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Rio de Janeiro - Day 3 I forgot to mention that on the evening of Day 1 we saw a dead, headless, fully feathered chicken in a bowl on the pavement near our hostel. No one around, no houses close...odd?! Anyway! This morning we had breakfast Posted by staceywaugh in Waughs around the World | Jan 25, 2013
Rio de Janeiro - Day 2, Part 2After Santa Teresa we went to see the Lapa steps. An artist named Jorge Selaron began renovating the steps in 1990 using tiles. It cost him a lot of money to keep up so people from all around the world Posted by staceywaugh in Waughs around the World | Jan 24, 2013
Rio de Janeiro - Day 2 Part 1You'll be pleased to know that the cheese and ham toasties went well this morning! No fruit though as we got up a little later, so another trip to the supermarket for fruit, water and nutella - the kitchen in Posted by staceywaugh in Waughs around the World | Jan 24, 2013
Rio de Janeiro - Day 1We woke around 8.30am, after broken but not bad sleep. To be expected really when we're not used to sleeping in a building with this many people. The room and our tiny bathroom (by the way, I have no idea Posted by staceywaugh in Waughs around the World | Jan 23, 2013
Arriving in Rio de JaneiroThe flight to Rio was 12 hours. Andrew said it felt it, but it wasn't too bad with inflight movies, two meals and drinks and snacks throughout. Plus I wrote the last post, which helped to kill the time too. Posted by staceywaugh in Waughs around the World | Jan 22, 2013
Rio de Janeiro - Let the games begin!!!After a few months of planning we finally arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on the 29th of December 2012. After hearing horror stories and being warned not to leave the hostel with ANYTHING we were pretty anxious arriving at Posted by Julie Kavanagh in Beyond the harbour | Jan 11, 2013
Brazil - Foz do IguaçuAfter a long overnght bus from Sao Paulo, we arrived in Foz do Iguaçu in readiness for one of South America´s big attractions...Iguazu Falls. Every traveller that we had passed recommend we saw the falls from both the Brazillian and Posted by TheNomadWay.com in TheNomadWay.com | Dec 30, 2012
Brazil - São PauloIt was time to escape the burning heat in Paraty and we caught a bus to São Pulo, Brazil's largest city, with a population of over 19.5 million! It is big! There is no stand out attraction in São Paulo, but Posted by TheNomadWay.com in TheNomadWay.com | Dec 28, 2012
Brazil - ParatyChristmas was looming, so we booked ourselves into a big hostel in Paraty, to meet some people and have some fun. Paraty itself is a small town on the coast of Brazil, only a few hours from Ilha Grande, full of Posted by TheNomadWay.com in TheNomadWay.com | Dec 25, 2012
Brazil - Ilha GrandeWe enjoyed a little holiday from our travels in Ilha Grande, with pristine beaches, many walks in green lush rainforest and a relaxed atmosphere we soaked it all up. Finding ourselves a lovely little posada (guesthouse) called Velho Guerreico, with Posted by TheNomadWay.com in TheNomadWay.com | Dec 22, 2012
Brazil - Rio de JaneiroWow what a city, Rio de Janeiro tops our list of big South American cities, by a long way! Beautiful beaches, mountains, rainforest, friendly people and a great vibe. We met up with some friends here who lined us up Posted by TheNomadWay.com in TheNomadWay.com | Dec 16, 2012
Brazil - Manaus We disembarked our river boat, our home for the last four days, and with all our belongings accounted for walked into Manaus. We arrived at our accommodation with our faces matching the colour of tomatoes. It was hot, especially trekking Posted by TheNomadWay.com in TheNomadWay.com | Dec 9, 2012
The Mighty Amazon River, Leticia to ManausNeighbouring Leticia is the town of Tabatinga in Brazil where all river boats leave from. After jumping on board to buy our tickets, it was nice to see that the boat was new and slightly more impressive than we had Posted by TheNomadWay.com in TheNomadWay.com | Dec 7, 2012
Happy New Year's from 30,000 feetIt's the last day of 2012 and as I watch the sun come up over the palm trees for the last day of our trip to Brasil, I have to look back and think that it was another great year Posted by colincampbell in Endless Summer 2013 | Dec 31, 2012
South America 1987 (8) - Brazil (7) - ImpressionsImpressions from Brazil: We have now been almost exactly a month in Brazil, thirty days more precisely. That is almost what we had planned or expected. It is time for a review of all the impressions I have. ===First the financials=== We Posted by Sandalsand in Sandalsand | Oct 24, 1987
South America 1987 (6) - Brazil (5) - Manaus and the jungleManaus and the jungle: We had left Porto Velho on a bus. This chapter starts with our arrival at a boat landing on the Amazon and tells our story from Manaus and a trip into the jungle fishing flesh-eating piranhas. ===Thursday Posted by Sandalsand in Sandalsand | Oct 21, 1987
South America 1987 (5) - Brazil (4) - Into the vast interiorThe next legs of our journey brought us into the vast interior of Brazil. Key words are deforestation, gold rush and long stretches on bus. ===Friday 09.10.1987, Belo Horizonte - Cuiabá=== And then it is off into the interior of the country Posted by Sandalsand in Sandalsand | Oct 14, 1987
South America 1987 (4) - Brazil (3) - Ouro PretoOuro Preto was the centre of the 18th century gold rush. We also visited nearby Mariana before continuing our journey to Belo Horizonte. ===Tuesday 06.10.1987, Ouro Preto=== The bus trip from Rio de Janeiro to Ouro Preto went Posted by Sandalsand in Sandalsand | Oct 8, 1987
South America 1987 (3) - Brazil (2) - Beaches south of RioLooking for beaches and old colonial towns south of Rio. ===Tuesday 29.09.1987, Angra dos Reis=== Around nine we went out to the Rodoviària, as all bus stations in Brazil are called. We found a bus to Hacuraça, a small place 9 Posted by Sandalsand in Sandalsand | Oct 5, 1987
South America 1987 (2) - Brazil (1) - Rio de JaneiroThe departure from Norway and first adventurous and dramatic days in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ===Wednesday 23.09.1987, Stavanger, Copenhagen, Lisbon=== Another long journey is starting, this time to South America. I had bought a ticket to [i Posted by Sandalsand in Sandalsand | Sep 28, 1987
Feliz Natal!First of all, Merry Christmas and Feliz Natal to all of our friends and family wherever you are, we wish you the best for the season and hope everyone is happy and healthy. If you followed our blog and our adventures Posted by colincampbell in Endless Summer 2013 | Dec 25, 2012
Iguazu Falls from all anglesWe came, we saw, we were dumbfounded. We marvelled at them from Brazil, we were in awe of them from Argentina, we got a bird’s eye view from a chopper flying over the top and we got drenched in a Posted by 270days in Around the world in 270 days | Dec 16, 2012
Road Trip: JERRICOACOARAIt was time for a break this week from Ilha do Guajiru so we jumped on a bus with some friends and headed 80kms north on an adventure to visit the town of Jerricoacoara (pronounced: Jeri-kwa-kwa-ra.) We were accompanied Posted by colincampbell in Endless Summer 2013 | Dec 14, 2012
Our Buzios hideawayJust three hours east of Rio de Janeiro on the coast is a tropical paradise called Armação dos Búzios – where the rich and famous come to play in their holiday homes, the seafood is fresh and abundant in restaurants Posted by 270days in Around the world in 270 days | Dec 13, 2012
Rainy The following photos were taken from our apartment. Every day around 5.30 the rain will start. [img=http://photos. Posted by jessiquinha in Brazilerated | Dec 13, 2012

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