 | Xmas and New Year
2003-12-22, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. By: scottyg | | 22nd December 2003. Nothing prepared us for the bedlam at Foz do Iguacu bus station! We knew a lot of people would be heading home to Rio for Christmas but we never expected anything like the total c... |
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 | The Heart chakra of the World
2003-07-17, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. By: iqjourney | | First came the Tupi tribes, then the Portugese and even the French have been here. Now it's us........
After the transit in Miami, an 8 hour flight took us to Rio de Janeiro, the city of endless c... |
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 | Brazil is cool
2003-03-10, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. By: parky | | We are steadily working through the Brazilian loves, samba bars, football at the world's largest soccer stadium, beaches and more beaches. See the photos. |
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 | Timbalada
2003-01-05, Salvador, Brazil. By: kyt | | Formed by Carlinhos Brown in the Candeal borough of Salvador (Bahia), Timbalada is an Afro-pop-oriented drum band, melting rhythms of Bahia with those of Afro-American and Afro-Caribbean origin. Also ... |
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 | Cachoiera Excursions
2003-01-16, Cachoiera, Brazil. By: kyt | | Two amazing day trips to the town of Cachoiera, a former sugar & then tobacco growing hub in the interior of Brazil, 2 hours northwest of Salvador. We managed to miss only 3 buses before we boarded t... |
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 | Pelourinho
2003-01-18, Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. By: kyt | | Two weeks in the Bahian capital of Salvador. Gobs of energy, music and African culture. |
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 | Olodum
2003-01-14, Salvador, Brazil. By: kyt | | Olodum is an internationally known musical and cultural phenomenon as well as a drumbeater for Black rights in Brazil. They are based in Salvador, and along with a few thousand other people, we went ... |
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 | Moçambique Beach
2002-12-19, Florianópolis, Brazil. By: kyt | | A hike through an ecological reserve resulted in a beatutiful afternoon at Moçambique Beach, which we had all to ourselves. What a wonderful view of the world. |
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 | Surfing Lessons
2002-12-17, Florianópolis, Brazil. By: kyt | | Surfing "lessons" at Santinho Escola do Surf. Since we don´t speak Portugese, and they didn´t speak English or Spanish, our lessons consisted of a series of grunts, and the only English phrase ... |
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 | Tatajuba Dune Buggy Day Trip
2002-12-30, Jericoacoara, Brazil. By: kyt | | Approximately 60 km dune ride away, Tatajuba is a primitive fishermen’s village. The original village was completely covered by dunes. It was then reconstructed by the fishermen the river’s opposite b... |
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 | Jericoacoara
2002-12-27, Jericoacoara, Brazil. By: kyt | | Jericoacoara is a beach located in the northeast of Brazil, close to the equator, in the state of Ceará. It was, till about 15 years ago, an isolated fishing village, without any contact with modern c... |
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 | Christmas
2002-12-25, Jericoacoara, Brazil. By: kyt | | Kicked off Christmas morning with a run on the beach, and then a bountiful breakfast of fresh fruit, juice, and homemade bread. Spent a good portion of the day sharing the very short pay phone with l... |
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 | Historical Tour and Street Party
2002-10-02, Salvador, Brazil. By: irishsteph | | Hiya...
No I havent fallen off the planet. I have just been sooo bad at keeping this up to
date! I promise over the next while I will try and get up to speed on things.
Well to start where I le... |
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| Capoeira
2002-10-01, Salvador, Brazil. By: irishsteph | | 01 October 2002
We were up early this morning, 7:45! We were going to a Capoeria class at 9am.
Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art originally developed by the African slaves (slavery was still in... |
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| Salvadore
2002-10-01, Salvador, Brazil. By: irishsteph | | Hiya
Well we arrived in Salvadore at 7am yesterday after the 12 hour bus
journey. My feet were swollen again - so annoying... We got a taxi to
the hostel. Its called Albergue do Passa. This int... |
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| Leaving Arraial
2002-09-29, Arraial d´Ajuda, Brazil. By: irishsteph | | Hi..
Just to let you know, we are leaving Arraial d´Ajuda tonight. We are catching the 7pm bus from Porto Seguro to Salvador, further up the coast. It will be another long bus journey, 11 hours, an... |
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| Porto Seguro / Arraial d´Ajuda
2002-09-28, Arraial d´Ajuda, Brazil. By: irishsteph | | Howdy!
Think this will be a short one... We left Rio at 8:15 on Monday night
and arrived in Porto Seguro at 3:30pm the next day. I didnt sleep great
on the bus but i dosed a lot so I didnt feel t... |
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| Drinking and shopping...
2002-09-20, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. By: irishsteph | | Howdy..
Went out last night to a place called Melt (pronounced melch) and got pissed.
Spent 10 quid on 6 drinks, 5 of which were cocktails! Its sooo cheap here!
There were loads of us out. Nuala,... |
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 | Rio de Janeiro
2002-09-17, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. By: irishsteph | | Hello!
Have arrived safely in Rio de Janeiro.
The flight was long and we were travelling for almost 24 hours.
As you can imagine we were very jetlagged by the end of it.
David Trimble was on ... |
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