http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-Grande-do-Norte/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Brazil , Rio Grande do Norte en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 11:37:14 +0000 Sat, 25 May 2013 11:37:14 +0000 All the way up the Brazilian east coast you could take your pick from a dozen or more places to see. There are so many options choosing just a few was a difficult proposition. I decided that I would like to check out the smaller beach towns rather than the bigger cities which meant heading straight up to Natal and on to Pipa beach. As I was mentally preparing for the 22 hour bus from Salvador to http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-Grande-do-Norte/Praia-Da-Pipa/blog-782693.html Und da war auch Exkursion Nummer 2 zu Ende. Mit meinem kotourismusKurs und 3 anderen Kursen war ich bers Wochenende in Galinhos im Nachbarbundesstaat Rio Grande do Norte. Lppische 6 Stunden Busfahrt plus eine Fhrberfahrt brachten uns am Samstag zu dem kleinen Dorf auf einer Halbinsel die praktisch nur aus Sand besteht. Deswegen knnen dort auch keine normalen Autos oder geschweige http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-Grande-do-Norte/Mossoro/blog-771940.html He hoiTerwijl Karina de laatste hand legt aan ons vorige verhaal vertel ik vast wat er de afgelopen weken is gebeurtVanaf Rio hebben we besloten om ons eigen ding even te doen Karina wilde heel graag Argentinie zien ik wilde erg graag meer van Brazilie zien evt ergens wat langer blijven om iets van n sportproject te draaien oid. Vandaar dat je nu dus 2 keer zoveel verhalen gaat krijgen vanui http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-Grande-do-Norte/Praia-Da-Pipa/blog-762486.html Ach wie schnell die Zeit doch schon wieder vergeht nun ist der Roadtrip schon zu Ende und fast ist Weihnachten. Ach ne erst kommt ja der Weltuntergang. Aber mal der Reihe nach...Nachdem Victoria Steffi II und ich eine erholsame Nacht in Natal verbracht haben sind wir am Montag Morgen wie geplant wieder Richtung Sden aufgebrochen. Vorher haben wir uns aber ausnahmsweise schon berlegt wo wir http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-Grande-do-Norte/blog-762373.html Spontane Ideen sind meistens die besten oder Mal abgesehen davon dass ich jetzt ziemlich im Unialltag bin meine ersten benoteten Texte abgegeben habe u sogar schon eine Gruppenprsentation hinter mich gebracht habe deren Vorbereitung zwar etwas chaotisch verlief aber immer noch wesentlich besser als befrchtet ist in den letzten Wochen nicht so viel Spektakulres passiert. Bis letzten F http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-Grande-do-Norte/Praia-Da-Pipa/blog-761538.html Spontan haben wir beschlossen doch noch einen Tag in Natal zu verbringen. Eigentlich wollten wir hier nur bernachten und dann gleich weiter nach Joo Pessoa. Aber letztendlich dachten wir uns gibt es hier mehr zu unternehmen und auerdem knnen wir so noch ein bisschen lnger unsere Zweisamkeit genieen. UND vielleicht mag mich Natal ja doch endlich mal.Also haben wir heute einen Buggyausf http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-Grande-do-Norte/Natal/blog-751253.html Seit Montagnacht ist endlich meine bessere Hlfte bei mir Leider hat er nur knapp 2 Wochen Zeit weil er dann in Deutschland wieder fleiig sein muss. Deshalb mssen wir die kurze Zeit bestmglich ausnutzen. Also habe ich ihm am Dienstag mal ein bisschen Joo Pessoa gezeigt schafft man ja an einem Tag wobei ich selbst auch zum ersten Mal mit dem Bus durch die Stadt gefahren bin. Hab http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-Grande-do-Norte/Natal/blog-749650.html Precautions when using a Business Notebook 6700 Series battery ltspangt 1. Do not forget to take away your HP Compaq 6700 Battery Pack from the device if you will not use it for a long time if not it will keep the battery in a constant state of charging up and that will reduce the life cycle of the hpcompaq laptop batteries. ltspangt 2. Do not modify or disassemble rechargeable hp compa http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-Grande-do-Norte/Baia-Formosa/blog-710394.html Natal has a number of probably the most superb seashores in Brazil which have just a few of probably the most fantastic seashores within the world. Europeans have realized the beauty of Natal for many years now with direct flights from Europe to Natal and with prime real estate being bought up everywhere. Seaside entrance land is now at a premium but it surely39s clearly positively well w http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-Grande-do-Norte/Natal/blog-655326.html The Ocean Palace Hotel is located in Natal making it among the finest lodges to remain at whereas in town. The hotel is a excessiverise building with 213 absolutely geared up