Brazil
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Tuesday, 29 Jul 2008 | Views [453]
Of all the trips and cities, Porto Alegre in southern Brazil was the only definite stop on our entire itinerary, with a star on July 26. Ben's good friend from childhood, Alex Ellenberg, was getting married to his Brazilian sweetie, Fernanda Katz, whom ... Read more >
Tags: culture, wedding!
Tuesday, 29 Jul 2008 | Views [211]
Rio is ranked as the world's most beautiful city (at least that's what our "Rio" guide told us) and we have no problem believing him. Although, I would make a very strong argument for Cape Town. In fact, both cities are strikingly similar when ... Read more >
Tags: sightseeing
Saturday, 26 Jul 2008 | Views [197]
Our tour of the northeast concluded with four days in Salvador de Bahia, a crazy, colorful city that was once the main port for the slave trade. The African influence has flourished and survived in Salvador, and many of the colonial buildings, while run ... Read more >
Tags: sightseeing, culture
Thursday, 17 Jul 2008 | Views [237]
Back in Recife/Olinda, Ben and I met up with Amy Cooper, who popped by Brazil to hang with us for a few days after her Habitat for Humanity stint in Paraguay. Our plan was to visit Olinda with Amy for a few hours before heading south to the beach hot ... Read more >
Tags: beaches & sunshine
Sunday, 13 Jul 2008 | Views [791] | Comments [1]
From Saõ Paulo, we flew on economical GOL airlines to Recife, the capital city of Pernambuco state in the northeast of Brazil. Recife (HAY-see-fay) is a huge metropolitan city, but it has a shady reputation and also the highest murder rate of any of ... Read more >
Tags: beaches & sunshine
Tuesday, 8 Jul 2008 | Views [331] | Comments [1]
After three awesome months in Peru, Ben and I bid farewell to the country at the Lima airport with a scoop of gelato from our favorite Limeño shop, Quattro D. We were ready for a new country and psyched to be heading to Brazil, but of course, it was ... Read more >
Tags: on the road, sightseeing
