Trisha's posts with tag: brazil
|  | In 2002, I wandered from Rio de Janeiro to Salvador de Bahia and back to the southern end of Brazil - beach-bumming at Ilha do Mel, hiking at Parque Nacional de Diamantina near Lencois, whale-watching near Caravelas, piranha-fishing and animal-observing at the Pantanal, abseiling and river-snorkelling at Bonito, waterfall-gazing at Iguacu Falls... Brazil, with its incredible beaches, spectacular nature, diverse wildlife and funky cool culture, has to be indulged thoroughly with all five... no... SIX senses.
During my return to South America in 2005, I spent 2 months traversing up the length of the Brazilian coastline, from Porto Alegre back to familiar Rio de Janeiro, to the quaint town of Paraty, and to my beloved Salvador, to Olinda and Recife, to Fortaleza and great beaches nearby and to the not-so-nice town of Belen to take the Amazon riverboat down into Manuas. Along the way, drunk on fruit juices, I stayed with many hosts and made wonderful friends. I experienced music from bossa nova to Olodom to Candomble to organ music at the cathedral to violin serenades in the streets to boleros and forros in a dancing hall to samba in a club. Wow, truly wow.
After lying on numerous gorgeous beaches, I spent 5 nights lying in a hammock with more than 200 'boatmates' as I journeyed down the Amazon River on a riverboat. Hail to the spirit of Maqroll!!
Special thanks Michelle, Carolina, Fernando, Katharina, K's Mama, Giselle and family, Isabelle, I's Mama, Marilia, Marcello, Beatriz, B's Mama, Nathan for making my stay 'todo bom' and to Melanie, Sarah, Catherine, Raquel, Javier, Cristian for sharing part of their own special journeys with me. |
| Category: | Books | | Genre: | Literature & Fiction | | Author: | Mario Vargas Llosa |
A thoroughly vivid description of all the heinous deeds, disembowelments, decapitations, miscellaneous gross stuff of a religious rebellion in the Brazilian jungle in the 1800s, based on a true event. Absolutely breathtaking!
Link: http://blogs.bootsnall.com/trisha/May 28, 2005 - Jan 1, 2006 (219 days)
I made an impromptu return back to South America, starting with my gorgeous second city - Buenos Aires.
I meandered up the coast of Brazil, headed upriver into the Amazon before bursting out to Venezuela for some Caribbean sun.
Then, I crossed to Colombia, meeting amazingly friendly people and headed south through Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, encountering wonderful indigneous cultures and stunning landscapes.
A short hop to Chile to visit some old friends and then, back to Buenos Aires to spend Christmas and New Year.
Link: http://www.travelpost.com/itinerary-overview.aspx?itinid=485Apr 27, 2002 - Apr 26, 2003 (365 days)
It's great to be a little unnerved by new countries, new experiences, new currencies, new languages, new food, new ways of doing the same things... I love it.
After plucking up the courage to resign from my job, from Singapore, I made my first hop to China, then north across to Mongolia and took the train through Russia. I then journeyed to Western Europe to meet up with some friends.
I flew across the Atlantic to Brazil next, before overlanding to Argentina and wandered up the length of Argentina and Chile up to Peru, being turning back to Buenos Aires, Argentina.
I headed to Mexico and made an unexpected stop in Cuba, then, I crossed the other large ocean mass, the Pacific, from Los Angeles in USA to the beautiful French Polynesian Islands. Then, it's off to HOME...
Gosh, had it been a year already!?!!
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