Country Info
- Brasilia
- Capital
- Brazilian Real (BRL)
- Currency
- 174,468,575
- Population
- BR
- Country Code
Brazil Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Brazil
Beautiful waterfalls and more...
This is a top pick! ... the waterfalls just take you breathe away, we all visited the point on the borders where you can literally see, Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil all at once. So a quick pop back into Argentina, you have to see the falls from both sides, a ride through the ...
City of God (and cheese and banana sandwiches)
This is a top pick! ... hey, check out how nice this place is yourself . But I guess I should mention the dodgy electrics (not so uncommon in Brazil I´ve since discovered). We arrived back there one rainy afternoon to discover that all the power had been switched off as water ...
Paradise Found
This is a top pick! ... big fat electric cable...now I know this guy isn´t corgy registered but it seems to be the way things get done in Brazil. We have meet quite a lot of English people in Ilha Grande. James and Haley from Bristol these guys were really cute....James was ...
This is the end....
This is a top pick! Monday June 6th 2005 Hard life, so have to get up, have nice buffet breakfast, and go to the beach at the back of the hotel - whicb has the odd fisherman, sunbather, and thats about it - and then play in the nice and big waves that slam into the ...
Overnight bus to Illheus
This is a top pick! ... then I discover it has more that one floor (I suddenly remembered that I read it is the largest mall in Brazil. And Brazil is big.) Finally a bookstore!! No English books. Stupid country. But wait! Using pig Spanish with the extra -o ending ...
Revealing Swimwear and Flip Flops
This is a top pick! ... on the gringo trail again after spending luxury time with my folks. I took for flights out of Bolivia to get to Salvador, Brazil is such a big country.... I arrived at La Paz airport to find my flight time had change and the flight was leaving, ...
Samba in Sao Paulo
This is a top pick! ... with an estimated 20 million people from many nationalities, making São Paulo the most ethnically diverse city in Brazil; including Italian, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Swiss, Lebanese and Japanese (the largest Japanese community outside of Japan). Sao ...
Bus to Santarem (Day 2) - Day 75
This is a top pick! Feels like I've been in a time warp for the last 36 hours, it's a surreal experience bumping along a dirt road through the Amazon rainforest. I think the drivers had to use the winch last night to pull us out of a few sticky situations. I can remember ...
A crazy guy and his amazing stairway
This is a top pick! ... to tile a staircase near his house, and he made it blue, green, and yellow for the Brazilian flag because the people of Brazil were the people who finally accepted him. Our friendly unnamed guide told us all kinds of interesting things. She ...
Cast away
This is a top pick! 11.12.09 Cast away Having the plaster cast removed from my arm was such a relief for me, as I had become quite frustrated by it. I had been exercising my arm with the equipment at the local park, and felt it was getting quite strong. When the cast was ...
Sao Paulo
This is a top pick! Hi Guys, You can read our update from Sao Paulo in our entry from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil entitled 'Rio Rocks!'. Cheers, K & ...
Her Name Is Rio....
This is a top pick! At last the highlight of our trip in Brazil- Rio!! We travelled by minibus after the ferry back from Ilha Grande to the mainland and can only say that it was one of the scariest rides of my life! I think the driver was trying to break his own record for ...
I guess that's it then!
This is a top pick! ... ) Jose and Luciana dance the Tango for us in Cafe Tortoni, Buenos Aires AND NOW THE IGUASSU FALLS, ARGENTINA AND BRAZIL Overview of one half of the falls from the Brazilian Side Overview of half the falls from Argentinean side Close ...
Brazilian hospitality
This is a top pick! Frederico Westphlen 29.11.09 Beautiful weather today, like most days, when it's not raining. Des and I skipped breakfast this morning because we were being picked up for a barbecue at 12:30 by Claudio. Friends of his, Daiane and Ednei live just down ...
