Ross: Righteo people. Escaped dead-end Pero. Sure it was lovely but we´d got our sights set on Buzios. Caught the local bus back to Cabo Frio and then another on to Buzios. Buzios was discovered by Bridget Bardot and has since been a holiday destination for the rich and the famous. Dermot O´Leary was here a couple of months ago and Zinedine Zidane more recently (according to our over friendly Argentinian ex-concierge)...apparently. We arrived at the first hostel which wasn´t too bad but instead ended up settling for a different one after a short taxi ride. We headed out for a [View Full Entry]

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We have spent the past 3 days in a small beach town close to Buzios called Arraial do Cabo in the south of Brazil. but north of Rio de Janiero. Looking around, the place seems like it could be a real paradise. There are several large beaches, nice archetecture. The problem is, the rain. Its been pissing here nonstop! So we took advantage of the bleak, desparate ambience yesterday and visited a cemetary. This place puts a north american one to shame! It was eerie as hell, but also quite peaceful. A paradox! The graves were made out of porceline type [View Full Entry]

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Thursday 17th January Ship Time 1700hrs Home Time 1900hrs Temperature today struggled to 25c First of all a couple of uninteresting happenings. We went to a game of ten pin bowling on one of these Wii Nintendo thingys. I put my name down to join in and Brenda was persuaded to have a go. Well, who do you think won the tournament, yep Brenda, something wrong there but still made her happy. Also we had the howdown evening and as you can see from the picture, her training paid off. Was a good night. Also another invitation with the Purser, yes [View Full Entry]

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Aqui será contada a viagem no Island Escape, em 2007 [View Full Entry]

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We rented a car an drove 2 hours east of Rio to a peninsula called Buzios, which has dozens of beautiful beaches and crystal clear water. Most of the drive was through favelas (squatters housing that has taken over much of Rio and the surrounding areas), so interesting but not so scenic. Drivers are crazy in Rio, so it was a bit stressful for Garth. Once we got to Buzios, we were pleasantly surprised by how quaint it was - a small fishing village with cobble stoned streets and boutiques. Took a short trail to Ossos beach, which was a nice [View Full Entry]

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Las vacaciones más osadas de las garotinhas Paula, Carmen y Marcela ¿Quien dijo que en Valparaíso nevó ese Junio?....Nosotras no estuvimos jijijiji..y no estábamos muertas (de frío), sólo andábamos de parranda... Cantando algún en algún bar de Búzios, navegando entre aguas cristalinas, dejandonos acariciar por el viento y por el sol, degustando nuevos sabores y aromas..y por sobre todo...shopping dear! Inolvidables historias que jamás serán reveladas por estas tres mosqueteras en busca del relajo brasileiro... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The hottest vacations of garotinhas Paula, Camen and Marcela ¿Who said "Valparaìso's snowed that June?....We weren't there..jijiji....y and weren't frozen, just we were enjoying life... [View Full Entry]

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We left Rio yesterday (7th) in search of some Brazillian culture, beach, sun and in an attempt to try and save some cash - we took a 3 hour bus ride north to the coastal area of Buzios (look it up on Google its paradise)!! Anyway we arrived about 6 last night and got a taxi to our hostel.....we got there and we were the only guests in the whole place!! It felt like we were checking into ´the hostel´just like in the film..when everyone gets killed!! We had to knock a big steel knocker on a piece of wood [View Full Entry]

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ahhhh...brazil. for all of you that have never been to this unique country i suggest you rent the SIMPSONS IN BRAZIL episode or check it out here: (http://s25.quicksharing.com/v/8503513/The_Simpsons_Go_to_Brazil.mpg.html) thanks to Alberto...it gives you a glimpse of the stereotypical qualities that make this place so different from anywhere else in the world. After enjoying a short week in rio...which we will post soon...we headed north to the small beach lined peninsula of buzios. this weekend and summer hot-spot for the brazilians and argentines has changed greatly since i (shane) was here last in '03. the one street of vendors and restaurants [View Full Entry]

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When Monday morning hit, it was apparent that Rio was going back to normal life. Some people headed to work while others to school. As for me and Amy, we hopped on a bus and travelled two hours up north to a little place called Buzios. Considered a peninsula (although Amy and I referred to is as a peninsular island, Buzios is a really beautiful place to just get a way and relax. Amy and I arrived late Monday afternoon and settled into our posada. Instead of hotels, tourists stay in places called posadas. They are similar to bed and breakfasts [View Full Entry]

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Samba olè! Siden forrige oppdatering har vi opplevd masse og kommet til et nytt land, - og for et land! Etter bare noen dager i Brasil kjenner vi at vi ELSKER BRASIL og at det nok ikke er siste gang vi er her:) Ida kom som avtalt til Buenos Aires onsdag morgen forrige uke. De to siste dagene i Bs As brukte vi til omtrent det samme som de andre dagene.. rusle rundt i byen og shoppe:) Særlig Ida visste å trekke kortet i det som må være en av verdens beste shoppingmetropoler. Fredag morgen la vi ut på det som [View Full Entry]

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