Pousada Villa Boa Vista
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Favelas and the Beach - polar opposites
... that Wal-mart has bought up these chains and are slowly converting them over to the Wal-mart name but they have not done so yet in this area. It reminds me of Costco when we walk in. We are stopping here to use the restrooms but when we come out we decide that we should have a quick lunch. I get another one of those pocket things and also what is referred to as cheese bread. It is like a soft roll that they melt cheese in between. The cheese is ...
Carnaval!!
Technically, today is Carnaval here in Brazil (Mardi Gras in New Orleans). Actually, it is the culmination of Carnaval, which people have been working up to for several days now, especially in Rio, but also here in Recife and Olinda. Olinda is the original Portuguese town, up on a hill with a wonderful view of the area; Recife was founded by the Dutch ...
Hey There Recife..
... Grillspieße, klar: Getränke ohne Ende, Planschbecken, Zuckerwatte, Schwimmringe-/Flügel, Lutscher, Sonnencreme, Hüte, Früchte, Porzellanfiguren/-Spardosen, Chips.....
Es riecht ausnahmsweise mal nicht nach Urin wie im Rest der Stadt sondern nach verbrannter Milch, was möglicherweise den Käselutschern zuzuschreiben ist. Vor dem Einschlafen bewahrt einen die Caranheiro Verkäuferin mit der schrillen Stimme. Braune Kinderrücken ...
Carnaval Time
... Its sister city Olinda is a much smaller colonial timepiece, the parades here sneak up and down hills lined with beautifully coloured buildings, twisting around hidden corners. We definitely preferred Olinda. You can watch from the side or join in any number of parades, which emerge from any number of sidestreets - bands, costumes, puppets aplenty, thousands of revellers in tow. We awoke each morning with tunes ringing in ours ears. As a measure, ...
Defeated
... part of town outlined with small, side by side colorful houses, indicative of the Dutch influence that once prevailed here. But we kept walking. After being on the ship for two weeks, we had accumulated a good amount of laundry and there was no way we were about to pay 3 Euros for each piece to have it cleaned. So we packed our backpack full and headed out past the touristy spots and deeper into the more lived-in spaces of Recife. The streets ...