Brazil Travel Blogs - Page 12

bon.. en fait ca commence a sao paulo, mais je ny suis pas restee une minute! je suis tout de suite partie rejoindre nadia a Sana..un petit village rasta, perdu ds les montagnes pres de casimiro de abreu, a quelques heures de rio... Genre d'endroit cool, mais en arrivant, je me suis vraiment demand…

The best party that you can ever go in your life is called: CARNAVAL. This famous party is usually celebrate in february.It´s 4 days party, and depending the city you are,It´s impossible to sleep. The bests cities to visit in Carnaval are Salvador and then Rio de Janeiro. But all over Brasil people are celebrating, others towns that the party is good are Ouro Preto and Diamantina. I can guarantee you´ll have the time of your life!

Rachel’s Study Abroad Argentina/Brazil recommendations:   Part 1: Buenos Aires Keep the amount of time spent in Buenos Aires comparable to the month we spent there this year.   Reasoning: I felt like Buenos Aires was a wonderful city to spend a la…

Florianopolis has been one of my favorite cities that I have ever visited in my life. It is absolutely breathtaking. The numerous views of the city are spectacular! During my tenure in Floripa, as the Brazilians call it, I thoroughly enjoyed relaxing on the magnificent beaches. Accordingly, it …

I will be flying to Paris and then to Venice, I´ll overnight and get onboard of the Splendour of the Seas. I can´t say why, but I feel that this one will be a good experience.  It will be 11 weeks of Greece, Turkey, Croatia and Venice (every Friday).  

Japan has developed an impressive local automobile industry (Toyota, Subaru, etc.), South Korea as well (Hyundai), India is trying to do so (Tata). Most of the industrialized countries created their national car firms (France, Italy, USA, Britain, Sweden, Germany, Russia).  Brazil and Argentin…

I met some really nice Danish girls in Itacare, who visited me afterwards in Cordoba. One night in Itacare we went out for seafood. After a delicious meal, Marie went to use the bathroom and moments later emerged stating that there was water all over the floor in the bathroom and there must be a …

Argentina has Tango.  Spain has Flamenco.  What does Brazil have?  Brazil has Samba, Carnival & Funk.  These musical genres are what I have been exposed to during my travels in South America.  Out of all the listed genres, the only one I was familiar was National Rock a…

2006 trip for a month to do some research and of course, to travel.

Now I don't want to seem at all arrogant! (that wouldn't be like me at all aye... lol) but I thought I knew a thing or two about international travel!  Turns out, always something new to learn.  I blindly let the travel agent lead me and didn't think to double check connections and the ro…

So what is it like to speak Portuguese?  After two months in Brazil, I am able to converse and even convey my thoughts on politics, relationships, religion, ask a cute Brazilian gal for a dance, tell someone, “…your fly is open…just joking”, “…you just kissed a transvestite you ign…

Time to go home. We had an early breakfast, and were completely packed before 10h. After some slow service checking out the hotel, we got a cab to the airport, and soon were flying home. Bye bye, Porto Alegre. I really had happy times over here, and wish to come back as soon as possible - but next …

BUS JOURNEY Our last bus trip, woo! And of course it had to be seriously eventful since it was our last one and it certainly didnt dissapoint in that respect! It was suppsoed to be 22 hours and it ended up being 32 hours! Our first glitch happened whilst getting on the bus itself. Basically the g…

Group Members: Mary Beth Strawn, Shannon Joiner, Lynn Deaton You have been asked by the state department to prepare a constitutional overhaul for Brazil. The current electoral system has numerous problems and many complaints. You are to analyze the current electoral system and provide an a…

Brazil has fantastic food. Perhaps I feel this way because Argentina, where I was previously, offers a good but disappointingly limited array of meals. So, like a caravan out of the desert of steak and empanadas, this study abroad trip has found the oasis of Rios de Janeiro. Although only partaking…