Brazil
From Brazil, this will be the new format of writing for better understanding.
Story 1: I arrived in Brazil, to check my passport, the process was too fast and that there was nothing of people making the permit application, then continue with the same adventurous and was not no time later, the staff was very friendly , no red tape as he had been seeing in the other countries, that if today was the time more often repeated the phrase "not understand" the truth is that I did not understand anything all day because although the portugues many words are similar to Spanish when they speak fast does not understand anything, coming out of the border continue to Boa Vista, a city 215 kilometers from where I was, arriving looking for a hotel to shower and leave my things and preparing to eat. Morning departure to Manaus to follow me in to this huge country.
Story 2: The day I woke up early today to continue my trip to Manaus and Amazon jungle in to a distance of 800 km of mostly straight but with many holes and bits of land they were doing something difficult to drive the motorcycle. Today I pass something that has been happening during the trip feel a big emotion for what I'm doing and put my skin chinita of emotion and this was when I saw another traveler passes through a side effect opposite have said that the day I stop feeling this will end my trip there, I hope to feel all the time, I have come to Manaus, a city big for what I imagined, I have seen many people on the street in shopping street where sell any variety of items and food, I have stayed at an inn centrally without any luxuries, but a safe place to keep the adventurous.
Story 3: After being several days in Manaus exploring the city and taking trips to the Amazon jungle to piranha fishing, meet the shock of black river water with the Amazon River, meet fabulous places and learn more about the flora and fauna, I left this city to embark on a 4 day trip down the Amazon River to end at Belem and continue my journey along the Atlantic coast, the ship is named Nelio Correa, a cargo and passenger ship where we are all in hammocks have to bring yourself to sleep so the adventure will go play in the cellar, along with all the packages load this boat up ranging from a bag of vegetables or fruit to a refrigerator, to get the captain I did not want to bring my motorcycle and said that he was very little that had paid for upload, but finally agreed and was finally able toassemble , has left the boat and I expect 4 days of crossing this river , living with more than 300 people sleeping in hammocks cheek by jowl and Brazilian background music.
Story 4: It's been 3 days aboard the boat where we made several stops in towns along the route that we took in the Amazon to download packages and also up and down passage, a very smooth ride with all the beauty that this river can be as beautiful sunsets, flora in the distance you can see and friendship that made many travelers in the same way to Belem, the day yesterday we stop longer, was in Santarem where we were more than 8 hours , a day before we had to do another unplanned stop because it raised the federal police for drugs and weapons and that they took more than 5 hours, in the end only took several bags that did not have the correct documentation to be above the ship. No doubt touched me to see everything as children ages 5 to 9 years with metal hooks anchor their canoes to the ship's sides to climb on foot to sell fruit or borrow money from people, a fairly risky move given that can be turned by the same waves of boat or simplemnte be beaten by the difference in speed by anchoring his canoe, not to mention that some children are just another thing that I found great is that people will pull the boat up to the natives in their boats bags of clothes and especially to help bring these people living in such isolated communities.
Story 6: Sali de Belem route to Sao Luis, in the morning it was raining and raining non-stop throughout the day, drive about 10 hours under a heavy rain in some sections, to get to Sao Luis I lost a bit looking for the center historical, but quickly corrected the path and get to sleep. In the morning I went to see the city, a beautiful historic center no other word to describe it, many buildings in restoration to continue to make this city something wonderful, friendly people, most of the meals offered here are seafood especially shrimp, surely the effort of a day before was worth it to come to know to Sao Luis.
Story 7: After leaving Sao Luis I headed to a beautiful village Jericoacoara influenced by reggae music, water sports like kite surfing, windsurfing and surfing, a village located in a nature reserve in the park of the same name, a special place surrounded sand dunes to reach the 4x4 you need a car or motorbike, as the adventure cost him a lot of work to get there, several falls and buried in the sand, a place away from all local streets and sand commercial palms make this a very peaceful place to relax and spend a few days.
Story 8: Coming out of Jericoacoara I noticed that the rear tire and no drawing was adventurous and tarps were seen, so I had to stop in strength to buy a new tire and so go on my way, come to strength and wait two days because I play weekend in the hostel I met several people in particular to two friends now sao paulo Roberto and an Argentine who came for a month's vacation to Brazil. Finally on Monday I bought it installed and continue to Canoa Quebrada, a beach town influenced by reggae and windsurfing, a tourist thing but still preserving the rustic place around here you can see many fans of wind power make the place even more peaceful by turning its blades at a very slow rate. Wide beaches covering 30 miles of beach all day you can see people swimming, windsurfing and kiteboarding young, to-morrow there will be a reggae festival so I'll stay to the party.
