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Na praca mesmo tem uma feirinha, um bar com musica ao vivo, um milhao de pessoas andando, e super seguro, e em volta tem todas as baladas daqui. Tem pra todos os gostos, Orbita na esquina, de quinta tem musica de surf com umas bandas ao vivo, e depois DJ com musica eletronica (eu acho um PORRE), logo do lado tem uma balada que tem forro, na outra esquina tem o The Pub, ontem teve Beatles Cover la, tem a Music Box, que e uma balada mais alternativas, toca Pop e Indie. Todas, pelo menos pro preco de Sao Paulo, sao EXTREMAMENTE BARATAS! Entrada de 10 a 15 reais, agua - 2 REAIS SIM! DOIS REAIS, Cerveja 3 reais, Caipirinha - 4 reais, Drinks em geral - 9 reais! Juro, as coisas aqui sao praticamente de graca!Dica: se vier pra Fortaleza, nao fique em Hostel, Hotel, Pousada, fique em Couchsurfing, vc vai conhecer toda a galera daqui que e bem animada, alem de conhecer todos os outros couchsurfers, ou seja, vc nunca esta sozinho, sempre vai ter alguem pra fazer alguma coisa com voce! :)Bom e isso, agora to indo pra praia encontrar com o povo do CS!BeijosMarcos
The Tour guides Hi, we are two young passionate travellers who would love to contribute something to the world of backpacking in Brazil. Marcos, a 19 year old brasilian student from Sao Paulo and Oliver, a 19 year old student from Germany. We met each other on an exchange year in Australia and both got to know how much helping each other out, especially in a foreign place can make life easier and more fun! This lead to the idea to start this travel blog. Oliver came for a 10 week holiday to Brazil, and the adventure started straight away...Hi, I am Oliver, I am passionate traveller, who was given the opportunity to travel since earliest childhood. Raised in a multicultural family and surroundings I got more and more interested in different cultures and ways of life. I love talking and listening to people who like to share their stories with me, I believe conversation is the first step of solving any problems our world is facing. I love foreign food and drinks :)I, Marcos, study economics at PUc in Sao Paulo, but I am originaly from the countryside, Araraquara. The things i most like to do for sure is to travel, get to know different people and help out whoever needs it. I've been to such beautiful places before and had such great experiences that i want to share it with everyone so that you can have a experience as good or even better than i had!By the way, we are big couchsurfing.org supporters and would love to thank all our hosts and people from that wonderful community, who made our trip possible, gave us inside tipps and showed us great locations, You were the real tour guides! Thank You, we do hope to host you soon at our places!In the following we would like to share our points of view and impressions since we have got two completely different perspectives due to cultural background. Hi, As we announced in our first blog we are planning to travel up and down the coast from Brazil. 21.07.2009 Two days ago we took a plane (AZUL -200Reais) from Campinas in the State of Sao Paulo (1h by bus from Sao Paulo) to Salvador de Bahia, the capital of the State Bahia, and the main city to see and explore afro-brazilian culture. We arrived after a 2 hour flight on the airport and got picked up by our incredibly nice couchsurfing host to catch a bus to the centre of the city. Its cheap (2,20Reais) to catch the bus and its an adventure on its own, but it must be said that it can get pretty crowded and doesnt miss out a few bad neighbourhoods on the way to the city. We didnt feel entirely safe with our big luggage, but for me as a non-brazilian it was exciting and interesting to see in which living conditions people are living. It has to be said that the contrast between rich and poor are massive. Its sad how capital and education rip apart mankind and
