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by elephant930
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We went on a 2 day trip to Pipa with Emilio a Dutch guy who speaks perfect English & Portuguese.
We visited many places on the way to Pipa, including a Brazillian market, protected forest that housed monkeys, tortoise, a croc, bats & a conservation area devoted to sea turtles. We stayed over night in a pousada in Pipa, which gave us the opportunity to sample Pipa after dark. The following day we visited more places & went on a boat trip to swin with the dolphins.
Would highly recommend you take a trip with him.
Carnatal - the off-season carnival of Natal
by Alless
One week of carnival is not enough for many Brazilians.
Almost every big city tries to capitalize on that fact and organize an off-season carnival. Fortaleza has Fortal, Recife has Recifolia, Brasilia (a city famous not just for not having carnival, but also for not having any other means of having fun) has Candango; Natal has Carnatal.
Carnatal takes place sometime in early November. It has happened in the streets around Machadao (traffic around the stadium changes radically during Carnatal days), but every year a discussion arises about the convenience of moving the party somewhere else (people who live around that area claim they pay too much tax and are unhappy with all the noise that Carnatal makes).
While in Rio it's difficult (though possible) for foreigners to participate directly of the parades (most tourists just watch alegories passing by), in Carnatal participation is the norm.
There are several "blocos", which consistly basicly of a famous band playing music very loudly on the top of a big adapted truck; the truck moves slowly along the streets, and the members of the block are allowed to follow it, singing, dancing and enjoying themselves (plenty of drinking, flerting, hugging, kissing). A membership costs around R$100, and you are identified by a characteristic t-shirt, called abada; only people wearing abadas can follow the block.
You can also just watch the blocks; either you pay a small fee to be allowed in the cabines mounted around the Carnatal streets, or just wander around for free.
Natal - ''City of the Dunes''
by Sunshinekiss
"Park of Dunes"
Natal is known as "City of the Dunes", with a Park of Dunes measuring 8 kilometers of extension and 1,8 kilometer of width. Its sea is of calm, blue and crystal clear waters. It's just breathtaking...
"PIPA - Praia do Amor (Beach of Love)"
Pipa is one of Natal's most beautiful beaches where you can enjoy the cliffs, coconut trees, hills, reefs and some natural swimming pools.
"Genipabu"
The famous Beach of Genipabu, another paradise of the Brazilian northeast, offers special adventures such as buggy rides over the fixed dunes, reaching up to 30 meters in height, and the amazing opportunity to visit its movable dunes that for the action of the winds are never in the same place.
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