Category: South America
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Natal, Brazil
Probably the nicest of all the beach cities we have visited in the whole of Brazil, apart from obviously Rio de Janeiro which might not be beaten by any city in the world that has beaches. There are plenty of nicer little beach towns, like Porto de Galinhas, around Brazil but the beach cities have…
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Porto de Galinhas, Brazil
Now after the, not disappointment of Maceió, but the lack of points of interest, Porto de Galinhas was really nice. The beach was beautiful and sat behind the beach there was a quaint little town where they seemed obsessed with making famous people look like chickens, I kid you not. After the first afternoon there…
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Maceió, Brazil
Well, what can I say about Maceió? Its OK but there isn’t really anything to keep you there. The beach is, again, OK. But then again I’m probably comparing it to other places like Rio de Janeiro or Praia do Forte. One great thing did happen though when I had a stroll to the beach…
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Salvador, Brazil
Back to Salvador for a couple of days to experience the madness that is a Tuesday night. Yes, a Tuesday. We also went to see a turtle conservation project (Projeto Tamar) at Praia do Forte about 2 hours down the coast from Salvador. Projeto Tomar We made the mistake of taking the local bus to…
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Lençóis, Brazil
Breaking down on highways where robberies are common was a scary moment at the end of two very beautiful days. As we found out though, there are some people in this world still there to help others in their time of need, 3 very kind Brazilians helped us that night, but it all started with…
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Salvador, Brazil
After the drama on the bus just north of Rio de Janeiro we weren’t looking forward to travelling to the city with the most fearsome reputation in Brazil. Salvador is mentioned in the guide books as the place in Brazil you are most likely going to get mugged. We stayed in the old colonial part…
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Arraial d’Ajuda, Brazil
Not far at all from Porto Seguro is the small beach town of Arriail D’Ajuda. It’s so small there is one bus route that goes round in a circle. You can arrive via a passenger ferry from Porto Seguro for next to nothing and then return back for free. I said there is slightly more…
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Porto Seguro, Brazil
A really nice little town to visit along the way but there is so little to do here you only need a day or two at the very tops. They have a huge 22km ish beach but the sea there does not look very tempting as its a dull shade of grey. There were apparently…
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
So with the World Cup well and truly over we were ready to take on Rio de Janeiro for the second time but closer in to do all of the touristy things people associate with Rio. We stayed in quite a nice part of Gloria close to the centre of Rio, but it still looked…
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Maracanã Madness
I was pretty gutted that I didn’t sort myself out in good time and get some tickets to the World Cup 2014. So with that in mind I got the chance to go to the Maracanã where the World Cup Final was played just 2 weeks earlier to see a local derby game in the…
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Paraty, Brazil
Paraty is a beautiful little town just further north from Rio, but it couldn’t be further from Rio in respects to the type of place it is. Paraty has these small streets with huge cobble stones on the floor. As long as you don’t break your neck/ankles on the streets it really is a nice…
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Ilha Grande, Brazil
We had heard a lot of good things about Ilha Grande from a few travellers and hostel owners along the way so had to come and check out this unspoilt paradise. Getting closer to the island by boat we could begin to see the beauty of the island. Dense jungle covering the vast majority of…
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Argentinians in Full Song
So it was the final of the World Cup 2014 and we had made it down onto the Copacabana for the festivities 4 hours early! There were over 100,000 Argentinians on the beach for the final so I really can’t begin to image how many people there were in total. An amazing day in the…
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Well, it wasn’t quite central Rio, but it was technically Rio de Janeiro. Recreio dos Bandeirantes was the name of the place and it was about an hour and a half away from the centre. This visit to Rio de Janeiro was all about the final week of the World Cup 2014. We had decided…
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São Paulo, Brazil
São Paulo is a huge city. I mean, really big. We found it almost impossible to walk anywhere but the metro there is pretty bang on and the hostel we stayed in, São Paulo Street Hostel, was pretty amazing too. Museu do Futebol We took the time to visit the Football Museum at the Pacaembu…