create a gap in between. At night we went for a few cold beers and peanuts to a nice outdoor restaurant/pub where many locals enjoy the nice weather and temperatures during the evening and socialize. We werent keen enough to try the tipical bahian food that night so we had a brazilian Big Hot Dog each with onion, potato and spicy sausage. 22.07.2009 On the first morning in Salvador we got taken to a great juice bar where we were able to try great fruit shakes, Vitamina and Acai. Additionally to the refreshing drinks we got sandwiches made with palm tree ingredients. The beach in Barra amazed us at the first time as much as at the following visits due to its constant life. Any Day of the week at any time people go and socialise, play soccer and footvolley, a brazilian beach Sport and show off their musclar and well shaped bodies and curves. It is a joy for all senses, but it should not be forgotten that such popular places are a great and easy way for thieves and pickpockets to find and trick their targets. Coconuts and snacks are sold on the beach and if a dread locked person is offering you beer or refreshments you can be nearly sure that Hell be also able to provide you with dope. After a nice cool down in the atlantic we went straight to the old centre of the city which is located in the Pelourinho. The colonial and post colonial architecture is amazing and there are many places and squares to visit. View on the city, elevator, Michael Jackson square, social Project and t-shirt, beggers 23.07.2009 City park is not worth going at all! Pasta all you can eat, beach bar, Sun set at Barra Beach, beer wasnt cold enough on the beach, cheap food in super market next to Barra beach , shitty and hard bus system, you NEED a map of the city!Cheers,Oliver. Bom Dia! Depois de dois dias de viagem resolvemos sentar e escrever um pouco do que passamos! Hehe Bom, nossos planos iniciais eram de voar ate Salvador, e descer ate Sao Paulo pelo litoral, de mochilao e acampando. Conversei com meu tio que ja havia feito a viagem de Fortaleza a Sao Paulo e ele me disse que seria muito melhor subir do que descer, por isso, mudamos os planos. Decidimos vir pra Salvador, ir daqui pro Recife, depois pra Fortaleza, e enfim, descer. Viemos de aviao pela Azul WWW.voeazul.com.br , eles sao otimos, o servico de bordo e muito bom, e pagamos bem barato, 200 reais somente. Nao e igual as outras companhias aereas que tem 5 passagens promocionais, eles tem VARIAS. Eu havia olhado nos precos 2 meses antes de viajar, quando fui olhar 1 mes depois as passagens ainda estavam o mesmo preco, entao acho que vale a pena checar! Eles tem onibus direto para o aeroporto de Viracopos de graca, saindo do Terminal Rodoviario Barra Funda, Shopping Eldourado e Alphaville pra quem mora em Sao Paulo, pra quem mora no interior
tambem tem onibus! Deem uma olhada no site porque tem tudo certinho la, os horarios e etc. Vamos falar da Viagem entao. Dia 21/07 Bom, chegando em Salvador, nosso host do couchsurfing estava nos esperando, pegamos um onibus ate o centro da cidade, e depois disso a mae dele nos pegou la de carro. Foram mito atenciosos com a gente! Como ja estava um pouco tarde nao fomos a praia, mas eles nos deixaram num bairro chamado Rio Vermelho onde haviam alguns bares, varias pessoas sentadas em mesas numa praca bebendo cerveja e conversando. Comemos um hot dog nessa praca, mas adivinhem? ESTAVA MUITO APIMENTADO! Haha Mas tudo bem, estamos na BAHIA! Dia 22/07 Acordamos por volta das 8 da manha e as 9 fomos para praia chamada Barra do Forte. Uma praia lindissima, com varias pessoas simpaticas. Fomos a uma lanchonete, para tomar cafe da amanha, tomei um suco de acai, claro, e comi um bauru. Depois de algumas horas, resolvemos ir ao Pelourinho, de onibus tambem. Nosso Host estava conosco o tempo todo, por isso tudo foi BEM mais facil. Um dos problemas de Salvador e que sendo uma cidade bem grande, quase 3 milhoes de habitantes, tudo acaba sendo bem longe. Entao e sempre 20 40 minutos de onibus de um lugar para o outro. Aconselho que se vierem a Salvador, tentem achar um couchsurfer aqui pra ajudar a ir a lugares, e etc, ou leiam