Blogs from Maranhão, Brazil, South America - page 5

Boucs and I said our goodbyes in Pipa as he was going to do a bit more of North Brazil before catching his flight back to Miami. I had a bit more time on my hands so decided to head further up through to Venezuela and back to Colombia to catch my flight back to Miami. So jumped on a 30 hour bus ride to Sao Luis. Apparently this place is the reggae capital of Brazil! Saw a few little bars pumping out reggae music from their speakers, however it was a quiet week night and I think it would have been a lot better on the weekend. Sao Luis was a nice little colonial town. I met some American dude on the bus, who met some Brazilian dude, whose dad and sister greeted us at ... read more

So...we made it through the country....right through the middle of the country. And not just any country - this is Brazil we are talking about!!! that´s a pretty big frickin country by U.K. standards. I thought my 5/6 hour trip coming home for xmas and summer up to Stranraer was a hike, but I could eat that for breakfast after my experiences....!!! So Sao Luis it is....Bit late on arrival - well + 12 hours, eventually turning up to a locked and boarded up hostel at 8 30 on a sunday morning, seems we might have missed the saturday night party banter as there were street sweepers everywhere tidying the street...no matter...shall we hit the beach boys - why not!!! Sun, Sand, Beer, Waves, Drowning...no, seriously - help Rob, I think I´m drowning...no its alright, I´m ... read more

so , what´s that you say lonely planet - 26 hours on a bus at a cost of R$190....hmmmm..... NO, just NO...lets re-phrase that: 37 hours on a bus at a cost of R$ 280 Oh my god..that was epic...! A very long time to be sitting on a bus with screaming kids and mad portugeeeese speaking people! crazy experience. Although we did save 2 nights accomodation... And, the best bit was probably the fact that we travelled through some of the remotist parts of Brazil. Roads, where we´re going, we don´t need roads! But potholes would be good like...lol. Yeah, the scenery was fascinating (when I wasn´t asleep!)...And we must have stopped in about 15 little bus stations. Getting off and the peple had never seen a white person before - absolutely fascinated, but once ... read more

Hello all, sorry its been so long since I have written- its been a busy few weeks!! After Jericoacoara I decided to head further up the coast towards Sao Luis but instead of going on another long haul bus myself, Murna and Marco decided to take to scenic route which turned out to be quite an adventure. We had to get a dune buggy 2hrs from Jericoacoara to Camocim then we were meant to be getting a mini bus from there but the ferry over the river decided that it would not leave with just 3 people on it so we ended up missing the bus so spent about 2 hours in Camocin which is absolutly tiny tring to find alternative transport. We eventually managed to find someone who was willing to drive us (for double ... read more

Having been back in South America a week or so i have already amassed enough useless currency to create an epic cash themed collage I got into Georgetown and decided to leave. I cant quite decide if it was because it looked a bit shady or because i want to see other places. Possibly a bit of both of combined with my relatively limited time on the continent. However on the way back to Georgetown airport i saw some bloke been “escorted” out of his car seemingly against his will, dodgy dodgy. I would have caught the bus straight down to the Brazilian border from Georgetown but the roads south were closed for the foreseeable future because of the rainy season. So i decided to fly from Georgetown to Boa Vista. As it turns out this ... read more