Brazil
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Tuesday, 26 May 2009 | Views [800]
March 26th-7th 2009 Leaving Belem After just a night in Belem, Helen and I left out hotel, running with items from the breakfast table stuffed into a plastic bag and a man's arm flapping at us from the window, and hopped ... Read more >
Tuesday, 26 May 2009 | Views [661]
March 25 th - 26 th Belem I must have forgotten what it's like to stay in a hotel as I was surprised when the receptionist in “Hotel Unidos” in Belém (Portuguese for "Bethlehem") insisted that we didn't need to pay on arrival ... Read more >
Monday, 25 May 2009 | Views [3411]
March 20 th – 23 rd : Jericoacoara The Journey There Initially, Helen and I weren't able to get seats next to each other on the night bus from Recife to Fortaleza. We smiled as Helen's neighbour was quite a good-looking guy ... Read more >
Sunday, 24 May 2009 | Views [1550]
March 9 th - 13th: Arraial d'Ajuda The Journey An 18 hour coach journey took Helen and I from the mountain town of Ouro Preto via Belo Horizonte (of which we saw only sky scrapers and the busy bus station) to Porto Seguro on the coast ... Read more >
Wednesday, 29 Apr 2009 | Views [550]
March 6 th – 9 th
Ouro Preto lies at about 1100m above
sea level, some seven hours north of Rio. I was desperate to get some
sleep on the night bus there but the twisty mountain roads ensured
that was not to be ... Read more >
Sunday, 19 Apr 2009 | Views [985]
Helen and I went
hang gliding with two guys we'd met at the breakfast table one
morning at our hostel – Gianluca (Italian) and Marijan (Swedish).
When we saw the view from Pedra Bonita, where we were to run off a
wooden board, Helen, Marijan and ... Read more >
Wednesday, 15 Apr 2009 | Views [465]
March 2 nd - March 6 th
Being in Rio for the first time in our
lives, Helen and I had to, of course, do some of the obligatory
tourist activities. We consequently
chilled on Ipanema beach, struggled to relax on Copacabana's what
with vendors ... Read more >
Monday, 23 Mar 2009 | Views [449]
March 1 st
How excited was I when I was waiting
behind the barriers at “Arrivals” at Rio's airport for my sister
to come around the corner. I haven't seen any family for going on 8
months. I was looking forward to ... Read more >
Monday, 23 Mar 2009 | Views [671]
February 26 th
– February 28 th
Thierry, Matilde and I
decided to travel together from the Island of Santa Catarina to Paraty (via
breakfast in Sao Paulo's bus station) and after an 18 hour journey up
the coast, ... Read more >
Saturday, 21 Mar 2009 | Views [592]
February 22 nd
- 25th
My fist week of travelling alone coincided with Brazil's biggest festival - carnaval; the mad period of parades, dancing, samba, dressing up and lots of parting held four days before Ash Wednesday. Fearing Rio may just ... Read more >
Tuesday, 24 Feb 2009 | Views [664]
February 21 st - 22nd The day that Robbie's mum left to fly back to Ireland was also our last day in Argentina and my last day being with Robbie and Eva. I was to meet my sister in Rio on March 1 st and Robbie and Eva wanted to head towards ... Read more >
