Country Info
- Brasilia
- Capital
- Brazilian Real (BRL)
- Currency
- 174,468,575
- Population
- BR
- Country Code
Brazil Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Brazil
Over to the other side - Brazil time!
This is a top pick! Today we were on the move to our final South American Country - Brazil. We checked out at 10am and then relaxed round the pool for a couple of hours. We didn't need a ticket for our trip to Brazil as we were just going to jump on a local bus when we ...
Devil's Throat walkway.
This is a top pick! So I am back at Iguazu Falls for the second time in less than nine months. Being in Florianópolis on our way towards Buenos Aires, there's no way we can skip taking the detour (I'm not even sure it is a detour) inland to visit these wonderful ...
A nice place to pass the time in Brazil
This is a top pick! ... toe needed to be elevated and iced. The Police were called to make an incident report, so Lynn is now on record in Brazil. I really appreciate Lynn’s effort to keep up her end of our sensational trip through South America, but I think that’s ...
How many sandunes are there in Brazil?
This is a top pick! OK, I am actually not writing this from Belém, but decided to cut the next entry into two because so much happened. Last time I was in Jeri and we were having some problems with our tour leader, which was resolved with a new leader, a cool guy from ...
Being Boonie, Brazilian Togs and New Years
This is a top pick! The first two nights in Rio were massive, New Years to be expected, the night before less so.... Straight from the airport, it was a matter of a few hours before the "Gang of Five" reconvened on an afternoon booze cruise around the Rio harbour. ...
The never ending stadium hunt.
This is a top pick! ... the road to ask. Nobody knew. We were in the middle of Botafogo, in the middle of Rio, in the middle of football crazy Brazil, but nobody had even the faintest idea. "Botafogo, are they playing today?" But discuss they did, curious old men stopping by to ...
More carnival and beaches!
This is a top pick! ... away from the frenzy of Rio. Paraty was founded in 1500 ish and sits on a shoreline of peninsulas on the Costa Verde - Brazil's most beautiful coastline. It's hemmed in by jungled mountains which seem to fall straight into the sea and its bay has 100s ...
Bonito
This is a top pick! Still Jason here ... thought I would do another diary entry while C was sleeping ! (only joking .. we did agree) Bonito is a strange town in the middle of nowhere. Very small, it acts as a sleepy stop over between the pantanal and Foz do Iquazu, but ...
Bird shit on two shoes.
This is a top pick! So I am more than five months into my trip, and so far I have neither been robbed nor victim of some clever scam. It's of course something you have to look out for and try to avoid by not taking unnecessary risks or stop being vigilant. In Latin America, ...
IN RIO DE JANEIRO... let the party begin.
This is a top pick! I have made it to my final oversease destination on this amazing trip Round the World... Rio De Janeiro. To say the least, I am very excited and relieved to have made it. It was always my intention to end the trip in one of the party capitals of the ...
Life's a whole lot of beaches!
This is a top pick! ... like one of the Thailand islands we visited about a year ago, Koh Phangan, but I would still recommend Thailand's islands before Brazil's beaches. If you like waves however, Brazil's the place to be. I also read that some of Brazil's beaches further ...
It's a family affair
This is a top pick! I headed back to Rio and then out to a city called Campinas, about 100 kilometers north of São Paulo. It´s not a tourist town and there is no mention of it in my guidebook. Doing a search on travelpod only brings up one brief mention of the city by ...
I'm the Boss
This is a top pick! ... and shopfronts while I purchases some camera batteries and photographed the magnificent Christmas decorations. They really do Christmas well in Brazil. In the evening we walked to Mercado Publico (Public Market) in the centre of the city, where we had ...
News from a Friend
This is a top pick! I have some news from a friend of mine that many readers and desktop travelers may be interested in. This friend is going on a trip that even has me envious... even though she invited me to go along with her almost a year ago. I declined for several ...
Goodbye Brazil!
This is a top pick! ... , energy and passion for music, not to mention their immaculate grooming habits! (If you are a single bloke reading this Brazil is full of gorgeous girls!)I will also miss the amazing variety of beautiful landscapes here - tropical beaches, cities like ...
