by Tash, Jake, Lola and Albie | Aug 3, 2018 | Animals, Brazil, Food and drink, Landscapes, Scenery, Uncategorized
Our 1am bus from Lencois landed us in the city of Feira de Santana (apparently one of the most dangerous in the world, get us out of here quick!), where we changed buses for Itacaré on the east coast. Thus began our Bahian colourful coastal adventure… 1. Itacare...
by Tash, Jake, Lola and Albie | Aug 2, 2018 | Brazil, Food and drink, Landscapes, Scenery, Uncategorized
I don’t know where to begin with this post, because we had such a unique experience in the Brazilian Diamond Highlands! Famous for diamond mining long ago, it remains a special cluster of hidden gems. Taking a 5-hour bus from Salvador, we reached Lencois, a small town...
by Tash, Jake, Lola and Albie | Jul 23, 2018 | Brazil, Food and drink, Uncategorized
Salvador is the capital of the state of Bahia. It’s big! As the 4th largest city in Brazil, after São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia, it has around 2.9 million people living there. Poverty invades the city’s sprawl, noticeable as you travel in and out by bus....
by Tash, Jake, Lola and Albie | Jul 23, 2018 | Animals, Brazil, Food and drink, Landscapes, Scenery, Uncategorized
Wanting to experience another area of Brazil, we decided to fly up to Salvador and explore the state of Bahia. What a colourful welcome at Salvador airport! Having heard that, unfortunately, Salvador isn’t one of the safest places to stay, we first travelled north to...
by Tash, Jake, Lola and Albie | Jul 15, 2018 | Brazil, Food and drink, Scenery, Uncategorized
Famous for its breathtaking scenery and position on the South Atlantic coast, everyone thinks of Rio when conjuring images of Brazil. We stopped in the country’s second largest city, for a couple of nights, on our way up to Bahia. With only a couple of days to...
by Tash, Jake, Lola and Albie | Jun 29, 2018 | Brazil, Flora and Fauna, Food and drink, Landscapes, Scenery, Uncategorized
We knew Brazil was huge, but it’s only by being in this staggering 8.5 million square kilometers (3.3 million square miles) of country that its serious size has fully sunk in! Determining where to travel, on our budget, has been the most difficult of our travelling...
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