Brazil Travel Blogs - Page 7

hey all,greetings from Sao Paulo!  after a grueling flight from Salvador, (we departed at 2:50am and arrived at 6:30am with a one hour time change, and had NO sleep, with a cold airplane, but ample seating) we arrrived dead tired and slept the majority of our first day in Sao Paulo.  we w…

Morro de Sau Paulo, a hop, skip and a jump form Salvador Bahia.  Having been in Salvador for nearly three weeks a place that was ringing of many locals tongues was that of Morro de Sau Paulo.  I decided after been advised by the second local, who talked about the island with so much passi…

Arrived in Boa Vista after a cab ride here from the border, sharing the cab with a local man and a woman who was completely pissed. She would be asleep at one minute then suddenly start talking to the cab driver, slurring and spitting, then mid-sentence, pass out again. Got to the bus station in …

Sao Paulo to Rio by car...

Tips For Travellers Podcast # 32: Sao Paulo (Brazil) To listen to the Podcast, "right click" the following link and save the audio file to your computer: click here To subscribe and listen to the podcast on iTunes: click here To read the show notes: click here To see photos and video cl…

Just a glimpse of my trips...

Throughout my life I’ve been fascinated by anything to do with aircraft and flying. So, when the opportunity presented itself for me to take a tandem hang glider flight during a visit to Rio de Janeiro I couldn’t resist. After a short bus ride from Rio I arrived at Pepino Beach where…

July 17th - We got up and went to the bus station to catch our 1pm bus to Rio. We got on at 1.30pm and it was full.  Emma was sat in front of Neil.  We went straight to the Argentinian border crossing where we were waiting for 1hr for everyone to get a stamp in their passport.  The B…

            The 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup held in South Africa serves as a precursor to the 2010 FIFA World Cup.  The Confederations Cup fires up the fans for the World Cup and allows the national teams to get a feel for where the teams…

some sights of Brazil

:) Today was corpus day which is widely celebrated in Brazil, and for this reason EVERYTHING closes, and class got canceled. I took advantage of this by waking up at 6:00AM with a few other girls to hit the beaches. Ever since I have been here I have been waiting for my beach time, and today w…

So....Brazil, the country where you need to speak brazillian portugese (i had that down), have a beach body (again) and look glamorous (dont exoect anything else) whilst sipping on caiphrinia (which you should learn to make) and dance the sexy samba (such good exercise).Right thats the checklis…

Written by: Rachel Benkeser, Phil Gadomski, and John Winn   Like Argentina and Brazil, the countries of South Korea and Japan industrialized well after the nations of Western Europe and the United States.  Yet, unlike Argentina and Brazil, South Korea and Japan closed their borders to f…

I went to see the medic on board to see if I could get any pills to help me sleep (I've been having trouble with my malarone) - she said she could help me, but would contact a doctor on land first to authorise the issue. I go back to the office. 2 hours later, a panicking office monkey tells me…

Located in Iguazu Forest are the world reknown, Iguazu Falls*  Accross from the falls in the forest, is a hotel, named Das Catarates.  It's, exceptionally located, and I'd advise for you to stay there, if possible (I believe it's a bit expensive).  You may have dinner in the evening…