Blogs from Brazil, South America - page 15

Suzanne here... It took much longer to get to Salvador than anticipated. Brazil is vast, so even a domestic flight took two and a half hours. Then once at Salvador airport we chose our usual money-saving bus instead of taxi option. It was easy enough to get the bus (straight through the multistory carpark in front of arrivals then turn right - no signs but easy to find). The bus was cheap, but it did go the long way round so took over an hour to reach the Centro Historico. But on a budget it is probably the right choice. Originally we were going to head north of Salavador for a couple of days. But then we read about Morro de Sao Paulo, on the island of Tinhare. It sounded lovely, so we revised our plans. ... read more

Um dia chuvoso no parana! Aqui estou mais um dia... Tenho vivido a minha vida fugindo de um vício infernal, e sempre que o tédio me rodeia ele (o vício) tem de aparecer também. Alguém aí já se encontrou presa em um canto, sem ter como correr? Bom hoje eu vivi isso, acabei tomando café com 3 pessoas que fumam, cara eu fumava até semana passada, vocês tem ideia do que é isso? Continuando.. Eis me que pergunto pro meu mais novo amigo Antonio: Você não teria um cigarro desses pra me arrumar?kkk, siiim eu não resisti quando todos estavam fumando acabei dando uma de Maria e indo com as outras agarrei me ir, foi uma questão de vida ou morte os próximos segundos após essa solicitação. Já com o bendito cigarro na mão, percebi que ... read more

If this is Wednesday, then it must be Salvador, Brazil. This is the equivalent of being in Aruba if you are only looking at position north of the equator. When we made our list of places to visit during our lifetime, Salvador wasn’t anywhere on that list – mostly because we’d never heard of it. Now we’ve been here and can rest at ease even if we never get back again. It is an interesting place. The population is more than 2.5 million, so it is one of the biggest places we’d never heard of before. There was a lengthy history of events, from explorers making the first real discovery of South America, through a long and much larger slave trade, being the first capital of Brazil (before that was moved to Rio), and finally have ... read more

This is day-2 of Rio. It was our last overnight in-port for this cruise. It was a nice smooth night without the ship rocking or anything. As explained yesterday, Janet did not have a tour today, but David still had to report to the Fusion Lounge at 7:00. He got up early and had a light breakfast in the Horizon Court and then brought a breakfast sandwich, chocolate donut, and a cup of tea back to the cabin for Janet. She has her sandwich and then followed doctor’s orders and went back to bed. She got a good restful morning and by the time David got back she was feeling much better. Maybe it was partly due to the sage advice she’s received from Stephanie about following doctor’s orders and you would recover more quickly. David’s ... read more

Geo: -22.9035, -43.2096Rio is a beautiful city and wow what a wonderful sail away from here headed to Salvador. The captain did a great job of getting us close to the beaches and The mountains. The airport is right here on the bay. Such a fabulous setting for entering and leaving the port.... read more