Brazil
Travel Blogs from Brazil
Jesus finally reveals himself
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
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!
... 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...
... 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
... 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
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
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
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?
... 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 ...
Relaxed
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
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
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
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...
... 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.
... , 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
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
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
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
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
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 ...
hazy
... case the bragging rights were even more valuable, because the evening's opponent was a club team called River Plate, one of Brazil's hated-rival Argentina's finest squads. GGGRRRRR!!!! One of my local friends had skipped work to go to Morumbi Stadium the ...
amazon.compromise
... a vast, jungle-covered flood plain. Thus, there are no trans-Amazonian roads; In fact, all federal efforts undertaken by Brazil to gouge transportation corridors into the heart of the Amazon have been spoiled by the mighty river and thick, unrelentingly ...
Chapada Diamantina National Park
... 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 ...
1st entry
... international airports in seven cities (Seattle, Chicago, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, San Jose, Costa Rica; Lima, Peru; São Paulo, Brazil). The itinerary contained five flights and hours of down time in the airport, including two overnights, etc. But ...
broke in bahia
... Thief Organization'. Over the years, in countries such as Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Spain, Peru, Spain yet again, and now Brazil, I have unwillingly sloughed off thousands of dollars in cash and prizes to the less fortunate (good thing) and less honest ...
We are in Rio Baby!
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
... 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 ...
Rio de Janeiro to Salvdor - Day 40
... multi-coloured litter scattered like confetti. It reminded me of the slums I've seen in the big cities of east Africa but Brazil is financially and economically a first world nation. Arrived at Rio's main bus station at 10am after another night ...
Rio Carnival: Rainy and Raunchy !
I am sitting on Ipanema beach, it´s 6.30pm - the end of a long days sunbathing for most. All around me is the buzz of people chatting, wandering, drinking and flirting. The women are clad in virtually nothing and the men in the Brazilian version of ...
