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Watch a Brazilian Football Match

Benedict Adam — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:23:39 +0000

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

Benedict Adam — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:41:31 +0000

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 rainforest [...]

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Amazon Rainforest Trip in Photos – Part 1

Benedict Adam — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:20:20 +0000

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.

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Lacerda lift – Salvador, Brazil – Friday Photo

Benedict Adam — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:55:45 +0000

The fantastic art deco Lacerda lift that descends from Salvador main town down to the harbour area. Lacerda lift – Salvador, Brazil – Friday Photo is a post from: Backpacker Ben Travel Blog

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Sunset from Sugarloaf Mountain

Benedict Adam — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:58:09 +0000

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 Rio [...]

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Iguaçu or Iguazu Falls? Argentina vs Brazil

Benedict Adam — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:12:50 +0000

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 [...]

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Manuas to Belem by Amazon River Boat

Benedict Adam — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:00:18 +0000

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 [...]

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Birds Birds Birds at the Iguazu Falls

Benedict Adam — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:01:54 +0000

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 [...]

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Favela Tourism, Rocinha, Rio

Benedict Adam — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:17:55 +0000

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 [...]

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Praia de Pipa – The best beach in Brazil?

Benedict Adam — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:46:41 +0000

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 [...]

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