. met some really nice people there and lost my heart to a fruit ...
Eu no falo português (mas eu quero aprender)
... journey through South America - enjoying its beaches, colonial history and lively African culture. My trip along Brazil's Northeastern shore will start at São Luis - an old slaving port with a relaxed atmosphere (but lively weekends), a centre where most ...
São Luis
Ce fut une arrivée un peu précipité dans au nom de Louis XIII: São Louis. J´avais pris contact par Hospitality Club avec un mi-allemand mi-bresilien, mais je n´avais pas eu l´occasion de l'occasion de le prévenir avant d'arriver. Après avoir ...
Parque Lençóis Maranhenses és São Luís
A mai nap a rég várt Lençóis parkról, azaz a maranhão-i lepedőkről szólt: http://parquelencois.com.br. Ebbe a természeti csodának számító nemzeti parkba nem lehet autóval behajtani, ezért a túraszervező irodák dzsippel ...
Sao Luis
... and a day to kill in the most boring town we had seen yet. We decided to stay in a pousada close to the bus station (check out Sao luis pics). This was a grungy a dump as we had seen yet. Did not feel too safe and cetainly not too clean. But it was very ...
Parque Nacional Lencois de Maranhenses
... (March to Sept), the spaces between the dunes fill with fresh rain water making it one of the most beautiful places in Brazil. I have slipped increasingly off the backpacker trail now. Do the tour with 9 other Brasiliero´s most of whom are approaching ...
Portuguese Tiles
São Luis is the chief seaport for the northern states of Brazil. Walking through the streets of the old quarter of Sao Luiz was fun. Quaint little squares, with cafes selling juice at the corners, grandiose churches looming overtop ...
Im sick, Im hot, but its just all amazing!
God, where to start, I want to do some sightseeing, so Ill do point form... bear with me... - Arrived in Sao Luis Thursday on time depiste 2 hour delay - odd - Decided to take bus from airport to bus station and take bus dierctly to Barrenhanesi to ...
finally on land and jamming out
... reggae capital of brasil! ive been here for 3 nights and now i am waiting for a bus to go to jericoacoara, and then fortaleza. SAo Luis is this beautiful old colonial city, which is still very well preserved, and this state, Maranhao, has some of the best ...
Sao Luis
... guy of about 23 years old, he was a student training to be a pharmacist, he had recently returned to Sao Luis, from Porto Alegre in the south of Brazil, and Portugal. His English was excellent so we did not have any communication problems. He lived with ...
Relaxing up north
... the hostel in Campo Grande yesterday around 4 am and flew up to Sao Luis, on the northeast coast, and arrived around 2 in the afternoon. Sao Luis is the most adorable city I have seen here in Brazil! I am staying in the old colonial part of town, and ...
Brazilian beaches
We will post trip information here as soon as it starts. For 2010, we will continue planning the project and look for Sponsors that are willing to invest and support the Project. All indications in that regard is highly appreciated. Please contact us by ...
Days 32-35 New Years and Itapary by Carolyn Sauck
... a baby?! Congratulations! 2) Happy retirement Dick Holmes! Hope you enjoy you enjoy doing a whole lot of nothing! Thank you to Hicham, our gracious host and tour guide in downtown Sao Luis and planner of our trip to ...
Reggae city
I had a few hours here before the bus to Belem on the same day, so I decided to walk around and decide whether I wanted to stay the night. I managed to see the entire historic centre and have a guarana shake in time to catch the last ...
Got blues, got blues, Got the Saint Louis Blues
... cutting board with a hammer. Yup. Many hilarious pictures taken. Zero turned out. November 15 is a holiday, the day Brazil became a republic. So I guess its almost like Brazil gets two Independence days. One for freedom from Portugal, the other ...
Jungle memories! UPDATED!
In São Luis! Much longer coach than the guidebook had led me to believe but had the nicest shower I´ve had for a while here, so may stay an extra night! Met some French people and watched the football with them - obviously a good result in their ...
Una mas semana
Beautiful old colonial town, much of which is being restored, but very very sleepy....even on the weekend JFD & I were dissapointed at the lack of Reggae music which we believed was everywhere. Highlight was spending time in little place called ...
Sao Luis
It was an effort but I am eventually in Sao Luis! 22/9/07 I got here at about 9pm and again dropped down the road from my HI Hostel. I chose this place to try and meet some people - there are 46 beds - only people in 3 of them, me and 2 non English ...
so HOT!
Well, here I am in Barrehaneis, about 4 hours from Sao Luis on the North tip of Brazil, near the ecuator. I am hot. I really cant describe the heat, its a sun that is so strong it hurts, plus a humidity that make you so tired. WOW! Anyhow, first ...
Sao Luis
... and we didn't spend much time there anyway.....After a few hours of sleep we got up and went to explore Sao Luis, with its cobbled streets and ancient architecture it reminded us a lot of Salvador (Minus the armed police, and slightly less ...
"Hey Nottingham"
Another helish overnight bus journey and we found overselves in Sao Luis, the watch says 6am, and we step off the noisy cold bus into a humid, seedy looking bus station. We plan to catch the first bus out of here and head to Barrierinhas, about 3 hours ...
Sao Lois
Set off this morning to drive to Sao Lois, about 22 kms away from where we are. The only problem is that that distance is by boat and we will have to travel 405 kms to get there! We have to backtrack for the first 100 kms and then after joining the main ...
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