No Di nero
This is a top pick! Getting to Parati turned out to be a pretty big mission. Ilha Grande had no cash machine so I was running extremley low on cash when we left. After the boat trip back to the mainland I asked a few people which was the bus to Parati. After two hours on ...
Jericoacoara Heaven
This is a top pick! ... and so little communication, not a bad thing when you get used to it! I am in Jericoacara, which is on the coast of Brazil and very isolated. It seems to be the Hippy hangout and the mood is great, only 10.30am and drinking my fourth beer telling you ...
Rotary Barbeque
This is a top pick! Rotary Function Tuesday 17.11.09 It was a combined meeting of the two Rotary clubs in Federico Westphalen held in the BBQ area of the local aquatic centre. The celebration was for 3 Rotarians' birthdays and the visit of Des and I from down under, with ...
Manaus
This is a top pick! Arrived in Manaus after long bus journey, set off at 900hrs and arrived the next day at 0100hrs! On arrival our hotel was fully booked so they moved us to another hotel, which was a true ´love hotel´where the rooms were rented by the 3hrs, mirrors on ...
Lie back, relax, think nice thoughts
This is a top pick! ... it out of my head that I was eating the whole heart of one chicken. It turns out that this is a very popular dish here in Brazil, particularly with children at Barbecues, I´ll avoid it the next time I´m offered. We ended up in a Foho club and despite ...
Cashew Country
This is a top pick! ... tasty delicacies from his homeland - a 'bauern' farmer's omelette, followed by apel-küchlein (apple fritters). Every breakfast in Brazil provides a good start to the day, but this was especially hearty fare. It is possible to hire a 'bugiero' ...
Jungle Trip
This is a top pick! We set off for a three day trip into the jungle from Manaus at 0830hrs. After a taxi ride we then took a boat to the point where the Rio Negro and the Amazon met, there was a distinctive line in the water were the black and brown waters met, due to the ...
Jesus it's cloudy
This is a top pick! I woke up feeling extremely tired at about 10am then again we had probably managed about 6 hours in a Caprinha coma. I had a small piece of melon but couldnt really fit anything else in despite yesterdays lack of food, I think it is a temperature ...
Carratao Churrascaria and Plataforma Folklore
This is a top pick! I hand dinner at Carratao Ipanema churrascaria with the Plataforma tour group. I was joined with a group of two elderly Argentinian couples. They can´t speak English nor Portuguese, hence my Spanish is again activated. We discussed about the ...
Coz we we're only being boring.....
This is a top pick! Seriously got nothing to write about today. We booked our bus to Rio for Friday and found out it's going to take approximately 24 hours - nice! Oh well, it will be our last major journey. After a chill in the courtyard catching some rays, I locked in ...
Up the Amazon by Boat and Barge
This is a top pick! "I'm afraid there's been a small problem" declared Adimar when we arrived at the ramshackle Macamazon office to pick up our tickets. "The engine on the 'NM Santarém' has broken down, so unfortunately it won't be leaving as usual tomorrow. Better to send ...
29 today and bitten on the arse by red fire ants
This is a top pick! ... and blue macaws. All in all a great experience and got close to the Galapagos for a complete wild life experience. After a delayed bus journey, we just made are over night bus south to Igassu falls on the Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil ...
A Whale of a Tale
This is a top pick! ... encountered when he visited while travelling on the HMS Beagle in 1832. Abrolhos - which literally translates as "open your eyes"- is Brazil's first marine park, and was created in 1983 to protect and study the whales, and to preserve the coral reefs ...
Iguassu Falls & One Hell of a Boat Trip !!!!
This is a top pick! ... - we deserved it !! We had now decided tomorrow would be a lazy day by the pool we were not going to bother to visit the Brazil side, everyone says that the Argentina side was better and we had a great day also after the money we spent today it was good ...
Ilha Grande and Paraty
This is a top pick! After a week of busy beaches and chock a block streets in Rio we decided to take it easy on the relaxing island of Ilha Grande (about 3 hours south of Rio). As we arrived the weather took a turn for the worst and it ended up raining for a full 24 hours ...