On Ilha de Santa Catarina, the island where Floripa is situated, we learned that it does not matter to the Brazilians whether it is sunny, cloudy or even raining a bit. They go to the beach anyway. And why not? It is always warm and you will have fun anyway. Most of them come much […]
If I had to explain in three words what makes travel so much fun, it would be ‘experiencing new things’. Obviously, because if everything was the same as it is at home, there would be no reason to leave it. In Brazil almost everything is just a little different from what we’re used to and […]
Barra da Tijuca is a pretty chic neighbourhood in Rio. There is not much to do other than visiting the mega-beach. But then the weather has to be nice. We spent a few days there doing laundry and buying local prepaid SIM cards. And that is quite a challenge. It’s difficult to find a salesperson […]
And so there I was, for the second time within a week, on the back of a horse. ‘Princeza’ is owned by Fazenda Aguapé in the southern part of the Pantanal, where we are staying a few days. The advantage of horseback riding is that you become a lot less muddy than if you were […]
