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Brazil Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Brazil
Where the hell are we?
This is a top pick! After about a couple of hours interupted sleep on the plane we finally landed in Foz de Iguacu, due to the thunderstorms and lateness of the flight it may have been 4:30am we were knackered and feeling very worn down but we still had the chance of a few ...
Down the Amazon River
This is a top pick! Well one thing is for certain... I cannot speak Portuguese. I speak more like Span-guese or a Portug-ish combination of Spanish and Portuguese. The languages are similar but different enough that I can´t use it... yet. So for now, my travel buddy Boris ...
Crazy Room Mates, Favella Tours and H-Gliding
This is a top pick! More benders, late night unsactioned favella tours, the arrival of the most interesting room mate, hang gliding from the site where it all began and a massive Samba street party - busy days in Rio... The 3rd of January spelt the end ...
Showering in Iguassu Falls & plenty of nice pics
This is a top pick! ... to go with it. It just so happens that the Iguassu Falls are at the centre of three borders, the countries being Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina and there is a town called Ciudad del Este that is just over the border in Paraguay where duties don’t ...
São Paulo
This is a top pick! Alex: São Paulo is a big city and, reputedly, quite dangerous so we were keen to get the metro and get to our hostel before darkness and not walk around the city with our big backpack - the best laid plans and all. The usually trusty lonely ...
Jesus finally reveals himself
This is a top pick! I was climbing the walls ready to go at 7am, the Lady however was still not for rising but she finally got herself together by seven thirty and we were checked out of the hostel and our stuff locked up before 8am. We wandered down to the bus ...
Leito Class
This is a top pick! We caught the early morning bus from Paraty to Sao Paulo arriving about 3PM. In Paraty we were told that we could then get an onwards bus to Campo Grande and arrive the following morning. What they didn't tell us was that we would have to find our way ...
Carnaval Baby!
This is a top pick! ... window. All in all, couldn´t think of a better way to wind down the trip. Having an insane time, and would love to write more but dammit, its Carnaval out there! Talk to you all soon, and hope this finds everyone well. Besitos de Brazil, ...
Todo bem...
This is a top pick! ... to the world's greatest annual party being samba schools from favelas. As we walked through the streets of Rocinha, Brazil's largest favela with approximately 160,000 residents, on a tour, people smiled and waved whilst children played football ...
The G Man - He Hasnt Changed
This is a top pick! ... has been brilliant to catch up with an old mate and my Brazilian family again and I look forward to seeing you again soon in Brazil and then Oz... Hey it is worth noting an alarm failure on the morning of departure gave the G man his chance to show ...
Chapada dos Guimaraes National Park - Day 73
This is a top pick! Booked a bus ticket to Sandarem this morning, I leave Cuiaba this evening. This is an alternative route into the Amazon to one I was originally going to take. My original plan was a combination of bus and boat to Manaus via Porto Velho which would ...
The Marvelous City
This is a top pick! I returned to Salvador last week to extend my stay in Brazil by obtaining another 90 day stamp for my passport from the Federal Police. The process was quite painless actually and I was only worried for a minute when they asked to see my plane ticket ...
Rio De Janeiro
This is a top pick! 04/04/08: Rio De Janeiro Don´t believe the hype...about being held up at gunpoint for your camera, that is! We did believe the hype; hence we only have photos from about three days into the visit! The motorway from the Airport is worth a mention, ...
Sand, sand and guess what?
This is a top pick! ... and watched the brilliant orange sunset with the view. Fantastic and just what we wanted to see. Never thought it would be in Brazil though! Back to the hostel in an even more precarious ride as the jeeps seemed to race each other home in the near ...
Heart Of The Amazon
This is a top pick! ... of the world rubber industry until a nefarious Brit smuggled a number of tree seeds out of the country and ended Brazil's monopoly. The highlights included the very noticeable meeting of the two feeder rivers (the dark Negro and the muddy Solimoes) ...
Relaxed
This is a top pick! Are you after a place to relax and basically do nothing? Well then Paraty (pronounced Par-ach-ie) down the coast from Rio is the place. We arrived a few days ago and found a place to stay at a bed and breakfast. As it's low tourist season the place is ...
Santarem - Day 76
This is a top pick! I'm officially on the river Amazon after a crazy bus journey through the states of Matto Grosso and Para. Saw the Amazon for the first time today as it merges with the river Tapajos in front of town. The waters of the rivers are a different colour and ...
Floresta National Park (Maguary Village) - Day 78
This is a top pick! Met up with some fellow travelers this morning who wanted to go to the national park too, so we thought we'd try and negotiate a price together for the trip. We struck a deal and decided to go for 2 days and one night, we leave by boat in a few hours. I ...
I-Pods, Waterfalls and the MILF Hunter
This is a top pick! There are many ups and downs in travel, but even in the somewhat turbulent months I have enjoyed yesterday stands out as one of the biggest ...
A few days in Paradise...
This is a top pick! ... king had cut the price of the porter by 2/3!) ourselves and the bags were on the boat and expecting it to leave. In Brazil however things move at a slightly slower pace... 1.5 hours later, we were still sitting there at the port wondering when the boat ...
Iguazu, and almost not getting there.
This is a top pick! ... , the widest waterfalls in the world. 274 of then in total, joining (or dividing I suppose some may say) Argentina and Brazil. Suffering a slight case of travellers fatigue we've actually pre-booked the whole Iguazu trip, so we're being taken care of by a ...
Beauty and the Beach
This is a top pick! Rio de Janiero.. city of the Beautiful people, we felt like we fitted right in (especially with our white bodies and lack of plastic surgery!). Mandy bought herself a new ultra-skimpy bikini so she could wear the same as all the other girls on the ...
marvelous
This is a top pick! Rio de Janeiro, Portuguese for river of January and nicknamed the marvelous city. Just like most city's there are some very beautiful areas with golden sandy beaches, sights, activities, shops and restaurants. One morning we took a ...
Salvador to Rio de Janeiro by Bus - Day 56
This is a top pick! The long journey to Rio started today, another 27 hour bus ride!! Left Salvador at midday, and bumped into an American guy at the bus station I met in Cachoeira a couple of days ago, he was travelling on the same bus as me to Rio, freaky!! Nothing more ...
Hanging around in Foz just killing time
This is a top pick! We were going to go over to Paraguay today, but all the trips are pretty dull and expensive, and doing it ourselves might not be safe. Therefore, we have decided not to bother going, just for the sake of ticking a box. Instead, it became another chill ...
24 hour bus journey to Rio
This is a top pick! Today and tomorrow won't have much to report as we are on a bus for 24 hours. After checking out at 11am, we went straight to the bus station to get our bus to Rio. We were surprised to find that we were on a 'cama' bus even though our tickets said ...
Chapada Diamantina National Park
This is a top pick! ... much of this even though I was sure my camera would burn out from the soaking rains. Fortunately it still works and plenty of pix are posted here. Now I have to go back to Salvador and extend my passport stamp... still lots to see and do here in ...
We are in Rio Baby!
This is a top pick! Yes we are in Rio baby! The Iberia flight from Madrid was very boring. It was an old plane, one television screen down the front with three crappy movies. The hostesses served lunch then disappeared for the entire flight. Overall it was ten hours of ...
Bahia beach holiday
This is a top pick! ... forced us to drop out of the party for a bit. At an open-air restaurant near the square, we discovered one of Brazil's great culinary delight: the per-kilo buffet (you see them everywhere in Brazil). We piled our plates high, choosing from the amazing ...