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The Harbour #1, the Harbour #2 Manaus
1 Review There's a big harbour in Manaus, with ticket offices where you can buy passages to the boats that depart Manaus in either direction. Prices are not expensive, and you can usually choose between a...
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The motels that you can see everywhere in Brazil are not normal motels. You can rent there a room for 6 or 12 ours. Some are equipped with sauna, jacuzzi and so one. So if you only want to sleep or you are alone then don´t go there. No problem, just leave.
take your Rolex to the Beach :)), leave the Leica at the Hotel..a little change for Icecream Coconut juice or Guarana soda should do. if u can't live without them..just stay at all times in your chair! don't go there in the first place
On about my 3rd day in Rio I was sitting at a milk bar near copocaba beach relaxing and taking in all the sights .A bloke approached me asking me where I was from asking if he could show me round.He was a deadringer for eddie murphy and spoke good english.He kept asking me what I wanted to do, which i replied to chill ,at this point I decided to relax on the beach.Suddenly he appeared with a deck chair and asked what I wanted to drink.Ok i thought lets have some fun, I had a capporihna some kind of white rum based drink. 'How much' I asked replying he said 'its on me'Anyway after about 4 of these in the mid day sun he turned the conversation to women, then he proceded to bring an array of girls to me, I felt like King of Copocabana .One wanted me to rub cream allover her body which i thought was a little forward but hey i'm on holiday in Brazil !Eddie was filling me witha load of speel...
If you follow the same itinerary that I did (Rio-Salvador-Iguacu) you won't have any trouble finding internet points in which to stay connected to friends and family overseas. Be prepared however, for sometimes intermittent and slow connections. As always, it's good to stay in touch, but try not to get trapped wasting away too much of your valuable vacation time doing something you could be doing once you get back home.
It is s scam. They make you pay a lot (we paid R 30 per person) and you get nothing. You spend 2 hours in a hot and crowded room where a few women are chanting and dancing around faking that they are in trance. A great disappointment.
My roommates paid $30 USD each way for a cab ride to downtown for the samba parade. I paid $0.75 for two roundtrip tickets on the subway and we got there faster than my roommates. You Have to take cabs some places in Rio but you could save yourself a lot of time and money by taking the subway. It's new, very clean, and relatively safe. I don't have train schedule info but with a little bit of research I'm sure it's not hard to find. I actually didn't even know there was a subway in Rio until a couple days before I left.
Most tourists that I talk to paid $100 to $250 USD for tickets to the samba parade through a travel agency or online. It is more convenient this way but you can save a chunk of money if you buy them once you arrive. The Sambadromo runs from 8:00 AM to 5:00 AM almost 24 hours so there is constantly people coming and going even during the peak periods. You have to see the Sambadromo if you go to Rio. I got lucky, I made a good friend while I was there who showed me around and saved me a lot of money. Here's my story:On the second to last day of the parade a guy offered me a ticket for $100, I told him I only had $20 so he gave it to me for $20. I thought I did good saving $80 but Carlos told me I paid to much. So we went down to the parade and as soon as we got off the subway (see tourist trap #2) there were people selling tickets for $10!!! general admission on one of the best days of...
Everywhere I go someone wants to hand out a leaflet to me,if I did take all I would need a truck with me.It is a way of earning a living here besides sandwich boards,well it beats begging.. If you are curious and take a leaflet do not discard it,streets in Sao Paulo are very clean(unlike London) I feel ashamed to even throw my cigarette ashes on the ground..
One of the biggest tourist traps in Brazil, in my opinion is doing the 'Favela tour'. It's a guided tour inside a favela (shanty town). I believe that there are not only such kind of tours in Rio de Janeiro, I guess maybe in other places of Brazil it is even so possible to do it...because at least everywhere you will find those favelas. I believe people can be curious about how people live in a slum, but visiting it like visiting a zoo, sounds a bit strange for me !!!I have never done this in any place of Brazil nor will I ever do it!!!The poor and poorer favelas can be very dangerous. Drug dealing is common and popular amongst the poorest of the favelas. The crime rate is very high in these places. The poor sell drugs to the poorer and it is an endless chain. I reccomend only seeing them from far. If you still are interested in such kind of "Favela Tour" please never go yourself there...
1.Don't be surprised if you see people carrying their tape deks when leaving their cars -thefts from cars areVERY commom,than we just have to take it everywhere with us!!2.Don't expect to find topless girls all over the beaches-even in the famous beaches in Rioare a bit staid in this respect-if it's important to you,try the sands near Buzius!3.Finally and of course:Don't walk around carrying extremely expensive cameras,changing currency at the corners,jewelry or your Breitling/Raymond Weil/Tag Heuer,etc..watches,unless you want to be the target!!
Copacabana Palace Rio de Janeiro
21 Reviews and 355 Opinions A veritable Rio landmark, Copacabana Palace continues to enjoy a reputation as one of the most...
Hilton Sao Paulo Morumbi São Paulo
4 Reviews and 200 Opinions ALL PICTURES ON PAGE 1 ( PICS 1 - 5 ) AND ON THIS PAGE # 6 AND 7 TAKEN IN SEPTEMBER 2003 , PICTURES...
Aram Yami Hotel Salvador da Bahia
1 Review and 100 Opinions I did not stay at the hotel, but my good friends did and I visited them there, hung out in the...
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