Category Archives: Brazil

post Brazilian blues

Posted on 24/07/2007 by clairelinney

I’m currently sitting in the spare room of my parent’s house in Surrey and, depsite the fact I left a Sao Paulo drenched in rain and came back to a relatively warm and sunny English day, I feel a little … Continue reading →

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running for the bus and running out of time

Posted on 22/07/2007 by clairelinney

It was with a wrench that I finally said goodbye to Itacare, in fact I nearly didn’t make it out of the town at all. After our final night of dancing away until the wee hours in Piri Lampa club … Continue reading →

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sun, sea, sand, surf…did I miss something?

Posted on 18/07/2007 by clairelinney

Sometimes when travelling you just seem to arrive in the perfect place, with the perfect group of people at the perfect time and nowhere could be truer of Itacare. I arrived in this laid back beach town just after sunset … Continue reading →

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return to the wild

Posted on 13/07/2007 by clairelinney

I have a feeling my knees may never talk to me again. When I decided to go trekking for three days I think they should have warned me that rock climbing and gorge walking would have been a more accurate … Continue reading →

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parque nacional da chapada diamantina

Posted on 09/07/2007 by clairelinney

My last night in Salvador a few of us girls went to catch a Capoeira show in one of the schools. I have never seen anything like it, so graceful and so rhythmic. There were about 20 guys and girls including … Continue reading →

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samba rhythms in Salvador

Posted on 06/07/2007 by clairelinney

It was hard to leave Rio, and the group of people I’d been hanging out with although two of them, Charlie and Eileen have now arrived in Salvador which is cool. But time, my liver and my wallet were urging … Continue reading →

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favela chic

Posted on 06/07/2007 by clairelinney

Rio is such a city of contrasts. One minute you are walking past Louis Vitton shops and stylish cafes in Ipanema and then the same evening you are 10 minutes away down the road in one of the biggest clubs … Continue reading →

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the girl from ipanema

Posted on 01/07/2007 by clairelinney

I am in Rio and I love this place more than I can express although my liver maybe feeling slightly differently about the experience! I arrived in Rio on Friday afternoon and managed to catch a local bus to my hostel … Continue reading →

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bad for the budget, good for the soul

Posted on 28/06/2007 by clairelinney

I know I like to make out that actually this travelling business is really quite hard work; overcoming language barriers, constantly meeting new people, navigating new places, buying bus tickets, finding food, somewhere to stay. Well I’m currently in Paraty … Continue reading →

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piranha fishing and other stories

Posted on 25/06/2007 by clairelinney

I arrived in Campo Grande after a very quiet and peaceful fourteen hour bus ride and upon arriving in the bus station was met by a whole load of tour guides offering tours to the pantanal. So within an hour … Continue reading →

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