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Riding & Forró Dancing – Northeastern Brazil
/1 Comment/in Brazil, South America, Travelogue /by allanWhile we shared a few tall beers in Arraial d’Ajuda we listend to forró music and watched the amazing dancers. Here’s a quick little movie I threw together, as it’s perhaps the only way to get the feel of the music and sensuality of the dancing. Enjoy!
Forget Riding. How About Walking In The Rain?
/0 Comments/in Brazil, South America, Travelogue /by allanArraial d’Ajuda, Trancoso and Itacaré Bahia Brasil Paradise. The pool area above the beach at my $23/night pousada in Arraial d’Ajuda. When the rain broke I packed up my Mac and walked the quaint village of Arraial (which means “Hamlet” in Portuguese). After a little time in the internet café and frustrated with poor bandwidth, […]
Painted Into A Corner of Espirito Santo – Trying to wade my way out.
/0 Comments/in Brazil, South America, Travelogue /by allanDoc, hammocks and the comfortable Pousada Porta de Areia in Itaúnas, Brasil. The personable and extremely passionate Bixaõ owns the Pousada Porta de Areia in Itaúnas, a tiny off the map hamlet in the northeastern corner of Brazil’s Espirito Santo state. With a few strings of natural beads strung around his neck and long almost […]
Cachoeira to Itaúnas – Northeast coast of Brazil
/0 Comments/in Brazil, South America, Travelogue /by allanStirred most of the night. Took my first malaria pill and it set my stomach funny, mind whirling and left me with a headache. So got off at a reasonable hour today. I stopped at the Policia Posto just outside of town to revisit my friend who turned me on to the Rinkaõ Hotel where […]
Trying To Make Vitória – No Dice.
/0 Comments/in Brazil, South America, Travelogue /by allanI got a late start this morning and thought I would be in Vitoria, the capital city of Espirito Santo. But as I rode by a police station on the busy BR-101, a police officer convinced me to forgo riding into the dark and advised me of a simple but good hotel in the town […]
Buziós For A Change
/0 Comments/in Brazil, South America, Travelogue /by allanIt’s amazing what things can cost in a country that imposes huge duty on imports. For Brazil would rather support its industry and manufacturing. But at $30, the cost of a BMW spark plug through me back. This is nearly triple the cost of the same exact product in the United States. But if I […]
Time To Get It On.
/7 Comments/in Brazil, South America, Travelogue /by allanCopacabana Beach, Rio de Janiero, Brasil. I’ve got to admit that keeping these journals up to date is a chore. And thank all of you who continue to send me e-mail prodding me to just skip the past and focus on the now. Good idea. But I just can’t. There are so many stories, pictures […]