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Travel Blogs from Sao Luiz de Maranhao
Sao Luis: Derelict with a sense of romance
Using the Gol airpass, we got on the first of four internal flights out of Rio de Janeiro into Sao Luis. Sao Luis is the state capital of Maranhao, and is named after Louis XIII, the French King, because the city was in fact founded by the French in 1612. It flourished in the 18th and early 19th centuries from sugar cane and …
Feliz Ano Novo!
Jaaaaahhh…Bijna Oud en NIEUW!!!....(?!!) Oh ja, we zitten een beetje in de vertraagde tijdmachine...en 3 Koningen is ook al voorbij....
De busrit vanuit Barreirinhas duurt zo'n 4,5 uur en eindigt op het centrale, maar helaas niet zo centraal gelegen, busstation van Sao Luis. We wurmen ons met onze rugzakken door de uit Madurodam geï …
Regivaldo's raggae
... in un piccolo portone insieme. E' un teatro in stile Giovenale e il magico gruppo di Pier, ma grande e con qualsiasi cosa appesa alle pareti. Disegni, maschere, Cd, Mappe, e un piccolo santuario a San Calogero, il Santo Nero. Il teatro di giorno organizza spettacoli e attività per bambini, di notte è palcoscenico di feste reggae e carnevali lunghi settimane. Cassalo, il ragazzo del teatro ci presenta Fatima, una signora sulla cinquantina che ...
Old buildings, old traditions, random parading
São Luis is described on the guides as a beautiful colonial town with lively coloruful buildings.
Our Colombian friends will be happy when we say that we think that Cartagena de las Indias is way better.
Saõ Luis has a historical centre that is indeed of colonial heritage, but these buildings are also falling apart, most of them with dull old paint flaking off.
It looks that there is one hostel in the whole ...
Carnaval, Beaches, Deserts, Goodbye Brazil
... stating 5 and 7.30, the latter being too late to catch our flight at 9 something as it took a 1 ½ to get from Pipa to Natal, we were also told it would take us directly to the airport, er again computer says no. So we opted for the 5am start. We were accompanied by Alessandro who unfortunately had developed a huge crush on me and had slept in a hammock so he could hear us leave and thus wake up in time to escort us to the bus station. I felt a bit of a *****, ...