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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: feisty on June 05, 2016, 06:35:01 PM
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So the misses wanted to get away. I wanted to go to Cuba before it becomes another state of the US. She wanted to do Brazil. She won.
My idea of fun is to re-create the top gear Bolivia special. Buy hire a 4wd and get out of Rio and head west.
She's not as keen.
Other than not taking local/any drugs etc does anyone have any suggestions. Or has anyone been there?
We leave in two weeks and are there for a month.
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Take your Bushmans
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So the misses wanted to get away. I wanted to go to Cuba before it becomes another state of the US. She wanted to do Brazil. She won.
I went past a place yesterday that was something to do with Brazil.. http://www.simplybrazilian.com.au/ (http://www.simplybrazilian.com.au/)
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Yep bought 30 day mosquito repellant bands and the misses visited the local butterfly recently. Anything else?
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Go and watch a game of soccer.
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Don't think about breading , the bugs could bugger that up .....................
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Other than not taking local/any drugs etc does anyone have any suggestions. Or has anyone been there?
I'm out then....the only person i know who's been there recently, would only told me about how cheap the coke is there, no other details of his holiday
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Thanks for the pm. No I am not there to knock Usain Bolt off his perch.........
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Went there a few years ago. Time in Rio to do the iconic things-Copacabana and Ipanema beaches and the statue.
Highlight was a 4 day cruise on the Amazon out of manaus, and catching piranha.
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Do a trip to find the pink freshwater dolphins of the Amazon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCJgvabihQ8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCJgvabihQ8) , if your into surfing , think there is a continous type of wave that runs for heaps of k's on the Amazon that pro surfers like to ride ..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSsnQd5R8ag (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSsnQd5R8ag)
Found the vids
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Thanks Edz. Brilliant!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqG2TVz5lb4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqG2TVz5lb4) might be some places of interest
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Well I'm here in Rio.
Even managed to even find a camping store to look at.
Don't think I want to camp in Brazil anymore if handguns are stranded camping equipment.
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Go ahead.... make your day... LOL
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Only a problem if they have the pointy things in them that come out with a bang ;D ;D have a great time and stay safe :cheers:
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Thanks edz. Loving it. Could be a bit warmer but loving what the place has to offer and it's only day 3.(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160622/8f30efd4c09c7839008be0c540e85268.jpg)
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Got to love high density living in some county's. And people here think they have it rough.
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Yeah feisty need to do the Iguazu falls they will blow you away then all the usual major sights. Hope you enjoy eating meat as we are a carnivorous race. Enjoy the lifestyle mate
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Yeah feisty need to do the Iguazu falls they will blow you away then all the usual major sights. Hope you enjoy eating meat as we are a carnivorous race. Enjoy the lifestyle mate
Thanks ajc. Plan to do see the falls from both the Brazilian side and the Argentinian side. Can't wait. Eating whatever the locals are willing to cook me. I choose not to ask many questions.
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Got to love high density living in some county's. And people here think they have it rough.
Funny you should say that oldmate. The lady running the tour said these people were poor but happy.
I didn't think they were very poor at all. Yes the houses were built with little respect to normal town planning practices but they are apparently quite overengineered and the owners look happy and proud. The favelas are very clean and well maintained. In fact during the world cup many made a lot of money renting them out on airbnb.
The area has only one road (which bizarrely enough was used for a Brazilian GP won by Fangio long before many of these houses were built). So all concrete etc had to be carried in there. The whole area is a network of narrow lanes and stairways as can be seen in the photos.
These favelas are quite sophisticated areas and most have been 'pacified' by local police. Meaning they are no longer controlled by local drug cartels.
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Keep them coming mate.
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Keep them coming mate.
Will do.
Loved this photo. Someone had bought a new fridge. There were about 10 blokes with ropes trying to manhandle it to the fourth floor. Whilst trying not to take out the 500 random cables above and below
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43 days to the Olympics. Not sure the new tram line will be ready on time.
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A couple of local workers taking a rest from the sweltering (23 degree) midday sun
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The great redeemer (Corcavado)
I'm sure you'll get sick of seeing this in the next two months
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Not the girl from Ipanema but the caterpillar D6 from Ipanema moving sand. (http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160623/120b33f95f415ca6f8e12134bd9a5acb.jpg)
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Thanks for the pics feisty! Really interesting
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The bit that gets me is all these shacks (& lets admit it, if they were here in Oz, they wouldn't even be a shack :'(), all with air-con units hanging out the windows / walls? ???
Aren't these people living like this because they're dirt poor? So how do they afford air-con? (& a new fridge!)
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Not really shacks Fizzie. Most are 5 stories tall. Apparently many were built during boom periods after the 20's.
The workers who built the legitimate high rises in the cities would live in the carvelas and save money to build something on the patch of land they "occupied'.
Whilst not legal they built single story dwellings using the same techniques and standards they used to build the legitimate high rises.
They then realised they could sell the space above their house to someone for their house and so on and so on.
So there was no room left for roads as technically these building are illegal. Although various governments go through phases of making them legal or trying to pull them down.
However the people who live in these communities are the ones working at the many hotels and service industries. They earn reasonable money.
In the last 5 years banks have even opened up in these areas as well as gymnasiums, sushi restaurants and other forms of commerce.
I even passed an orthodontist surgery.......
Fascinating places
However I flew into Salvador last night. Some 1500km north of Rio.
Some pretty tragic buildings around. Does not appear to be anywhere near the same opportunities or money as in Rio.
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Left the Amazonas region (Manaus). 3 flights today. In a three week trip we take 13 which is killing me.
Swan with the dolphins EDZ thanks for the tip. Misses caught her first fish ever. A piranha no less
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Feisty
Looks awesome! :cup:
Friend at Uni did 3 weeks on the Amazon on a research trip a few years ago & said it was amazing!
Couple of q
Is that a life jacket or just a harness to stop falling in?
& is it the hotel or the local jail! :police: :D
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Feisty
Looks awesome! :cup:
Friend at Uni did 3 weeks on the Amazon on a research trip a few years ago & said it was amazing!
Couple of q
Is that a life jacket or just a harness to stop falling in?
& is it the hotel or the local jail! :police: :D
Fizzie it's a cheapy life jacket they put around your waist instead of one your shoulder. Luckily we were the only 2 people swimming that afternoon. The place is run by locals and is only accessible by boat. As this is the low season they don't see much action.
The building was one part of a 2000 room hotel complex on the river that has since gone bust. Some of it is falling into the river.
Great place. Have since flown south to iguazu falls. Absolutely spectacular. They are right on the border of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.
I had dinner at a dodgy casino in Paraguay last night. Burgers and beers in Brazil tonight and breakfast in Argentina tomorrow all without travelling more than 10 km
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Great read mate bring it on :cheers: