Bonaparte Bluepoint Suites Brasilia

... that two of the wires were crossed and it now works perfectly. Unfortunately the bottom of the lift does not and so we had to go back to the original garage and get it re-welded. That took a day and a half and we then ended up back at Mercedes to get the battery door re-attached after Mike broke it. That took another day and so we decided to stay overnight and then leave. As it was in the morning we found one of the rear lights did ...

... design from the vantage point high on the TV tower. There are no Gringo tourists in Brasilia, didn't see one all day, it's well and truly off the backpacker trail. Nobody comes here and that's what my friends in Rio said, but that's what the Ozzies say about Canberra too and I really liked the Australian capital which is another planned city. Ok these cities don't have the history, atmosphere and the culture of older cities but I find them fascinating and certainly worth a curious ...

... arrived at my pousada so I opted for sleeping in a hammock in the grounds, only to be woken 2 hours later by an angry German.... It turned out that Wolfgang, the angry German, was the owner and he had some people crash in his hammocks the day before as a free bed. It was all good in the end and I negotiated a good price and 2 nights free accommodation to boot. The HI card I purchased back in Argentina also saved me 7 Reals a night too ...

... Norte e depois tem que ir para a Asa Sul, muito engraçado isso. "Brasília é uma aeronave". No primeiro dia, sábado, eu tive a oportunidade de conhecer a igreja do Alexandre. A Rosangela foi me levar e perguntou: Como é que ele sai lá da Asa Norte para vir para uma igreja tão distante? Quando eu entrei na igreja fui recebido pelo pastor que falou que conhecia a Cruzada Estudantil, que tinha muitos frutos do nosso trabalho lá, inclusive me apresentou ...

... across the pampas with hair flying (John's) and around herds of other horses. The horizon was wider, the sky bluer and the wind softer than any of our previous rides, and we felt almost lost in the countryside. More drinks on the arcade, followed by a dinner of local beef in front of the fire, and we fell into bed, feeling that we had experienced a small piece of mythic Argentina. May 15-16 One chance in a million? Work has to follow pleasure, so we returned to ...

... l'image de la ville tentaculaire !! On s'en rend particulièrement compte lorsqu'on entre dans ces villes en bus. Il faut plusieurs dizaines de minutes à allure normale entre les 1ers faubourgs et et le centre de la ville. Les 2 exemples majeurs étant Lima et Sao Paulo : là, il faut plus de 2 heures (je dis bien à allure normale !). Ce qui saute aux yeux, c'est que les structures urbaines ne sont pas du tout prévues pour de telles populations. Les autoroutes se d ...

... m surprised at the number of English speakers here), knowing that I'm headed someplace where I can communicate without problems will be a nice bit of peace of mind. I'm also looking forward to getting to Rio to really relax and enjoy myself. I think that Rio will prove to be much more of the Brazilian experience that I'm looking for as well...at least the typical one. I hope everyone is well...again, brevity is not my forte...hope you enjoy!

Wow!! My new favourite airline in all the world!! LAN!! Has anyone flown this airline?! Damn it rocks!! The reissue of our tickets sooo, was woth it, another night in BA, And a direct flight on an amazing airline, not quite as good as Qantas tho.. Anyhoo, enough boring stuff, once we stepped off the plane into Sao Paolos airport, it was time to phone one of ryans buddies, Sandra, to hopefully stay at her place for a night or 2 as we knew Brazil was gonna b expensie!! (oh man, i ...

... all. Overnight buses to Rio are very expensive, but the 'special' 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 to stop anyone running into the corpse, and after only half an hour the bus company had conjured up another bus, transferred our luggage, and we were on our way.

... Dawn Place), which is nestled behind an emerald green lawn, is a fine building with a very peaceful aura about it... despite the fact that it is located only minutes from the Praca dos Tres Poderes. Another highly interesting aspect of Brasilia is the attitude of its urban planner Lucia Costa towards residential areas. His plan was to divide residential areas into zones called "Superquadras" which consisted of large six story apartment ...