- In the favela
7 February
We were picked up by the Favela Tours minibus for a guided tour around the favelas Vila Canoas and Rosinha, the latter being the biggest Favela in Rio, home of more than 70,000 people.
After the abolishment of slavery in Posted by Grantandhelena in Grant and Helena's world tour 2012 | Feb 9, 2012
- Impressions of Rio5 February - We had an awesome first day in Rio, enjoying 30 degree heat and clear blue skies - quite a change from Europe's winter. We kicked off with a Brazilian breakfast with our friends Jaime and Laila in their Posted by Grantandhelena in Grant and Helena's world tour 2012 | Feb 9, 2012
- Tira flecha
Ahora sabemos de donde viene la expresion "tira flecha". ;-) Posted by El_Fin in A Dream Comes True | Feb 6, 2012
- Porto Seguro[i]Llegamos a la estación de buses de Porto Seguro el 28 de enero a las 8 am, después de 12 horas de viaje desde Salvador. Desde ahí tomamos un bus amarillo por el cual pagamos 4 reales cada uno (2 Posted by El_Fin in A Dream Comes True | Feb 6, 2012
- CuritibaBesoekte saa Curitiba, soer-amerikas suksessby (det staar det i guideboekene altsaa) som er veldig lik paa Europeiske byar.
Byen var veldig rein, hadde det meste av det ein kan finne i Noreg (foruten Tine mjoelk og makrell i tomat) med Posted by Raggsokk in Barfot | Feb 4, 2012
- Hello/Goodbye Brazil!¬20 minutes ago our ship lifted the anchor and left the Port of Manaus. So now I sit here in my cabin and it is time to reflect. What to start with? I learned so much in these four short Posted by MVVincent in Semester at Sea | Feb 3, 2012
- french beachThat night, st patrick left with the night bus for chapata diamantina. I had to stay one more day because there were no seats on the bus to salvador that day. It was fine to stay one more day because Posted by aylinayar in brazil 101 | Feb 2, 2012
- maceio and gunga beachWe left olinda on a freezing metro train.
In recife bus terminal, nadia left for salvador. St patrick and I stayed together to take a bus to maceio. Another bus trip shaking and fr Posted by aylinayar in brazil 101 | Feb 2, 2012
- Canyons of Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilI have never gone to the Grand Canyon in the United States, as I always felt there are so many, almost, undiscovered places in the world who are not yet over run by tourists. One day I will go to Posted by erodrigo in Garfield around the world | Feb 2, 2012
- worst room competitionFirst nominee is the room in pipa:
the water bottle is there as a reference to the distance between the bed in the middle (mine) and the top one. It's not possible to use the Posted by aylinayar in brazil 101 | Feb 1, 2012
- ✰ RIO DE JANEIRO!! ✰After what seemed like an eternity waiting at the airport in Rome, and having met three lovely guys from Manchester, I managed to sleep pretty much the whole way through the 11hour flight from Rome to Rio de Janeiro, waking Posted by sdestecroix in Xx Skye's 2012 Adventure xX | Jan 29, 2012
- Summary SalvadorBefore we are heading to our next destination, Porto Seguro, we would like to give you at least a short summary of what we have done so far. We will try to add some more detailed information within the next Posted by El_Fin in A Dream Comes True | Jan 29, 2012
- Am I Living?So I am up at 2 in the morning my time and I am still working on homework!! Although I am only taking 12 credits, I feel like this is the largest workload I have had my entire college career! Posted by MVVincent in Semester at Sea | Jan 28, 2012
- A week in RioMy first week of Latin America has been pumped full of beautiful landscapes and immense experiences. One that stood out was going to see the sunset in Ipanema, which was beautiful in itself, but it was more the locals reaction Posted by Row_as in My gander to SA! | Jan 27, 2012
- Culinária da Bahia The following entry is dedicated to my sister, who was afraid that we would eat rice and beans for the next four months. Well, actually I told her; if you want to travel for several months, you have to cut Posted by El_Fin in A Dream Comes True | Jan 26, 2012
- what we did in olindaBesides following all the bands we saw on the streets, we did many silly things, sat on the steps of the church and watched the world go by, had fish soup and very pricey wine (that hurt!).
[img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/447233/drunk_man.jpg capt Posted by aylinayar in brazil 101 | Jan 26, 2012
- Salvador da Bahia!! We are here!! :-)After an 11 hours flight, we finally arrived to the colorful city of Salvador. From the airport it took us almost another 3 hours to get to the hostel in downtown Salvador since buses only leave hourly and the traffic Posted by El_Fin in A Dream Comes True | Jan 24, 2012
- Chapada DiamantinaSimply lovable!
Fekk snusen i Chapada Diamantina (ein av dei mange nasjonalparkane i Brasil) når me var i Itacare, og bestemte oss difor for å ta turen tilbake til Salvador, og derifrå rett vest til Lencois. Lencois er ein koseleg by Posted by igj084 in Barfot | Jan 24, 2012
- art on streetsGraffiti is also a very popular way of art. Streets are full of them and each one is so good that it is very difficult to put a small selection here. They mostly stem from the carnival and folkloric tales.
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- and even closerSome of these buildings are residential, but many of them are workshops of artists. Art manifests itself in the carnival. Many artists make carnival paintings and giant puppets that people "wear" during the march.
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- closer
[img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/447233/15.jpg capt Posted by aylinayar in brazil 101 | Jan 23, 2012
- buildings of olindaolinda is 20 minutes away from a big city called recife. Recife is the backdrop of olinda when you are in olinda looking out and it makes you feel good, because you see the skyscrapers and feel lucky that you Posted by aylinayar in brazil 101 | Jan 23, 2012
- brass band and drummers of maracatuAnd the next day is a day (and night) of carnival again. This time a maracatu drummers group come our way under palm trees. Again, they are not dressed up, just rehearsing.
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- forroNext day on the square, we run into a big group. First come the forro dancers. During the carnival, they will be in their traditional costumes which are very colorful and funny, but at the time being, since they are Posted by aylinayar in brazil 101 | Jan 22, 2012
- olinda, town of art and music
Another all-day-bus trip. St patrick, nadia and I are still together.
We arrived in olinda with no place to stay. It Posted by aylinayar in brazil 101 | Jan 22, 2012