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    • About Ben’s Backpacking Travel Blog

      The main aim of this travel blog is to share travel experiences and hopefully inspire others to travel. When researching my own travels I always focus on the photos and with that in mind I've tried to place an emphasis on travel photos of my favourite destinations. I've also tried to focus on those places to visit and things to do that are slightly off the beaten track of the normal backpacking trip.

      My blog covers past experiences backpacking around the world and my current travels where so far I've been lucky enough to travel in the South Pacific, Australasia, South East Asia, Europe, North America and South America.
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    Brazil Travel and Backpacking

    Brazil has to be one of my favourite counties ive ever been to. Great food, music, football and incredible beaches make for a perfect combination in my opinion. One thing to bear in mind is that Brazil isn't cheap and it can be dangerous, but ravel sensibly and you will be fine and have the time of your life!

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    Check out the Brazil Highlights below:

    Watch a Brazilian Football Match

    I love football,  but I can’t think of a better, more apt thing to do in Brazil than go and watch a Brazilian football match. Don’t buy an over priced ticket from your hostel, games rarely sell out unless there [...]

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    Amazon Rainforest Trip Part 2

    A guide can really make or break an excursion or tour and I don’t think I’ve ever had a guide as interesting and crazy as Marcus. He made what could have been a fairly disappointing trip into the Amazon [...]

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    Amazon Rainforest Trip in Photos – Part 1

    There are many tours running out of Manaus that offer trips out into the Amazon Rainforest. We booked ours before we arrived after a bit of internet research, one selling point being staying on a floating river lodge.

    4 Comments » | Brazil, Photos, feature |

    Lacerda lift – Salvador, Brazil – Friday Photo

    The fantastic art deco Lacerda lift that descends from Salvador main town down to the harbour area.

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    Sunset from Sugarloaf Mountain

    Its not off the beaten track and you’ll share the experience with a lot of other tourists but watching the sunset from Sugar Loaf mountain is a high light of any trip, a must do on a stay in [...]

    No Comments » | Brazil, Highlights |

    Iguaçu or Iguazu Falls? Argentina vs Brazil

    The Iguazu Falls are located on the border of Brazil and Argentina, 275 waterfalls ranging in height from 60-80m along 2.7 km of the Iguazu River combining to make one of the the largest waterfalls in the world. When we visited [...]

    5 Comments » | Argentina, Brazil, Highlights, feature |

    Manuas to Belem by Amazon River Boat

    One of the few things we planned to do as we travel through South America was take the 4 day, 1713km boat trip along the Amazon from Manaus to Bemen. We’d heard about party boats where everyone danced all the [...]

    4 Comments » | Brazil, Featured, feature |

    Birds Birds Birds at the Iguazu Falls

    Right next to the Iguazu Falls on the Brazilian side, there’s a little Bird Park thats well worth a visit if your visiting the must see Iguazu Falls. There’s all sorts of amazing tropical birds free to fly around you [...]

    3 Comments » | Brazil, Highlights, Off the beaten track |

    Favela Tourism, Rocinha, Rio

    When we visited Rio we’d heard a bit about tours that went into the Favelas (or shanty towns) of Rio de Janeiro, my first impressions where that Favela tours sounded inappropriate and dangerous but after speaking to a few people [...]

    4 Comments » | Brazil, Highlights |

    Praia de Pipa – The best beach in Brazil?

    Pipa is a village to the south of Nata, located at one of Brazils most eastern points in the state of Rio Grande do Norte Pipa is surrounded by beautiful bays and beaches. Pipa became famous after it was discovered [...]

    6 Comments » | Brazil |

    Friday Photo – Amazon Tree Frog, Brazil

    While camping out in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, our guide woke us all up in the middle of the night, just in time to get a great close up photo of this tree frog, before he grabbed it and carefully [...]

    7 Comments » | Brazil, Photos, Wildlife |

    Things to do in Jericoacara, Brazil

    We did enjoyed our visit to Jericoacara in Brasil, however it was maybe a bit to trendy for our liking and the conditions weren’t very good for beach action (the wind was too strong) but we still found plenty to [...]

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