Whirlwind visit to Rio
This is a top pick! Arrrgghh, another loooong bus ride! We arrived in Rio from Foz do Iguaçu at about 11am on Sunday morning 19 February, after 23 hours' straight travelling. Well, this overnight bus journey was one of the better ones we´d had. There were only about 10 ...
Finally in Jeri!
This is a top pick! Up at 6 am this morning to sort out a buggy and eventually did find one for 170 Reals to take us to Jeri via Lago Tatajuba. We said goodbye to Acassio and Rennan who promised to meet us in Jeri tomorrow at 11am and give us the money back. Got the ...
WIll our bums ever forgive us?
This is a top pick! Today up early again for our 7.30 bus to Fortaleza. First off were in a plastic seated bus along the beach and dunes down the coast via Prea (a lovely fishing village with nice beach). It was quite bumpy and on several occasions we jumped at least a ...
A helluva lot of water!
This is a top pick! ... flight from China was 36 hours through Europe and America. A very funny incident! Iguaçu falls are right on the border of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay and there´s a point where you can see all 3 countries. From the Brazilian side you get the far ...
Sugarloaf is a funny name
This is a top pick! The two big lookout points in Rio are Sugarloaf Mountain and Christ the Redeemer. These both require a clear day, somewhat of a rarity this time of year. Our first full day in Rio was cloudy and it rained. We didn't attempt it ...
A Bittersweet Week
This is a top pick! ... at Edmundo's Cabanas. Peace and tranquillity was replaced with the hubbub of thousands of revellers anxious to celebrate Brazil's Independence Day on September 7th . Thinking ourselves to be totally incognito amongst the throngs, imagine our surprise ...
Cruising Down The Amazon!!
This is a top pick! We departed Belem at around 6pm for our 5 day cruise down the Amazon which was just what we needed after all the rushing around for the past few months! Our cabins were tiny with no en suite but at least they just about fitted a sink inside! Looking at ...
Off to Brazilia!!!!
This is a top pick! Well after an epic experience as independent travellers per se we ar now off once more on a trip of a different challenge. This time going with a group of students from my school doing our third World Challenge trip. Our first destination was "Sau ...
The Devils Throat
This is a top pick! Wow. That about sums it up really. Everything here is great. The waterfall is awesome, indescribable and unbelievable. We walked around it, ove it, in between it and never tired of seeing it from a hundred different angles. We then took a crazy boat ...
Cuiaba - Day 67-69
This is a top pick! Day 67 - 14/03/09 Arrived in Cuiaba just after midday after another restless night on a bus. Caught a local bus to the city centre and tried to find the only hostel in the city which proved to be rather difficult. A local guy saw me sweaty ...
Right on Rio
This is a top pick! I got a nice flight to Rio, and a hearty welcome from the man in customs. ¨How long will you stay in Brazil?¨ ¨Maybe a month¨ ¨How will you support yourself here?¨ ¨I have an ATM Card, and some cash¨ ¨How much cash?¨ ¨I´m not sure, ...
Helicopter ride around Rio de Janeiro
This is a top pick! It is a Beach Day Sunday here in Rio. I decided to start early and go around the lake by foot again, as always. After a hotdog and egg breakfast from the hostel and loads of guarana natural drinks, we hit the road. I had a nice talk with ...
The sun's out,hit the beach - got a gritty sh*tter
This is a top pick! We are expecting some nice weather over the next couple of days so hopefully I won't have too much to type except for beach, beach, beach!! We were down on Ipanema beach at 10am this morning. It's an absolutely fantastic beach and the waves are huge! ...
The escalator to heaven
This is a top pick! It was the day before we were leaving Brazil, and the Christ statue had yet to be conquered. We were still waiting for the clouds to clear. But not wanting to chance rain on the last morning, we decided to head up today. The clouds ...
Brazil me baby, here I come!
This is a top pick! ... border and both sides have something to offer with the ability to get closer in Argentina and a better overall vista from Brazil. Argentina Side Simply stunning, I`ve never seen ANYTHING like it. The sheer force and power coming off these things ...