Time in Brazil ticking away, there was one last island to see – Cotijuba, sitting off the coast of Belem and part of the same archipelago of islands that also contained Marajó Marajó – boats motorbikes and water buffalo. Cotijuba, however is a lot nearer to Belem and took just under an hour and cost circa … More Cotijuba – The last island
The good thing about Belem is that you can get to other destinations from it, other than that it was not a city that floated my boat. We flew from Fortaleza to get to Belem as between the two cities there is not a whole lot to see. Information we had read on Belem had … More Belem the capital of the North of Brazil
I may have mentioned this before but Brazil is bloody big! Not just mainland Brazil but its islands as well. Our next destination was Marajó, an island the size of Denmark situated in the northern state of Pará and a three hour boat ride from the city of Belem. Getting to Marajó We left Jericoacoara … More Marajó – boats motorbikes and water buffalo
Moving on from the slightly weird, we hit the very brilliant Pipa followed by Jericoacoara (try saying that after a few Caipirinhas…). Both places took some getting to but it was worth every minute. Pipa To get to Pipa we took a bus from Joao Pessoa to Goianinha where we were chucked out unceremoniously on the … More Pipa and Jericoacoara – sand, sand and more sand
So then it got a bit weird. Staying in Joao Pessoa our pousada hostess was keen for us to go and enjoy the sunset over the mangrove trees on the Rio Paraíbain in the north of the city. Loving a good old sunset we dutifully Ubered off for a chilled out sun down. As the … More Joao Pessoa – a little bit of beach and a little bit of weird
Moving on from Salvador we decided to stop for a few nights at a small place called Prai do Frances, a pleasant enough beach but not really a must go destination. On walking down the beach to find ourselves a quiet spot a lady who had been watching her children stopped us and warned us not … More Recife & Olinda – colour, craft and caipirinhas
I do love a city and Salvador was no exception. Arriving by boat from Morro de São Paolo (Morro de Sao Paolo – beauty, beaches and Brazilian football) we had great view of the city from the water. It doesn’t come with the best safety reputation and there are certainly some salubrious areas to avoid … More Salvador – The old and the new
Morro de São Paolo is one of three inhabited islands in an archipelago of 26 off the coast of Salvador and although no longer a hidden gem, it is still a gem. From Itacaré the bus took us to Valenca where we took a 30 minute speed boat to Morro. Friends that had trodden this … More Morro de Sao Paolo – beauty, beaches and Brazilian football
Dramatic setting – tick. Beautiful beaches – tick. Good Surf – tick. Palm trees, forests, rocky peninsula – tick, tick tick. And where are all these ticks coming from? Itacaré in the state of Bahia, a chilled out surf town paradise a few hours south of Salvador that poets, artists, surfers and hippies like to … More Itacaré – the hidden gem
Having taken quite a few long haul and night buses throughout South America I hadn’t been phased about leaving Rio on the night bus. That was until a fellow passenger stood up and asked the driver permission to pray for us all as we undertook the dangerous journey ahead. His prayer was pretty detailed and … More Moving states, Espirito de Santo and Bahia – the hot, the wet and the happening
Winging it overseas 