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- Brasilia
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- Brazilian Real (BRL)
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Brazil Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Brazil
On the road again
This is a top pick! ... some real live gauchos tending their cattle on horseback. I wonder do they do this on quad bikes or with helicopters in other parts of Brazil as they do in Australia, I guess so. The only incident we found a little unnerving was when a semi trailer was ...
Alter do Chao - Day 77
This is a top pick! Caught the bus this morning to Alter do Chao, a small town on the banks of the river Tapajos which is only a one hour bumpy bus ride away. The town has supposedly some of the finest river beaches in the world. Seen some pictures in Santarem and it does ...
Iguacu Falls - Brazilian Side
This is a top pick! Alex: We got into Foz do Iguaçu from Sao Paulo at a reasonable time in the morning and after a bit of wandering found a hotel with rooms. After a well needed shower and a bite to eat we waste no more time and caught the bus to see the Brazilian ...
Blame it on Rio!
This is a top pick! ... . We settled into our hotel and wasted no time going to see the falls, which basically span three countries, Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil. We went to the Brazillian side on the first day, and first up a few people went for a helicopter flight over the ...
Best Waterfalls in the World
This is a top pick! ... stick with me forever. In the afternoon, we visited Itaipu Dam... the biggest dam in the world and generating a significant amount of Brazil and Paraguay´s energy. I had never heard of this dam and was in awe at the granduer of the sight, as well as ...
Just back from paradise!
This is a top pick! ... tropical paradise we've just spent the past 2 days in! Parati was a four hour bus trip down the Costa Verde (green coast) of Brazil from Rio towards Sao Paulo and the views from the bus trip itself were picturesque, but once we got out on the boat trip, ...
Doing the Gaucho Dance
This is a top pick! FRED WEST – RIO GRANDE DO SOL – BEAUTIFUL CLEAR DAY - 7.11.09 Up to this point we have traveled 1,500kms . We're at a temporary standstill at this stage, holed up in the Palace Hotel in Frederico Westphalen or Fred West as the locals call ...
Salvador Dali, well Salvador Bahai actually
This is a top pick! Day 28. 14 November 2007 (Salvador, Brazil) We start our day thinking we've made a mistake booking an excursion (walking tour) when we could have easily done it on our own. The excursion turns out to be really great and covers ...
Salvador
This is a top pick! Salvador Got the ´Vomit Comet´ -- high speed boat from Morro de Sao Paolo to Salvador. Our trip out was a helluva lot smoother that the ride back, and my smugness about not being the slightest bit sea sick on the way out shut right the heck up! ...
3 things I have learnt about Brazillian Bikinis
This is a top pick! ... the ´warning Sharks´ sign put me off, although the colour of the water did a more convincing job. To say that Brazil is a heavily populated country is an understatement. After everywhere else I have been, there just seems to be people everywhere ...
Florianopolis
This is a top pick! Saturday June 4th 2005 Eventually arrive in Florianapolis, and the Island of Santa Catalina, and decide to hire a car, a very basic Fiat Uno (so basic in fact, I discovered the lights didnt work...as I was driving at night!) Get some expensive ...
Our final destination; Rio De Janeiro!!!
This is a top pick! ... sit down and drink beer in one of the many beach bars. Here we watched a few games from the confederations cup held in Brazil, so the bars were full of Mexicans going crazy. Ofcourse it wouldn't be complete without being bombarded every second by people ...
Alter do Chao to Santarem - Day 80
This is a top pick! ... the Amazon, It's obligatory to have a big knife!), find an ATM that works (This proves to be difficult most of the time in Brazil), the usual internet admin crap and finally a shower and shave. All jobs were successfully ticked of the list, it's the most ...
Last Day in Brazil
This is a top pick! I´m trying to hold back the tears because I don´t want to leave Brazil... yet. It´s such a shame that I have to leave what is an unbelievable city/country. Like Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Morocco and Peru, there is absolutely no doubt that I will be ...
Line up those caipirinhas
This is a top pick! Day 30 16 November 2007 (Rio de Janiero, Brazil) What a sad morning. Al is so looking forward to getting off and seeing Rio and then getting home. He's had enough of seeing the same people day in, day out. There goes ...
On the move to Camocim
This is a top pick! Get up early to get bus to our next destination instead of going to Rodovaria we got to nearby town square to get a cheaper minibus but it doesnt leave until 11am. Dave and I go for a wander around town to see the market and the river to at least ...
Out and About in Rio
This is a top pick! Rio is a pretty cool city but one that deserves at least a month or two to really know the place and enjoy everything it has to offer. There´s always something going on... The Rolling Stones performed a free concert here on Copacabana Beach a couple ...
The Brazillian Pantanal
This is a top pick! We spent the last four days on the pantanal which is a flooded region of grassland in the Amazon basin. The pantanal is a land where domesticated and wild animals live side by side but a place where man can control them all if he keeps his wits about ...
Last Day In South America (For Now).
This is a top pick! ... time I asked for information in English, shook his head and loudly claimed “No No No”. Briefly forgetting I was in Brazil (they speak Portuguese), I tried my very limited Spanish only to be met by a fresh round of head shaking and ...
Rio, Rio I wanna a Rio and I want one now!
This is a top pick! ... a huge Hippie market in Ipanema, being broke and at the end of our trip, but of course wanting to buy some cool things from Brazil we went along and spent a couple of hours shopping in the market. We were shocked at the prices though, but not so suprised ...
Still here........
This is a top pick! ... a fair few adults drinking and playing a type of billiards. A tournament was started and we were part of a few England v Brazil matches which we sadly lost at. By this point we were getting a bit more sceptical about Acassion unfortunately. We lent ...
Hideaway.....
This is a top pick! ... the boat and good practice for our upcoming Amazon cruise! After a 2 hour cab ride from Parnaiba on some of the worst roads in Brazil (we managed to miss our bus so the cabs were the only alternative unless we wanted to wait till midday for the next one ...
Bonito by name, beautiful by nature
This is a top pick! Some places live up to their names, and others don't. Well, this one does, quite literally. 'Bonito' means beautiful. The beauty here, however, is aquatic. Sounds a bit bizarre for a town that's hundreds of miles from the sea. We really were not ...
Minor frustrations
This is a top pick! 11.11.09 I don't know how I did it but I managed to erase all 1008 songs from my iPod while it was on charge last night. Not happy Jan! My favourite 'North to Alaska'T-Shirt has become lost between the Hospital and the Hotel on the day of the accident. ...
Boat from Manaus to Tabatinga - Day 85-90
This is a top pick! ... to get our Brazilian exit stamps. This proved to be a bit of a nightmare for me. I wasn't given a white slip when I crossed into Brazil from Uruguay. This slip is needed for exit, so the border official said this was a big problem if I wanted to re-enter ...