 | Olinda, Brazil |
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... most walls with candidates names and numbers and so far Chavez seems to have 95% of the walls I would say! In Brazil election campaign started about a month ago and poll day is in October - and people complain about long election campaigns at home! ...
... the life of Jesus and Saint Francis of Assisi. Built in 1577 it was the first Franciscan monestary in Brazil. (Aside...)I´m actually writing this from Recife, Olinda´s big brother city only 7 K away, and it sucks. Big, dirty, smelly, and feels seriously ...
... Carnaval commenced on the next day. Olinda, seemingly a quiet town, turned "Maluco Beleza" (crazy and beautiful), the theme for this year´s Carnaval. I met up with Sula. She wore a fantasia, or Carnaval costume, dressed as a tiger, in ...
... shoot! - to visit Carmen and Rebekka, a family that rented out sleeping space to me and other travellers during Carnaval in Olinda 2001. Carmen, a small, short-haired older lady, had advised me and talked to me like my own Brazilian mother. And Rebekka ...
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Modern Oddyseus' tips for Brazil
Posted on Oct 31, 2009, 15:27:41
... unique. Natal is nice. Sao Paulo doesn't have much to offer a tourist, in my opinion. The small, colonial city of Olinda, Pernambuco becomes crowded and familiar during Carnival; it's said to be one of the best places to be during Carnival, up there ...
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