Blogs from Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America - page 140

English With “only” six hours of bus we could reach from São Paolo one of the best attraction we were dreaming of during our trip. However, it took us two days to leave the comfortable Toninelli’s house and the Parmigiano… Rio is called the cidade meravilhosa by the Brazilians for some more than justified reasons. In this city nature and civilization combine together in a dramatic and harmonious setting. Rio is made of contrasts: astonishing beaches and mountains of unusual shape, tropical forests and horrible concrete buildings, luxurious neighborhoods and favelas, peace and caos, happiness, music and violence. It is difficult remain indifferent to such an disordered and amazing scenario. In Rio we chose one of the best neighborhoods to stay: Ipanema, famous for the beaches and the song “The girl of Ipanema”. In comparison to ... read more

I can't seem to get past my initial concept that the cultural differences between the United States and places outside the United States would be much more significant than it turns out they are. I had pretty much built it up to the point that I expected to feel as though I landed on another planet once I got off the plane this morning. This, both fortunately and unfortunately, is not the case. While their numbers may contain only eight digits against our ten, Brazilians still use phones just like I do. I'm still holding out hope that the occasional South American can... oh I don't know, grow wings and breathe fire? Just a little? kyle t.... read more

Hello Everyone! The time after Carnaval has just seemed to fly right by, so fast that we can’t believe we are returning to the states in just 4 days! We had an amazing send off from Recife (more on that in a bit), but currently we are in Southern Brazil near Sao Paulo in a suburb called Alphaville and have been since the beginning of March. We also just returned from a 5 day trip to Rio de Janeiro where we made many new great friends and saw some fantastic sights. So without out further ado, let’s tell this tale. When we last wrote, we had been unwinding from Carnaval and getting ready for our send off party before we headed south. Samuel wanted to have a big send off for us and there were talks ... read more

Packing the room. That's it, that's all. Woke up, shopping, caught the last sun at the pool, and we're off. See you soon at home! XOXO S... read more

Hi friends and family! This is my first trip to South America and I have been here for about 5 days. One word can't describe it, but what comes to mind is Incredible! Where do I begin?! Flight was actaully fine considering that I had to take a zillion anti-nausea pills. The crew...Scott(Mr. brazil)...could not have survived without this guy...absolutely a must have kind of guy for such trips...a walking stud who is resourceful. "Crash" would not have been here because of him....LOVE the guy...Truly "a Brother from another mother". He loves the conference here..is actually learning stuff about regional anesthesia. Sam....another bro who is implicated in my being here in Brazil. He keeps you cognizant and real. Ok, just a skeleton of the past 5 days: Day One:Went to the beach.... awesome...and caught some rays ... read more