Before I began my trip to Rio Carnaval 2009, I was clueless as to how to plan it, and at what cost! There are tour operators who charge £££s for a package tour that grants you access to the sambodrome and accomodation, there are hostels that organise packages for you and there is also the [...]
I stayed here for just one night and one day… there’s not an awful lot to write about so instead I’ll just sample a few pictures. I stayed at a nice hostel called O de Casa Hostel and although I was only there one night they served a good breakfast (unlike many hostels I can [...]
So I woke up early one morning, got on the 9.30am ferry from Ilha Grande back to the mainland and wondered what was in store next! After finding a suspiciously schoolbus like mode of transportation, I was being transported past sweeping bays and gigantic green mountains of the type you come to expect from a [...]
Tonight I’m staying at a hostel with no other English-speakers and there is not a soul in my room! So there’s no better chance than this to catch up on posting about my travels. I don’t think Buzios (my first stop after Rio Carnaval) needs its own post because all I did there was relax [...]
March 25, 2009 – 11:56 am
Now that it’s been nearly two weeks since I left Brazil, I can now reflect on my time in such an awesome country. What I would do differently: + Only get to Rio De Janeiro the following week of the carnaval, where you can still catch the Champions parade for a fraction of the cost. [...]
March 12, 2009 – 10:12 am
My love-hate affair with transport in Brazil started no less than the very first hour I landed in Rio. Mellow Yellow hostel, voted ‘best hostel in South America’ arranged for me to have my very own car to chauffeur me from the airport to the hostel. When I got there, about a dozen other travellers [...]
March 12, 2009 – 10:10 am
In the run-up to a potentially year-long stint away from home, it’s fair to say you need to put some thought into what you’re going to take with you. One of the worst things you can do is wait until the night before your flight to pack (especially when you’re still recovering from a beer, [...]
