Tag: Brazil
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Training in Salvador
We were supposed to meet up at half past five to go to and train with a local group. What I had failed to ask was where it was actually supposed to take place and how to get there. So I was on time in only my Training clothes. No money. As it turns out…
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At the beach in Barra
Today was going to be a more relaxing day. We – that’s the female contingent from Salzburg plus her Brazilian boyfriend and me – were going to the beach in Barra. So up to the elevator, down and looking for the right bus stop (and bus) behind the Mercado Modelo. Without someone asking around who really…
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Nossa Senhora do Rosário dos Pretos and a night out
In the evening we went to Nossa Senhora do Rosário dos Pretos where we attended Mass. A catholic one with lots of incense waving it seemed. But that was about all that reminded me of the last catholic one I visited. Maybe part of this is due to the history of this church which was…
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Pelourinho and Berimbaus
In Pelourinho I met up with some people from Salzburg. Aside of the two ladies I already had the pleasure of enjoing the taxi ride to Rio with, there where Sonja (and her brasilian Boyfriend), Valdo and Karen. Completing the group was Bodão from Jakobina. Including the two I shared the taxi to Rio with.…
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Flight to Salvador
This time the taxi ride was almost a no brainer as I had to get to the international airport to get my flight. Fortunately there was a taxi waiting at the first taxi stop I knew and I was at the airport way ahead of time. A word of advice for those traveling with GOL:…
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Jogos mundias – World Championship
The last few days where filled with the world championship of the group I train with. Which meant waiting, doing something, back to waiting. And long nights. The only exciting thing next to the actual competitions was my change of hostel which I timed to be at 9:30 with check-in usually being after 2 o’clock…
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Back to Rio
For the trip back to Rio I got together with two girls from Austria and a guy from Mexico. As the girls had left their luggage in their Pousada (a wise decision as the entry from the street to the training places was a few hundred meter unpaved dirt road) they called a taxi to…
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From Rio to CEMB
As my trip to Brazil was not only about sightseeing I had to leave Rio and get to my next destination the Centro Educational Mestre Bimba in Cachoeiras de Macacu by bus. The bus left Rio at the Rodoviária Novo Rio. It is possible to get there by public transport by taking a municipal bus.…
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Pictures from the hostel in Santa Teresa
Here are a few pictures from the hostel named Santa Mix I was at in Santa Teresa. The cat is called zebracat by the way. Don’t ask me why. 😉
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Day 7 in Rio – Jardim Botânico
Today’s destination was the botanical garden and Ipanema and Copacabana. The driving force was Tilda a french doctor who was on her way from an internship back home to start her residency and her friend whom we met up with at the garden. Ludo tagged along too. Again we went via Metrô and Metrô Na…