BASTANTE sobre a cidade pra nao ficarem perdidos! Bom, voltando ao assunto principal, chegamos ao Pelourinho! Um lugar LINDO, bem antigo, com MUITAS coisas pra fazer e pra ver. Logo que chegarem la tomem cuidado, pois varias pessoas com pulserinhas e correntinhas chegarao em voce tentando vender algo, vc dira que nao, e eles falarao que e apenas um presente, NAO ACEITEM, pois depois que voces amarrarem eles vao te cobrar! Isso acontece em todos os lugares aqui, e ate um pouco chato porque eles insistem demais. Demos varias voltas ali nas ladeiras, sao LINDAS com muitas lojinhas, baianas fazendo Dreads (EU FIZ UM! Haha), barraquinhas de acaraje, claro que eu experimentei! Como sou alergico a camarao eu comi acaraje salada e um pouco de pimenta, mas o acaraje completo e Acaraje (bolinho feito de feijao branco, frito no azeite de dende), vatapa (desculpem nao sei bem o que e, so sei que e uma pasta que vai camarao e por isso nao podia comer! Haha), camaroes, salada, e a pimenta. Se voce gosta de pimenta pede pra ela colocar BEM POUCO, porque fica bem gostoso. Passamos pelo lugar onde o Michael Jackson gravou a musica They dont care about us, junto com um grupo chamado OLODUM. Pelo que conversei com meu host, e uma grupo onde criancas carentes de Salvador aprender a tocar os tambores, fazem apresentacoes, e um projeto bem legal WWW.olodum.com.br . Depois disso fomos comer na praca e adivinhem quem nos encontramos la? Raul Castro! Haviam tantas pessoas e policiais por todos os lados, mas mesmo assim conseguimos otimas fotos dele! Hehe Depois disso pegamos o Elevador Lacerda para
irmos ate o Mercados Modelo. Um mercado cheio de artesanato, bem tipico do Nordeste. No andar de baixo do mercado, e onde os escravos eram colocados antes de serem vendidos, descemos ate la, eu juro que e uma sensacao horrorosa! Depois disso fomos a pe ate um museu (esqueci o nome! fica do lado da Bahia Marina), muito interessante, onde e possivel ver o por do sol! Depois disso, a pe tambem fomos a Bahia Marina, onde existiam varios bares e restaurantes, bem legais. Os lugares parecem ser bem caros, mas o bar que estavamos chamado Acqua nao era -http://www.ouirestaurante.com.br/ . Um chopp da Brahma custava 4 reais, smirnoff ice 5,50 (achei esse o mais barato), amendoins 5 reais. Ficamos la por algumas horas conversando, depois pegamos o onibus para encontrarmos uma amiga do nosso host, fomos a um restaurante japones, a comida era muito gostosa. Encontramos mais dois amigos dele la, as pessoas daqui sao MUITO amigaveis, gostei de todos, bem receptivos e engracados! Depois disso tudo, voltamos pra casa, e DESMAIAMOS! 23/07 Acordamos e fomos para o Parque da Cidade, nao ficamos nem 5 minutos la, juro, nao tem nada pra fazer. Depois fomos caminhando ate a praia, e fomos num rodizio de massa por 18 reais. Nao e tao barato, mas a comida era otima, e o atendimento tambem. Depois disso andamos por mais ou menos 1 hora pelas praias no sentido norte, mas nao havia nada de especial, pra falar a verdade as praias eram bem sujas. Depois disso resolvemos ir para praia do lado do Forte da Barra, onde estivemos ontem, para ver o Por do Sol. O onibus demorou quase 1 hora pra chegar la, TUDO AQUI EH MUITO MUITO LONGE! O por do sol pelo menos valeu a pena! Na volta, tinhamos que pegar um onibus, mas advinhem? Esperamos por quase 2 horas, isso mesmo, 2 horas e o onibus nao passou, por isso resolvemos pegar um onibus ate um lugar mais perto de onde estavamos, e depois pegar um taxi. No fim conseguimos chegar num lugar bem perto, perguntamos a umas pessoas se sabiam de algum onibus, conseguimos e chegamos! Eu tinha esquecido de falar, mas o onibus custa 2,20, juro, que depois de hoje nem de graca eu quero andar!Cheers,MarcosFotos-PicturesCoconut Water - Agua de Coco :PEu e meu dread de 10 reais! haha Me and my 10 reais dread locksThey don't care about us - Michael JacksonUm tal de Raul Castro! hehe Acaraje! :)Sean (host), Marcos, Oliver - Acqua http://www.ouirestaurante.com.br/Espirito de Macaco! hahaSunset!
