Country Info
- Brasilia
- Capital
- Brazilian Real (BRL)
- Currency
- 174,468,575
- Population
- BR
- Country Code
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Brasilia
Travel Blogs from Brasilia, Brazil
Brasilia
After a couple of days travelling, we reached Brasilia, official capital of Brazil since the 1960s (I think), built in the 1960s to encourage people to move away from the overpopulated south east coast into the interior. I quite liked the city, ...
Cathedral of Brasília
The Cathedral of Brasília is an expression of the architect Oscar Niemeyer. This structure seems with its glass roof to be reaching up with concrete-framed columns, having hyperbolic sections, represent two hands moving upwards to heaven. On May ...
Still flying...
Changed planes here too, sat freezing in the super chilled,marvelling at all the business suits- where`s the flipflops? ...
Manaus To Brasilia
Day 206 Tuesday 24/05/05 Manaus - Brasilia At breakfast we chatted to the guy next to us and it turns out that he is the President of the society of tour operators in the area! We told him our problems and he moaned about both Cristiano & ...
Iguasu Falls, Natural Wonder of the World
Second day in Brazil was truely amazing. We visited the worlds largest hydro-electric dam, Itaipu Dam. This dam is over 2 kilometers and produces enough energy for 1/4 of the Brazillan population. I was told that the dam took over 9 years to build with ...
Coolin off in Cococobana
... Loaf for cable car rides with city views and then the statue of Christ- very high up, guarding the city, imposing and beautiful. Brazil is a place I would like to return to. It has so much more to offer including the amazon, but save something for next ...
Brasilia
Like me you could be forgiven for thinking Rio de Janeiro is Brazil's capital city but in fact it's Brasilia, a city only 48 years old and the achievement of the late president Kubitschek. Kubitschek wanted a capital city in a secure location free from ...
Final Morning in Manaus, then leave for Brasilia
... . We enjoyed our guided tour of this very clean, attractive capital city built in the late 1950's. Brasilia is the 3rd capital of Brazil, the first is San Salvador, and the second was Rio de Janeiro for 192 days. 19 suburbs surround the city ...
Beautiful Weather
We head back to the capital city of Brasilia to see more of the city. This evening we have supper again at the food court, and then we venture to the water show. We are getting ready to leave for Mato Grosso, weather has been beautiful, there ...
The Middle of Nowhere
... work my way back down to Rio for New Year, as Suzana and Filipe had invited me back to celebrate on the Copacabana, I went to Brasilia. An unusual stop for many, but I really wanted to see the city - the 1960s "invented" Brazilian capital. It was far ...
Brasilia
... so we will now have to miss out on going to the caves that we originally intended going to since it is a very long drive to Brasilia, our next stop. The first section of the drive was very pretty with lots of scenic hills around, in addition today is the ...
From Porto Allegre to Iguassu
We left Uruguay on a 13 hour bus ride from Punta del Este to Porto Allegre in Brasil. Bus journeys in South America seem to be very hit and miss depending on which company you go with. On this journey we must have picked the right company because there ...
BRASILIA : CAPITAL FEDERAL
... - a city that count 2,6 million people and just got 50 years old. Great architecture (well from the sixties), Brasilia has been conceived based on a plane skeitch from the well know Brasilian architect Lucio Costa (some people like ...
Voting for the Aussie election
... of the day was a ticket to Belo Horizonte, more than half way there, for 60R. Why not ? A couple of hours out of Brasilia the bus collided with a horse, and wrecked the front bus lights. Within 5 minutes the police were there with rainbow coloured lights ...
Man U out!
Cant believe Man U are out of the champions league - and we had to watch the game with a bunch of poxy Brazilians In a bar in ...
Our luck the only non aircon bus in Brazil
... dirty and no suspension. Seabra is a dusty hot place, where 6 hours wait would feel like 24, so we didn't mind. The bus to Brasilia kindly waited for us while we ate a quick lunch. Then we found why people in Lencois said 'What, you're not going on ...
Brasil
Hee, daar was ik weer! Zoals jullie weten zat ik vorige week in Brazilie, Florianopolis. Een eiland in het zuiden van Brazilie. We hadden erg mooi weer dus konden lekker op het strand liggen. Meer dan op het strand liggen, shoppen en s'avonds stappen ...
Taking a shower in Foz D'Iguazu
... - good job really as it is some way outside of the city of Foz. You can see Foz DÍguazu from both Argentina and Brazil - the former taking you up close and the later giving you a better panorama. Before the falls we visited a dam (free afternoon ...
I have seen the future!
... have the shape of a cross but it ended up looking like an airplane because of geographical constraints. I spent the time in Brasilia walking around a lot to all the monuments, including this pretty cathedral that looks like a rack of ribs, and the ...
Back to the future
... too cold, not too humid, although they say that during the winter months it's as dry as a desert). --- Tourist Activities in Brasilia --- - Do a walking tour*. *No crossing the road though! You didn’t really need to see what’s on the other ...
Brasil, Alie, Sieto en Gido
Hola todos, Hoe gaat het met jullie? Hier gaat het allemaal super. De laatste tijd veel leuke dingen gedaan. Eerst een orientatie weekend van YFU. Was erg gezellig, veel over dingen gepraat hoe het met iedereen gaat enzo. Allemaal hebben we ...
Angekommen in der Hauptstadt Brasiliens - Brasilia
Hola zu Hause! Genieße gerade ein paar ruhige Tage in Brasilia bei Hans Peter bevor wir uns nach Salvador zum Karneval begeben ;-) Brasilia ist eine sehr junge Stadt, die in der 50er, 60er Jahren förmlich aus dem Boden gestampft wurde. Aus diesem Grund ...
Paradise island!
... was one called Lopez Mendez - a 2 and a half hour hike away through the jungle - and reputed to be the best beach in Brazil. It was certainly the best Ive ever seen. Palm trees, white sand that squeaked when you walked on it,and greeny blue clear water. ...
BRASILIA, a CAPITAL that should not be missed
... and you can see just how his minimalistic lines based on the female form have been translated into such beautiful buildings. Brasilia is expensive BUT with so many 4 and 5 star hotels empty of government visitors at weekends you can get a full ...
City of the future or future of our cities?
... I just took my time to do it now. The only problem is that Layanna had her family coming so I decided to couch surf. Brasilia has no cheap accommodation. Thanks to Paolo met twice while travelling, I could couch surf at Henrique. And he and his son kick ...
Brasilia
When we arrived in Brasilia we took the transfer bus to town but discovered that Brasilia is just one huge sprall of 60's high rise government buildings. There had been no listings for hostels so we decided to just get there and hope for a tourist ...