Blogs from Brazil, South America - page 9

Earliest start yet, waking up at 4:15am to be ready for our booked airport taxi at 5am. Got down to the door at 5:55am and the driver was at the door as we opened it. The driver had no English but he already know where to take us and just needed to know which terminal. It was quite busy given the early hour but we had plenty of time and only waited a short time before we started boarding. The plane actually took off earlier than the stated time and we got to Rio much earlier as well. Breakfast was a pretty ordinary ham and cheese roll but we were so hungry it was sufficient. Our pick-up was waiting as usual and the guide spoke excellent English having lived in the US for a while. He ... read more

Dann war es also soweit, es war Samstag den 29.9 und somit der Start zu meiner 3.5 monatigen Reise durch Süd- und Mittelamerika. Ebenfalls war dies noch der Geburtstag meiner lieben Schwester, an dieser Stelle nochmals alles Gute. Die beiden Flüge Zürich-Frankfurt und Frankfurt-Rio de Janeiro liefen trotz kurzer Umsteigezeit in Frankfurt einwandfrei ab und ich kam planmässig sonntags morgen in Rio an. Nach kurzer Erholung im Hostel fing ich an die Stadt zu erkundigen. Zuerst ein kurzer Spaziergang am berühmten Copacabana Strand entlang. Danach ging es weiter auf den Berg Corcovado mit der weltberühmten Christus Statue. Die Aussicht vom Berg war dank dem klaren Wetter absolut fantastisch. Getrübt wurde die Aussicht nur durch die unzähligen Touristen die sich ebenfalls auf der Aussichtsplatform befanden. Trotzdem sah man die beiden Strände, Copacabana und Ipanema und natürlich den ... read more

Paraty to Iguazu to Bonita 3 days covered in this blog but let me get rid of days 1 & 3 quickly - Day 1. A bus and plane and bus from Paraty to Foz do Iguazu Day 3. A 14 hour bus journey from Iguazu to Bonito (750kms) so a lot of reading, some planning & trying to learn Spanish with the Babbel language app Day 2 - Iguazu Falls What a fantastic day! An early start to get over the Argentinian border before the crowds, to fully experience the Argentinian side at their loudest and most powerful close up. A 15 minute slow train ride took us through sub tropical rainforest to a metal walkway, then a half a mile walk to the biggest waterfall called ‘Devils Throat’. At 80 metres high the fall ... read more

Hello Rio After an overnight flight it was great to get to the hotel and grab breakfast at Mama Shelter a quirky little hotel in Santa Teresa - good place to stay for our first four days and a little different. Santa Teresa is situated between a favela and downtown and as such has some characteristics of both - interesting buildings and great bars, very bohemian, but not the place to wander after dark (sunset 5.30pm). The first afternoon we did get out into Santa Teresa where we found great live music & dancing but heading back were advised by a local to go a different route as a couple of tourists were assaulted on our direct route back to the hotel only hours earlier. After 12 hours solid sleep we caught the tram downtown and ... read more

A vida moderna é rápida e muitas vezes impiedosa, e muitas pessoas sofrem com altos níveis de estresse como resultado. Mesmo peneirar a vasta quantidade de informações sobre como lidar com o estresse pode causar estresse! Felizmente, este artigo oferece uma variedade de dicas simples e estratégias para gerenciar seus níveis de estresse. Tente o seu melhor para gerenciar o estresse da sua vida. Altos níveis de estresse estão relacionados a muitos problemas de saúde, incluindo problemas cardíacos, hipertensão, úlceras, depressão e até mesmo dores físicas. Consuma uma quantidade adequada de sono a cada noite para permitir que as células do seu corpo rejuvenescam e esteja pronto para lidar com o estresse de amanhã. Também pode reduzir o risco de desenvolver qualquer uma dessas doenças. Planeje com antecedência o que puder e a sensação de um ... read more