Buenos dias!Bom eu sei que faz SECULOS que eu nao escrevo nada aqui, mas e que e muito ruim quando se esta viajando ficar sentado na frente do computador ne?Mas entao, vou resumir bem o que fizemos!Resolvemos ir pra Jericoacoara, que fica 300 km de Fortaleza, mas nao se engane e pense que sao apenas 3 horas, porque sao umas 7-8! Tem que ir de onibus ateh uma cidade chamada Jijoca, de la vc pega uma hardineira que vai pelas dunas e pela praia, e uma viagem incrivel, tanto de manha quando a noite! Jeri e um lugar PERFEITO, e bem turistico la, mas eu gostei bastante pela seguranca, pelo tamanho e etc. Se vc quiser ficar sozinho, ficar sentado num canto pensando na vida e so andar 20 minutos pra qualquer direcao que vc consegue! Tem as dunas la que sao MARAVILHOSAS, e outra coisa, voce pode assistir ao por do sol mais lindo da sua vida de cima das dunas, porque em Jeri o sol de por NO MAR! A noite tem varias barraquinhas na praia e fica todo mundo la bebendo, e como se fosse uma balada a ceu aberto! A noite tem um lugar chamado Mama Africa tambem que e muito bom a entrada e so 3 reais. Oura coisa de Jeri e que SO TEM EUROPEU la, juro, eu me senti o gringo la, era o unico neguinho! heheheDepois disso seguiriamos viagem sentido Sao luis, pra quem quiser saber como chega e so ir pra Camocim - mais ou menos 30 reais de Jeri - e de la ir pra Sao Luis - 80 e poucos, mas como o Senhor Oliver queria voltar pra Fortaleza, voltamos, ficamos aqui ate hoje - segunda feira dia 17/08 e hoje a noite estamos indo pra Sao Luis! A empresa que faz esse trecho e a Guanabara e o preco da passagem e de 140 reais!No fds aqui SEMPRE tem algo acontecendo conheci outras baladas, muito boas, recomendo o Orbita principalmente, achei a melhor, pra quem gosta de musica mais alternativa tem o Music Box, pra quem gosta de lugar mais arrumado tem o Mucuripe Club, e pra quem gosta de House/Pop tem a Meet!Bom e isso!Logo que der vamos colocar fotos aqui!BeijosMarcos OLIVER S TOP 10 BEST PLACES:Corcovado Mountain, Rio de Janeiro, RJTrinidade, Paraty, RJLencois MaranhensesIguacu Falls, Brazil.-Argentinian BorderAlter do Chao, AmazonasPelourinho, Salvador, BAOlinda, PEJericoacoara, CEAvenida Paulista, Sao Paulo, SPSao Luis, MABEST HOSTELS:Che Legarto Hostel, ParatyBambu Hostel, Foz do IguacuHostel Amazonia, ManausBEST FOOD:Cocada (sweet Coconut snack)Tapioca ( pancake made of manioc)PF - prato feito ( CHEAP! A full meal - rice,beans,spaghetti,meat or fish, salad)roasted brazilian cheese on a stickAcai ( a berrylike palmfruit from the amazon - smoothielike dish)BEST DRINKS:local Guaranafresh juices ( mango, passion fruit, acerola+orange, guava)Vitamina ( milk and fruit shake)BEST DEALS:(free) bushwalking in the amazon forest or the atlantic rain forest145 Reais for a 5 days, 3000km Amazon River Boat tripgetting a local bus ride - rollercoaster!all you can eat breakfast in Hostel Amazonas, Manaus1,50 Reais for a shower and toilet on the bus station35ct for a
great bread-cheese-ham-snack in Lencois Maranhensesdomestic flights with AZUL and GOL if you book early1 Real for a new movie on DVD, black market600ml beer for 2,50Reais in a bar up north2,50 Reais for Soap - gives you a happy moment every shower!WORST TEN FLOPS:Ilha do Marajo, Maranao reef trip in Maragogitrying to sleep in a 24 people dorm in Mellow Yellow Hostel, Rio de JaneiroMaceio, Alagoasmore than 10Kg of luggage in the north eastpaying more than 15 Reais for foodRecifeBusses instead of planes for long distancesattempt to camp in a citya third lazy day in a rowTHE ROUTE:SALVADOR 23.07.2009Our second day in Salvador started with the plan to walk across the City park , but sadly only a small part of it is open for tourists and safe enough to go to. Additionally to that the safe part is not worth seeing at