Florianopolis Travel Blogs

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…

People here often give me akward glances as I walk down street, or if I´m sitting in a cafe having an espresso, smoking a cigarette, or writing in this journal. Brazilians are different. It is not a sin to show affection or utter the words, I love you. Public affection is common and couples hold h…

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…

This evening i took the 14 hour bus journey to Florianopolis, i was accompanied by Willy a big german guy who was playing drinking games with us, he was really nice but i couldnt understand a word he was saying, he was really softly spoken and didnt have the best english, i just nodded and smiled a…

KERRY - After another night bus journey we arrived in Floripa (as the locals call it) at about 9am. I was planning on meeting a couple of my old work friends from the BMA, here for dinner, but little did i expect the warm hospitality that we received! I was about to get my bags together and look …

:) 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…

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…

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…

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Wow!  What else is there to say about this place?  We arrived on Saturday in Floripa after dusk and were unable to witness all that the countryside has to offer until the next morning.  Sunday we awoke to a beautiful morning where we all went on a tour to see the different parts of t…

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 …

Hey guys, well this is going to be a biggie as the internet is fairly expensive here (for sth america standards) and i havnt had a chance to knock up afew entries so this will be 4 in 1 account of my time but woweee what a place Florianopolis is so lets go back to the beginning after this short ann…

:) 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 was th…

Hey guys!  Sorry its been forever since I've written, internet is not as ubiquitous here in Florianopolis (but the beautiful women are!  Everything you've heard about Brazilian women is true... its amazing how many gorgeous women are everywhere).  I've been here for almost a week now…

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