Blogs from Brazil, South America - page 549

Nous sommes arrivés a Rio apres 21 heures de bus. Nous resterons ici probablement 3 jours, nous avons un appartement avec cuisine pour 50$ pr jour. :-) Le portugais parlé ne ressemble a rien qu´on connais, on a beaucoup de difficulté a comprendre et a se faire comprendre. Pour l´écrit ca va mieux. J.P. Vous donnez un exemple de comment on comprend pas. Hier au resto le serveur n'avait pas de menu, Gabriel lui demande se qu'il a... il parle super vite et on comprend pas. Notre voisin semble avoir quelques chose de bon... grosse erreure, c'etait des trippes :( On va dans un hotel demander les prix... Jean-Pierre et Gabriel font des signes de oui de la tete, je leur demande alors se qui se passe? (croyant qu'ils comprenaient) Gabriel me repond: "se qui se ... read more

No really, that about sums it up. Thousands of kilometers of idyllic beaches with good breaks (and strong currents, whatchout!) line the coast of the Bahia and the northeast of Brazil. And in Salvador..they beat drums. All the time. They really really really love drums. Unforturnately, I didn´t have enought time to really see all the spots around the northeast, but I did have a few days in Fortaleza before my flight. Well, let´s just say I will definately be back to see all of you, northeast.... read more

Haben jetzt schon einiges an Lebensgefuehl hier in Rio inhalieren duerfen. Es ist echt toll. Soviele Eindruecke prasseln auf uns ein, gar nicht leicht das alles zu verarbeiten und zu realisieren. Waren heute bei einem traditionellen Familienessen dabei - unglaublich welche Spezialitaeten da aufgetischt wurden und wie herzlich wir empfangen wurden. Dann gings gleich direkt ins groesste Fussballstadium der Welt: Maracanã. Haben uns das Spiel "Botafago"gegen "Vasto da Gama"(zwei Teams aus Rio) angesehen. Tolle Stimmung und einzigartiges Erlebnis! Danach noch ein Forro-Abend in der Casa rossa. Forro ist der Nationaltanz der Brasilianer - toll zum anschaun. Ich glaub die Brasilianer haben das wirklich im Blut. Auch ich habs versucht und hab von meinem brasilianischen Tanzlehrer gleich ein dickes Lob bekommen. Hab also doch Taktgefuehl ;-) Morgen werden uns das erste Mal ohne Guide in di... read more

so Penny got back onto that Catamaran. Proud too cos I (Penny) beat some grown men. They filled sack fulls but I only vomited a tiny bit and overboard this time! From Salvador we took a 2hr flight with OceanAir to Rio. We both scared of these little toy planes so I sure the journey has added afew more white hairs - but overal the journey werent too bad - the lack of security on the plane didnt help either - the cock pit door was open the whole flight! We booked a room at a Hostel for the night in Rio, Casa 6 - which was just what we needed to get a good night rest for a cheap price, and then we got the bus to Buzios. It was 3 hours and not a ... read more

I´ve been putting off this entry for a couple of days, as I seem to have accumulated SO much to write about. With this in mind, I have a feeling that this entry may end up a bit of an ´I did this, then I did that´kind of thing, so apologies to all those who were hoping for an inspirational piece of writing! So, where was I? Oh yes, Rio baby! I´ve moved on twice since then so I´m having to cast my mind back all of, ooh, at least five days. Which actually seems like a lifetime when you´re travelling. Rio was, quite simply, awesome. In hindsight, I think I enjoyed it more than I thought I was at the time and I now feel as though I would quite happily go back there. There ... read more