all! A good place we spent our lunch at was a Pasta all you can eat place. They serve delicious pasta, especially several shrimp dishes ( com camarao). A nice place to see the sunset is at Barra Beach, you might not want to get beer there, it wasnt cold at all. Instead of buying food or drinks on the streets a super market is close by. In general it has to be said that without any local guidance or a good city map it is a hard piece to get around Salvador. Bus system remains a mistery even after a few days not only for foreigners, but also brazilian travellers from other cities. PRAIA DE FORTE 24.07.2009 - 26.07.2009 We made a great day trip to Praia de Forte, a nice resort-like beach and tourist town with a worth mentioning tortoise centre. ( Tamar). From Salvador busses leave several times and it takes about 90 minutes with Linha Verde for 8 Reais. The Busses leave from Salvador Bus Station. It is a nice day trip, but you need to be aware that it is a tourist place, not much room for locals. They got ATMs there, noone speaks english. MACEIOAt night we took a couch from Salvador to Maceio, the Capital of the state Alagoas. 9 hours later we arrived in the small-town-like metropole. We camped for 15 Reais per person very close to the beach and a 15 Minute walk to the main restaurant promenade on Praia Cruz das Almas. Maceio is worth for a day trip, more days are not necessary to see the city. The beaches are nice but not extraordinary. MARAGOGI 27.07.2009 28.07.2009 From Maceio we took a local bus for 12,50 Reais with DEF to Maragogi, a famous tourist place with a reef and famous White-sanded beaches. For a Pousada on the Esplanade you pay 70 Reais for a Double with Air Con, hot shower, TV and Fridge. There are a lot of offers to go to the reef for snorkelling, dont go if you want to see real reef or if you are interested more in sea life than tourists snorkelling in 1 metre deep water in rock pools. If youre still
convinced you want to go, dont pay the 50Reais which are the locals first offer, pay the most 30 Reais. 29.07.2009 30.07.2009 After Maragogi we travelled with pretty much every kind of transportation to get to Porto de Galinhas. We took a mini bus to Barreiros to switch into a Kombi ( an ordinary car in Brazil, for Europe: SURFBUS!) to drive to Ipojuca to take a bus there to Porto de Galinhas. We payed about 12 Reais each for all of those fares ( 3,50R, 7R, 2R). Its possible to get a straight bus for the same price. It is meant to leave at 7am and 12am, we wanted to take the 12am one, waited until 1.30pm and decided to not wait any longer (even though it is sure that it would have arrived some time...) and take the private transportation system. PORTO DE GALINHAS Porto de Galinhas is a super nice and safe place for travellers. It has pretty much one main street with shops and food places and a great beach, White sand, turqouise water and waves for surfers of any level, The Atlantic provides great tube waves for experienced surfers and calm perfect learners waves. If you want to experience a very special stay, stay at Albergue do Alberto, close to the beach and main street and full of interesting people. For 15 Reais ( CHEAP!!!) you get offered a smelly, shared room. If youre lucky you will share the room with the owner or some street artist, Michael Jackson Double or homeless-looking randoms J Dont hesitate to stay there. It is like camping, but the price is unbeatable. We didnt have any electricity for a day now, because the owner couldnt pay the bills, but we hope that for future visitors and backpackers the hostel will still be existing. 31.07.2009 We took the bus which leaves every 30min from Porto de Galinhas to Recife and arrived 3 hours later in the state capital of Pernambuco.( The bus was meant to take us there in approx. 