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Curitiba Slideshow
Curitiba
Travel Blogs from Curitiba, Brazil
Curitiba: "City of the People"
I arrived in Curitiba around 7pm, after seeing some nice jungle scenery and watching a spectacular sunset. I always seem to catch the most incredible sunsets from bus windows! My hostel, Hostel Roma, is only 400 meters from the terminal so getting there ...
A rainy day in Curitiba Brazil
... flew from Rio to a city about 1000 miles to the west. We wanted to plan a visit to a part of Brazil that was not all about tourism. Curitiba is a city that boasts much historical significance yet has evolved to be quite a modern city center. Our guide ...
Curitiba and Ilha do Mel
... Party-Touristen. Noch auf dem Boot bin ich mit einem Paar aus Frankreich ins Gespraech gekommen, dessen Sohn in Curitiba studiert und sehr gut portugiesisch spricht. Die Nacht haben wir zusammen in einer wunderschoenen Pousada (Unterkunft) verbracht, ...
New years and beyond...
... our daily treat, which is a refreshing dish called Acai na Tigela. When my two best gals, Katie and Mog, were travelling through Brazil two years ago they told me about Acai. It is an amazonian berry that is really good for you and pretty damn tasty! ...
De Curitibia a Morretes, chemin de graciosa***
English Espanol German Bon, arrivees a 8h a curritibia, on decide de prendre le bus afin de se faire un petit treck dans le parc national de la serra de graciosa. La vue du bus le matin sur les montagnes violettes est vraiment majestueuse. D apres ...
Curitiba
... to make do with just knowing roughly where I am and I will bore you with the details when I'm back ... ! Three days in Curitiba: 1st day just wandering round, 2nd day train trip on the Serra Verde Express down to Morretes, with some stunning mountain ...
The Never ending Train Ride
... rocked up there at 2am - only a few more hours before our next breakfast! The next day was spent wandering around Curitiba town and included a wet pedalo trip around the local park pond (let us just say that Johnīs sense of steering was ...
Carlos of Brazil
... , forty long years. Finally, Carlos Pinto de Oliveira (who many know from the old mission movie "Carlos of Brazil") and David Grant were together again. Sometimes just a few moments of heaven explode into our lives like the first drops ...
Congratulations from Curitiba
... is in walking distance so we are soaking up the local beer and chilling at our hotel pool. Due to our lack of success in Brazil so far and after millions of hours on the Internet researching we have decided to sod it and head to Rio. As there is ...
All aboard the Serra Verde Express!
... of the week, the train only takes its passengers to Morretes, about two hours away from the coast. I had heard mixed things about Curitiba and given my tight schedule I was considering skipping it. However, turned out that I had to go to Curitiba to get ...
Curitiba - and a great bus network!!!
... starting to recognise indivividual worsd or phrases people are saying etc and managed to put together some simple phrases! While in Curitiba we did a few things... Went to see two films (they are in English with portugese subtitles... North Country was ...
The posh bit of Brazil
... directions before I found it. The hostel is horrible, it stinks and the haven't cleaned the place since I got here. Curitiba is a little colonial city the buildings look just like German or Spanish houses, aparantly most of the people here originate ...
The new coolest hotel room yet
Today Elias left to drive back to Porto Seguro and I flew down to Curitiba. Nothing too remarkable about the flight. It was a little late, but that's to be expected here. Then the cab ride took longer than it should have 'cuz I got a new ...
Off to sao paulo brazilian federal police....
Brazilian federal police stern but fair So as i raced to sao paulo to catch my flight as luck would have our bus was randomly pulled over and searched... As my backpack had a lock on it i was pulled off the bus AND forced to open my bag and let them ...
warm-up in brazil
This is a top pick! ... ham on bread? or thereīs more ham on bread...) after 2 days in sao paulo, i started my way south, staying in curitiba for one night, then went on to paranagua on what was meant to be a īspectacular trainrideī. i bought the cheapest tickets--which ...
Me + bus = problems
... didn`t see one person really bitch or complain (maybe they were and I just couldn`t understand, a real possibility). I arrive in Curitiba 7 hours late and I inadvertenly just had a 21 hour bus ride, sweet. While I am at the bus terminal I ...
Foz de Iguacu - Brazil
We zijn de grens overgestoken naar Brazilie. We hebben nu ook de braziliaanse kant van de watervallen gezien. Morgen vertrekken we naar Rio de ...
Curitiba...a huge improvement on Sao Paulo!
... next day we spent exploring Curitiba. We left our rucksacks in the bus station and headed for the Linha Tourismo - Curitiba’s answer to the traditional hop on, hop off city sightseeing experience! This saved us the task of trekking around ...
Help, I am lost with this Portuguese
... am disappointed as I was really looking forward to going to a match down here. There is not much to do in Curitiba except expensive shopping. Brazil is very expensive in comparison to Uruguay and Argentina where we could get a liter of beer for $3US. On ...
Easygoing day and some Samba at night
Today was a pretty relaxed day... at least started out that way. I got up relatively late... around 10am or 11am. Then I went with Cecilia to her university, where I went ahead and connected real quick to check my email and what not with the ...
Training with the Brazilian Military
... kjoerte med er selvfoelgelig militaere (alle orienteringsfolkt i Brasil er militaere), og de var veldig beskymret over at jeg skulle henge i Curitiba alene. Spessielt siden jeg ikke kan spraaket. OK, maa begynne aa runde av litt her.... Det endte med at ...
Hello Curitiba!
... 'd highly recommend the overnight bus, air conditioned and seats reclined so managed to get an ok night sleep! First impression - Curitiba is certainly a lot greener than Rio!! Went out for lunch in another kilo restaurant after we found the hotel ...
HOLY S#$@! Thatīs a lot of water!
... Iguazu). I arrived at 6AM, groggy and tired and unsure of were to go or what to do since I had no guide book for Brazil. Fortunately, I met a Korean guy on the bus who was traveling solo, so I leached onto him and together we found a tourist information ...
Why do things the easy way?
... it for the return trip. I`m informed that it is from a place called Morretes rather than Paranagua and it arrives back at Curitiba at 18,00. I book it anyway trusting that I can get to Morretes station somehow. 4) I need to arrange ...
The model city
... became the capitol. His work tends towards the grandiose with large flowing buildings, dramatic curving lines, and expansive open spaces. The Curitiba museum took up a couple city blocks, and is dominated by a giant eye-shaped tower. It's by far the ...
Curitiba
Another 6 hour coach journey brought us to Curitiba a pleasant, town further along the coast. Did what little sight-seeing there was. Some nice little colonial churches and a working clock made from flowers. Although we were relieved to be out of Sau ...
Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
We are now safely in Curitiba, the capital city of the state of Parana, after a mind-numbing 16 hour bus ride. Hot showers, long sleep and ...
Useless trainingcamp and lots of waiting!
OK. Paa onsdag ble jeg kjoert til politiakademiet i Curitiba. Der skulle alle landslagene bo under en teningssamling mot mesterskapet. Vi trodde kanskje det skulle vaere relevant trening, men det ble det ikke. Kartene var ok, og terrenget var jungel! Vi ...
Infestation of Insects
After a long time in Sau Paulo bus station and a long time on a bus, not sure exactly how long, we landed in Curitiba. We were knackered so we booked into what looked like a respectable establishment across from the bus station. How wrong we were. After ...