Blogs from Brazil, South America - page 596

Began my travel on the March 6th 2006. Went from Sao Paulo to San Jose-Ca. Haha, I got held up by the American Immigration in Chicago for 6 hours on my way to California. They told me I had illegalities on my visa work. It was scary cause they told they were going to send me back to Brazil if I did not clarify with the authorities my paper work. It worked out fine! Now I gotta save some money and plan my trip!!!... read more

Last Wednesday night, I went out with my friend Dan, his cousin of 27 years, Caito, and his other cousin who is 32, Neno to fish from the shore with these huge fishing poles. I have never been a fan of fishing anywhere but in open sea. In the open sea you get huge fish that bite left and right, but anywhere else it reminds me more of Tom Sawyer sleeping at the river´s edge than of an MTV reality show where the kids pull up fish one clip after the next - no patience involved. So, we planted the fold out chairs on the beach, dug the holes for the rods and cast as far as possible out into the pitch dark where the only notable difference between the sky and the sea is the ... read more

Oh no... I couldn´t resist the temptation. I bought a pair of slippers-looking Ipanema sandals yestesday. I´ve been controlling, really. Saw so many nice slippers in Rio but I didn´t buy. But this one very nice and cheap, so, hee... Hmmm.... How am I going to squeeze this 5th pair of shoes in my backpack? ... read more

Heyhey lieve mensen in de kou! Met carnaval was het de eerste dag 40 graden, ging er bijna dood aan. Pfff Het duurde 4 dagen, en na nog een week om uit te rusten. Ik ben drie ochtenden/middagen naar Olinda geweest...daarna even naar huis om te douchen en te eten bij de Mac...dan door naar Recife Antigo om daar verder te feesten tot 4-5 uur in de nacht ofzo. De eerste dag Olinda was het leukste, want het was wat minder druk. De meeste mensen gaan de eerste dag naar Galo da Madrugada in het centrum van Recife, dus dan is het rustiger in Olinda. Alsnog kan je nauwelijks lopen maar goed. De eerste dag was k als een hawaiian-girls zoals jullie kunnen zien op de foto´s. De tweede dag in de kleuren van Brasil. De ... read more

The Carnaval in Rio is a competition between 14 samba schools from all over Brazil, 10 of which are from Rio. It is much more commercialized than the carnaval in Salvador, but still amazing in many ways. The Carnaval takes place in the Sumbodromo, which is a huge stadium that was built especially for the Carnavals. Each school has something like 2,000 - 3,000 dancers. A school starts the preparation for the carnaval a year in advance: first it chooses a theme, than draws a competition to compose a song for it, and at last invents different customs and samba dances for the song. This competition is a very serious business in Brazil. When the winning schools where announced on the TV, the streets were empty and quiet, like during the final 4 in Israel. This ... read more