1 hour).RECIFERecife is a huge city with over 2,5 million habitants and it has the reputation of being pretty dangerous. At least it has the highest murder rates in the whole country. It has an old city centre which doesnt offer any special sights. The suburb Boa Voagem is famous for its many hostels and places to stay. We chose a backpackers hostel for 30Reais a night for a bed in the dorm, but theres noone to share the room with. The beach at Boa Viagem is closed for surfers all year through due to the extreme danger of shark attacks. Over the past 10 years there had been more than 20 fatal incidents on that beach. Swimming is possible, swimmers seem to be less tasty?! For free wireless internet visit the huge shopping centre. Its very close to Boa Viagem, probably too expensive for backpackers budget shopping though.31.07Marcos was sick and we stayed in the hostel in Recife. We were in our bedroom for the whole time and got ROBBED! A
guy who stayed in the hostel for 4 days came into our shared room at midnight and pretended to look for a power plug to charge his phone. It gave him plenty of possibilities to check out our stuff and see if we were asleep or not.I wasn t and talked to him, but when we woke up at 4 am. because a peruvian guy was missing his Pantalones we noticed:one missing pair of jeans of the peruvianmissing money of the peruvianmissing watchmissing Marcosses Ipod and Macbook - thats why we didnt have any possibility to post lately...01.08.09We left the hostel the next morning after calling the police and went to a hospital to get Marcos checked due to his illness.In the afternoon we got picked up by our host from Recife to stay at his place.Even though he was really busy he found time for us not to only pick us up but have lunch and dinner together, great conversations and a lot of fun! Thank you a lot at that point for the great time.I explored the antigue centre of Recife ( which is not recommendable for a stay longer than 2 hours) and surroundings. It has to be said that the small streets in the city centre can be very dangerous and travellers should avoid being there at night. The district Sao Antonio has a lot of street prostitution and for me it was one of the saddest things to see young and pretty girls looking like death itself - drugaddicted and broken as a person.OLINDA02.08.09We visited Olinda 6 km away from Recife.Olinda is one of the most beautiful towns of Brazil due to its amazingly well restored colonial architecture. The town is perfect for a few hours of walking and enjoying not only the beaty of itself but of Recife: Recifes skyline, harbour and beach can be seen from Olinda s highest point.Olinda s sacral architecture was quite astouning for me, but sadly every church was closed.The beach in Olinda is not a tourist place and only locals visit it. Swimming and going into the water is forbidden due to high risk of shark attacks.If you want to visit the local favela - look out for a mid-aged rastaman near the beach area ;)At night I visited a spectacular light spectacle at the Apolo-theatre back in Recife which was produced by our couchsurfing hosts! I had a great time and enjoyed the show. It was amazing how much can be done with light arrangements and sound.RECIFE03.08.09I spent the whole morning walking back from the city centre to find our place where we stayed and I couldn t believe how hard it was to keep on going in the right direction due to Recife s crazy structure. Do not leave home without a map and some phrases in portugese!!!At night we left Recife from the Bus Terminal which is outside town and easily reachable by Metro to Fortaleza - a 14 hour drive north.FORTALEZA04.08.09 - The Party begins:We arrived in Fortaleza in the morning and took another bus to