Story 9: After several days of enjoying the beaches and the atmosphere of Canoa Quebrada, went out to my next destination would be Praia pipe which when I was about to continue to reach Olinda preferred a city of 350 000 inhabitants with a very historical center nice and welcoming the carnival celebrations between February and March are characteristics of cities and coastal towns, so after driving for 8 hours in order to reach Olinda where I stayed in a hostel with shared rooms to save some money as brazil is expensive.After several days of Olinda enjoying the city and its pre-carnival parties continue to Aracaju a city that had no plan to visit but not to drive issues too many hours in a day I decided to stop in the city, arriving in the afternoon I thought it was a normal city, and I found a place to stay and dining out my other surprise was because this city has a very nice boardwalk with many restaurants offering seafood dishes, after dinner and return to the hotel I decided to stay one more day to meet during the day because I found a nice place to rest.
Story 10: The next day I left Aracaju to Salvador de Bahia, one of the most famous cities of Brazil for its beaches, carnival and tropical climate, and comes into the city I found very beautiful because its malecon is spectacular. I headed to a hostel where they would spend several nights but on arrival I was told that apart from the fourth day after sharing a bed would cost about 110 dollars per start the carnival, so I started to look to my friend who stay and Paco de Mexico Contact me with Cameron and a couple Brazilian Netly Mexicana offered me to stay at home a few days to get through the holidays without paying anything because the amount that I had been told at the hostel I found very exaggerated.
Story 11: I spent a lot of fun days in Salvador de Bahia Carnival by going to the city being the largest in the world, being somewhat different from Rio de Janeiro which is the most known, since this is only singers very famous in Brazil, leaving aside the samba. I went for a beach town Itacare approximately 20 thousand people, I enjoyed the beaches and scenery, after spending a few days to continue my way Trancoso a coastal town near Porto Seguro, a place rich in history and that here was where they landed the Portuguese who came to conquer the natives of Brazil, after being several days in this town of 5000 people and revel in its beaches, food and scenery Iriri continue my way to a village halfway between Rio de Janeiro Trancoso and Rio de janeiro .
Story 12: I am now in Rio de Janeiro one of the most famous cities in the world for its carnival, its beaches and women, come in late and were addressed to the hostel where I would stay, the next day I went to see several places interest in the city, after several hours outside the hostel back and my surprise was that the place where I had my valuables was open, I had broken the lock to steal, thank God I only stole money, did not take anything more , so he gave me to think that was another who was in the same room and hope to steal me away, so talk to people from the hostel and I moved from room to one for the same price to be a little more quiet, so between giving money to police, theft and other things I lost considerable money, but the important thing to me through a lot better and know more people and much more to this action to overshadow the trip, the next day I went to meet the two most famous beaches are Copacabana and Rio's famous Ipanema beach the song he composed Antonio Carlos Jobim, originally under the name "Menina que passa" and intended for a musical comedy entitled Dirigível (Airship), a work in which he was working Vinicius. On March 19, 1963 was recording for the Verve label by Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto, Tom Jobim on piano, which then would the LP "Getz / Gilberto”
Story 13: I left Rio in the direction of Foz do Iguaçu to know the enormous waterfalls that are in that city, when starting away from the coast the vegetation changes to the forest where thousands of pine trees could be seen on the road, passing through Sao Paulo a great metropolis that touch their limits and not to get to know and I do not like to stay in both cities so great, get to sleep that day the people of Itar famous for its waterfalls around the city , the next day continue to Iguaçu where to reach the city seemed quite calm even though the city is large enough, there I stayed in a hostel and the next day I woke up early to change the oil on my motorcycle, reaching I attended the workshop very well right there I change the oil because there was only going to buy liters, were talking and made jokes at my portuñol, a mixture of Portuguese with Spanish, after finishing with the maintenance of the bike went to cataracts, no words words to describe this wonderful place, is something for those who do not believe in God begin to believe only someone could build as large as majestic beauty, a 4-hour ride on all sides of the falls where you can appreciate all its angles, it is said that Brazil is the best place to see and that Argentina is the best place to sit because the Argentine side offers boat tours to be below them, undoubtedly one of the best experiences of this trip. The next day I decided to cross into Argentina and Uruguay have my way and save yourself a few miles and money by rolling out quite expensive in Brazil.
Thanks to everyone who made my stay at this wonderful great country, a place with amazing people, a culture very different from all of Latin America, a country with a very rapid development and infrastructure that will no doubt somatostatin to talk about the coming years.
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