Brazil Travel Blogs - Page 4

Well, here is my last day in Brazil. It feels like home after spending 6 months here.  I´ve had the going away parties, said most of my good byes and have packed my bags. The only thing left to do now is hop on the bus to Ciudad del Este, Paraguay... tomorrow.  That's right, to…

After ten days in Florianopolis, my impression of Brazil (through beach town tinted sunglasses) is that it is a beautiful place filled with beautiful, beautiful people. No photograph can capture the way the wind blows by your face and the sun strikes the water on the Atlantic Ocean and no word…

The last two days we have been doing a buggy tour of Rio. Yesterday the weather was awful for touring in an open-topped car, but it was nice anyway and we saw the districts of Urca, Botafogo, Lapa, Santa Teresa and Centro. The stairs at Lapa are very famous and we had a bonus in that the artist Sel…

Trip filled with emotions!

3 countries down.. so many more to go!!

Holiday to Brazil, hot hot hot!!!

Arrived in Foz de Iguassu and quickly decided that I needed to sacrifice seeing the falls from the Brazilian side and get a flight to Rio de Janeiro as quickly as possible to try and do my number 1 destination of South America justice. Managed to get a decent price for the flight and was …

I have been in Salvador, Bahia • Brazil for a little over a month now. It has taken a while to overcome the shock I felt when I first arrived. Salvador is a very large city on the coast of the northeast state of Bahia. It is the third largest city in Brazil, with a population of near 3 million. B…

Visiting Brasil 2006, Northeast, Recife, Olinda, Gaibu, Itamaraca, Natal, Porto de Galinhas, Ilha dos Amores, Rio de Janeiro. Best pictures

I loved this little town nestled up in the hills of Brazil. My friend Paul and I went up here for a couple of days. It seems like everything in the town evolved around chocolate and Wine. We went to a great fondue restaurant and our table was right next to Nicholas Cage. We made small chat and …

It’s two full days before my eventual departure from Florianopolis, having spent the past three life enhancing months and few weeks lamenting my eventual departure at this island paradise in Brazil, and I am having what my Brazilian friend, Mahgoo, would say is a “Saudade” moment.  I sti…

This February I visited Brazil. In this beautiful country, I had many good experience and memory.  Brazil is famous for football, samba dancing and barbecue. When I had brazilian barbecue in US, I can't help thinking of this amazing country.   After put on sunscreen lotion, I head…

Brazil the country of many cities each with a unique culture and people.

Hello!On the 6th of August I arrived in Manaus, which is a city in the middle of the rainforest along the shores of the Amazon river.In the mid 19th century, the city used to be very important as the first rubber production center in the world. Nowadays it has 2 million citizens, living in concrete…

(Nat) Sat 29th Nov we are up early bright eyed and bushy tailed and have discovered the the main contemporary art museum in Brazil is round the corner so head there for a few hours of relaxing contemplation.. and me giving alex a lesson in the art movement of the 19th century.. i knew that course w…