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Brazil 2005

South America » Brazil » Bahia January 29th 2005

Brazil

Benjamin

I will add comments later..here are some pictures... read more

ilha de paqueta

South America » Brazil January 26th 2005

balpo

it´s a mesmerizing little island. it´s only about 8km long and maybe 1 wide--making it easy to explore and understand why there are no motorized vehicles here. lots of bikes and buggies, but no cars. it is like going back in time. the sandy streets and early 20th century buildings have for sure outlasted their hayday, but i still get the sense of their grandier. it´s plesant, quaint, and very relaxing. we wander the streets here, sometimes along the beach, sometimes in lush roads, always intrigued. the rain has been coming down for quite some time. it is nice, cools us off. yesterday we watched the storms rolling in. amazing. more later, ba... read more

Salvador, BA Music

South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador January 25th 2005

grasshoppa

Hey guys, My name is Jason. I’m 23 years old and I just graduated from Amherst College in Music and Political Science. I’ve been in Brasil now for about 4 months. I spent the first two months staying with friends of my parents in Sao Paulo (they lived here for two years back in ’89) learning Portuguese and teaching some English classes on the side. I’ve been in Salvador now for two months, playing music (I play guitar and sing) and interning at a travel agency called DiscoverBrazil. I’d love to meet some of you fellow Americans doing the same (I’m from Philly…..EAGLES), as I am going traveling for about two months after Carnaval. If any of you guys need suggestions for rad places to go in your travels let me know. I know Salvador pretty ... read more

The Marvelous City, Rio de Janeiro

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro January 25th 2005

Thousand Windows of Rocinha

PeteSarah

To all our adoring fans, we are still alive, and well too. The reason for the dearth of Travelblog entries over the past few weeks is that we've been busy, very busy in fact. I will begin with the most exciting and interesting article first to keep you interested, and fill in the gaps with the other places we've been to at a later date, for those who insist on 100% coverage. In one line though (current status): We're in New Zealand, with a van. Weather and people nice. Rio de Janeiro I've titled this article "The Marvelous City" because that is the translated name given to Rio de Janeiro by those in the know. I can confirm that the title is a true and accurate description of Rio (I will henceforth call it, simply, 'Rio' ... read more

the foz

South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu January 25th 2005

dan n haze

hey all, we have hit the foz - foz do iguacu. we werent going to come here but its actually cheaper coming here than going straight to montevideo. but lucky we did! there are 275 waterfalls here and all would be taken aback at the size and sound it makes. it is beatiful here. only problem is its tourist mania here so you cant really get them to yourself... i like the guarani legend behind the falls so i´ll share it with you - the falls originated when a jealous forest god, enraged when a warrior escaping downriver by canoe with a young girl, caused the riverbed to collapse in front of the lovers. the girl fell and, at the falls base, turned into a rock. the warrior survived as a tree overlooking his fallen lover. ... read more

Amazon

South America » Brazil January 25th 2005

in the jungle, the mighty jungle....

manjit jaya suhi

firstly apologies for the delay in posting... but its hard to find the time to write this up!! we went from rio up to manaus which is a town in the amazon. from there we went to a floating lodge actually in the jungle... and i think i speak for all of us when i say that we had the best time! we stayed there for 2 nights and we slept in hammocks and 3 of the walls of the lodge were open, was very different! we met sooo many nice people from all over the world and when u start talking to them its like u have known them for years! the guides we had were fantastic and could speak english and the food was ok... they prepared veggie food for us especially but always ... read more

Rio - Copacabana

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro January 24th 2005

Haze with Sugar Loaf

dan n haze

hey all, much catching up to do... have been in rio for a few days staying on copacabana! very hard staying here and not singing the song everyday as you walk down the street. we got in near midnight and headed straight out to Lapa with this aussie guy we met in the hostel who said there was a big street party going on. it was absolutly massive. not street party but a few city blocks party! dancing, drinking, music coming out of the walls it just doesnt stop in rio. but we were up early the next day because our room was a sauna. we headed up to Cristo Redentor (Christ the Redeemer), the massive statue of christ that watches every part of rio. the clouds were low when we were there and every now ... read more

Outside of petroplis

South America » Brazil January 21st 2005

balpo

ola' todo bem, (hello, how are you) Today celebrates our our first week in brazil and we feel like little sponges soaking up everything possible. Right now we are at a place called the "Sitio" which is a mountian home of our friends that we have been visiting in brazil. It is a beautiful house in the middle of a valley near the city of petroplis. Prior to coming to Sitio we spent 6 glorious days wondering around Rio and discovering its many wonderful places. One of the days we did as so many cariocas (what people from rio known as) do, and spent the day at the beach both of getting a bit to much sun. On another, we walked for about 7 hrs around a giant lagoon and then to the Jardim Botanical which ... read more

Lapa

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro January 20th 2005

at heathrow

manjit jaya suhi

this will be short and sweet and we are on a budget and don´t have that much money for the net! we finally left the cold of london to arrive in the RAIN OF RIO! (its like taking a warm shower with clothes...) we have been here in rio de janerio for 4 days and have seen all the major sights- copacabana beach, sugar loaf mountian, the statue of christ among other things. we are now like the locals as we have mastered the bus system... pity we are leaving tomorrow! some quick stories: jaya is supposed to be on dog duty... ie trying to keep them away from suhi, fat lot of good she has been so far!!! here´s manjit´s and suhi´s version of events... we were on ipanema beach in the evening watching the ... read more

Honey Island

South America » Brazil » Paraná » Ilha do Mel January 19th 2005

Farol das Conchas (Lighthouse of the Shells)

PeteSarah

After a disappointing "scenic" train journey from Curitiba we hopped on a bus to Paranagua to get a boat to Honey Island or Ilha do Mel. On the way we met up with an Australian guy and an American girl who were staying at the same hostel as us, the Hostel Zorro in Encantadas town. As it was raining on the island when we arrived (it seems to rain more than it does in Ireland in Brazil at this time of the year) we decided to play a drinking game that Becky, the American 21 year-old university student, devised. Two bottles of cachaca (pron. cashasa, Brazillian firewater used in caipirinhas) went down surprisingly quickly and meant the next day was pretty much a write-off. Becky was up and about for breakfast at about 8am, knocking on ... read more

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