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By Chris and Danis Travels
February 18th 2009

Jacuma - Trancoso South America » Brazil » Bahia » Porto Seguro » Trancoso

The following day we left Jacuma, armed with half a cake that we couldn´t resist buying from a little cake store before we left. We caught the bus to Joao Pessoa where we ended up waiting in the bus station for the rest of the day, while armed guards seemed to be running around the place, until it was time to board our night bus to the city of Salvador. Salvador was a city that from the early planning stages we both wanted to see, but having been to many cities we were worried about it due to the constant fear [View Full Entry]

By Flo
December 9th 2008

In search of... South America » Brazil » Bahia » Porto Seguro

in search of the perfect beach

Feeling energised from our rest in Barra Grande, we head off down the cost in search of the perfect place to spend Christmas and New Years Eve. First stop is Porto Seguro, a town renowned as a party mecca and the birthplace of the lambada. Sounds hot! It's not. The party scene is more Benidorm than Ibiza and we know within hours that this is not the place. Still it's fun and the weather is sweet, so it's no hardship spending some time exploring the (not Top 10 but still nice) beaches. Ritch continues with his inability to say no to [View Full Entry]

hmmm, it seems that Ritchie does play that hippy shit

By rrruss
March 18th 2008

Trancoso - The Perfect Beach? South America » Brazil » Bahia » Porto Seguro » Trancoso

The Perfect Beach?

We had a bit of a torrid time leaving Itacare for Trancoso. The easiest way was going to be on a touristy minibus but there were never enough people wanting to make the journey. Instead we ended up on public transport which involved one bus to Ilheus then another to Porto Seguro. We had to stay in Porto Seguro overnight which wasn’t too bad. At the bus station we had been told that nothing around the port area was open but we found a nice pousada and the promenade area was very lively, especially on “Pasarela Alcool”, the street with all [View Full Entry]

By ssemerdjian
January 1st 2008

New Year in Caraiva South America » Brazil » Bahia » Porto Seguro » Trancoso

Sunset A

The Best number of days in my account to stay in the South of Bahia, and see most of it : 10 Days. [View Full Entry]

By Charmita and Olarse
July 15th 2007

13. Paula takes a holiday from her holiday; the Nicks head north South America » Brazil » Bahia » Porto Seguro

Ouro Preto at dawn
This is the Igreja NS do Carmo on the right, and a museum on the left - together they look like one building.

If you are not one of our family and friends, we would be really interested to know how you found our blog - please email us at olarse@hotmail.com - many thanks! (P) Due to a long-standing arrangement with my schoolfriends, I left the balmy climes of Rio de Janeiro for London (raining upon arrival, surprise!), enroute for a week in Villa Linda in Punta Prima, Menorca, to drown our sorrows or jointly celebrate the first 30 years of our lives, depending on your outlook. An overnight stop followed at Ramona’s London penthouse overlooking the Thames (I never reali [View Full Entry]

Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matosinhos, Congonhas

By momac
March 21st 2007

The missing link South America » Brazil » Bahia » Porto Seguro

Train graveyard
Near the salt flats at Uyuni, Bolivia

Here are the photos that I wasn´t able to get scanned for a while - some of them seem like a long time ago now! [View Full Entry]

By momac
March 21st 2007

The missing link 2 South America » Brazil » Bahia » Porto Seguro

Capybara
A bit of a slow to move one, in Carlos Pelligrini park in Argentina

Just so you don´t get too confuddled (I know I do) these photos are between Carlos Pelligrini and the Pantanal, so all the penguin and Beagle Channel photos happened between the missing link 1 and missing link 2, if that makes any sense [View Full Entry]

By BaBa Brent
February 17th 2007

Escape to Boi Peba Island South America » Brazil » Bahia » Porto Seguro

Stroll
A wonder with some cats we met. All in superchill mode.

Leon and I left Rio as rapidly as we arrived. We embarked on our most epic bus journey to Valencia, 1200kms away. Whilst this was not the furtherest distance we have travelled, the distance took 30hours. It was delayed by 3 crashes, holding up the trip by around 5hours. A painfully long trip. Leon and I had to suffice for split seats. He was in the front and I was half way back nestled in between several young families. I quickly discovered that my Portugese was not up to scratch to convey anything and my Kiwi version of Spanglish was greated [View Full Entry]

By Where r u Matty D
February 9th 2007

Porto Seguro and Arrial d Ajuba South America » Brazil » Bahia » Porto Seguro

Drinking Game
This game got me wasted!!!! i don't think anyone survived

all right puerto seguro ... what can i say my favorite place in brazil so far very chilled beach town more or less safe and heckeling free... a must if you come to brazil and head north in my books. the first day i met up with guga (a great brazilian from my room) we then headed off to the cultural centre and walked through some markets and watched some great capoera shows i will try to post the videos later... unfortunatly i missed this move on my video where this guy ran across the floor into a handstand and then [View Full Entry]

By mars3
February 8th 2007

where the sexual and once forbidden Lambada was born South America » Brazil » Bahia » Porto Seguro

my travel buddies- Yvanka and marco
if u come across them...say to yvanka: "iznt that weeiered"

6th February- 8th february Leaving Lucila was so hard. Her and her friends were headed back to Sao Paolo to fly back home, and the Dutchies and needed to make our way north to get to carnival! In all the excitement of the last few hours in Buzios, we tried taking a photo that resulted in Yvanka and marco falling through the glass coffee table, escaping with a few grazes. The landlady furious when she discovered it. We should have hidden the evidence a little better. But careful scheming, we all left to the bus stop leaving Marco behind to pay [View Full Entry]

marco and I chillin near a lake waiting for the next of an upteenth number of connecting buses to get to porto seguro!

partyin in the beachside open dancefloors

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