rooms. Every guestroom has non smoking rooms air con each day newspaper inhouse motion pictures desk hair dryer in room safe. Lodge facilities supplied at this Natal lodging embody room service 24hr outlets on line c http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-Grande-do-Norte/Natal/blog-653402.html The prime season for Natal is from November through by February which is also the beginning of summer months in Brazil. Carnival takes place in February and makes discovering a hotel in natal a bit more difficult. In the event you39re planning on coming during these times attempt to book your Natal hotel rooms early. For those who are planning on coming at other occasions look for some great http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-Grande-do-Norte/Natal/blog-647088.html Morro Branco is a tiny beach town 80km east along the coast from Fortaleza however our journey there was beginning 250 km WEST of Fortaleza and the road for the first hour was hardly worthy of the title. We bounced along from Jericoacoara on a huge 4x4 truck passing through small villages on our way to meet a proper bus to take us as far as Fortaleza.Bizarrely this bus took us to the city39 http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-Grande-do-Norte/Natal/blog-612502.html hsdlyhsglohgosg hsksg http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-Grande-do-Norte/Natal/blog-465189.html Natal doesn't get much of a mention in the guidebooks but it's a pretty good place. Yesterday Sunday the place was lively the beach was full of Brazilians the restaurants busy it was a nice place to be probably nicer than the places the guidebooks do mention which are often full of the same people we've seen in other places. Today we've had a great fun day in a beach buggy on the beaches and http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-Grande-do-Norte/Natal/blog-436607.html Hi all So here we are in Pipa still we have decided that we like it so much we will do less travelling around and stick here for a while enjoying this gorgous town. On our second day here we revisited the same dolphin beach this time armed with a camera to get some shots however as sods law would have it we couldnt get any pictures and ended up with a couple of videos... im sure we will tr http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-Grande-do-Norte/Pipa/blog-424441.html After an 8 hour journey we arrived in a charming little seaside town that upon first inspection looked a lot more geared toward tourists than anywhere we had been so far. There is a main street that is the heart of Pipa and is approximately 2km long we had read a good recommendation from our guide book that Pousada Xame Pousadas are little hotel type places run by familys was a good place to http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-Grande-do-Norte/Pipa/blog-423193.html I have now moved on Time was ticking on and I felt like I wanted to know more more of Brazil before I returned to Europe. I left Lenis with regret however and will keep a wonderful memory of it and its people in my mind. I took a 7 hour bus ride to Salvador and left almost straight away for Natal much further up North on a 21 hour bus ride and from there another 3 hours to Praia da Pip http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-Grande-do-Norte/Pipa/blog-397371.html After 5 nights in Fernando Noronha we weren't ready to give up the Brazilian beaches just yet. We boarded a 2 hour bus from Natal to Pipa a beach town described in the Lonely Planet as being an 'international' destination. Still not sure what that means but we did see the requisite Argentine hippies selling jewelry on the beach. We had read some blogs where visitors described seeing dolphi http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-Grande-do-Norte/Pipa/blog-389157.html NATALWe arrived in Natal after a 28 hour bus ride with directions to Camy's beach house in hand. We were happy not to get robbed in the night but we were also very tired. We found Camy's house with a lot of help from her neighbors and it was such a wonderful place we felt very fortunate to stay there. We spent that day mostly resting and walking along the beach. The ocean was green with the tem http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-Grande-do-Norte/Natal/blog-386860.html It wasnt that much of a mission getting here. We got a bus from Recife to Natal and just before Natal we got off at Goininha and got another little mini van for 3 Reals to Pipa.We checked into the HI hostel Pipa Hostel which is probably the best one there I reckon. It had a swimming pool and we met loads of cool people. Boucs and I managed to find an all you can eat Parrilla for 27 Reals w http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-Grande-do-Norte/Pipa/blog-379674.html