Blogs from South America - page 5202

Our first destination after Rio was the costal town of Buzios, made famous by Bridget Bardot during the 60´s, we believe?? Apparently known as Brazil's St Tropez the place consited of fancy bars and restaurants and a host of beautiful beaches. We stayed a couple of nights in the town which was blatently designed to bring in the foreign $$$! After heading back to Rio for another footy match it was time to head South with our first point of call the picturesque Isle a Grande. An Island situated just off the coast about 3hrs bus journey south of Rio on Brazil´s Costa Verde (Green Coast). All along the Costa Verde you´ll find lush tropical forest meeting wonderful sandy beaches and Isle Grande was no exception. Despite it raining while we were there , we really ... read more

Hola amigos.... Just another average week of travelling... you know 20 hour bus rides... viewing one of the 7 natural wonders of the world... watched a huge soccer (er i mean football ) match with tons of ravaged soccer (er I mean football! this gonna take some geting used to!) fans on a big screen and then proceeded to the birthplace of one of the most prominent and rebellious figures of the 20th century...ho hum ...so bored! Our adventure continues picking up in buenos aires where we decided to break down and pay for a plane ticket north to Puerto Igazu...which is tucked along two rivers and bordered by paraguay in the west and brazil in the north east... a very happening place as it is one of the top tourist destinations in south america... thanks ... read more

Hey iedereen! Ik ben gister na een lange reis veilig aangekomen in São Paulo. We hadden t vliegtuig om half 1 ´s nachts en kwamen hier rond 4 uur in de nacht aan. Toen moesten we op de airport wachten tot de bus naar Campinas vertrok om 7.30 uur. In Campinas aangekomen moesten we tot ongeveer 12 uur wachten voor we de hotelkamer binnen mochten. Dit was echter geen probleem aangezien we in t meest luxe hotel zitten wat je je voor kan stellen. 4 sterren hotel met alles erop en eraan, zelfs een freaking bios. In de tussentijd gingen we ons vermaken in the gameroom. Tafelvoetbal...tafeltennis en poolen. Toen ff chillen by the pool en het TE grote complex verkennen waar zelfs een voetbalveld bij hoort en een helicopter op het dak staat. http://www.theroyal.com.br/plaza_ing.htm Wat ... read more

Hallo ihr Lieben, nach so viel (wunderschoener) Natur in den letzten Wochen, war es mal wieder Zeit auch der Kunst & Kultur ein wenig zu froenen. So hat uns unsere Reise diesmal mitten hinein in laengst vergangene Zeiten gefuehrt. Und in was fuer Zeiten! Potosi galt im spaeten 16., 17. und 18. Jahrhundert als eine der reichsten Staedte der Erde. Ende des 16. Jahrhunderts zaehlte die Stadt bereits 120000 Einwohner - ausser London konnte damals keine Stadt in Europa eine solche Einwohnerzahl vorweisen. Das Ganze ist um so verrueckter wenn man sich klar macht, dass Potosi auf schlappen 4070 m liegt und dass in solchen Hoehen praktisch nichts Essbares fuer eine solche enorme Einwohnerzahl gedeiht. Wie also kam es, dass Potosi einen solchen fabelhaften Aufschwung hinter sich legen konnte? Die Antwort ist einfach: Silber. Wie ein ... read more

"I am a little nervous about biking the ´World's most dangerous road´, but it sure sounds like fun" "Don't worry" says Santiago, a La Pazian sitting next to me at a bar who found my spanish comical. "We don't call it that in Spanish." "Oh, what is it in Spanish?" "The death road" ... Well it was fun alright. Waking up very early (okay, for me 6:30 is early) I had a quick breakfast and jumped in the oversized minivan with Joe heading for the Death Road. It is called that, and its other name, because it has the more deaths per year on average than any other road on Earth. And, stressed my tour guide for the day with a smirk, these are recorded deaths. Lovely. At about 10 am we arrived at the starting ... read more