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Year: 2017

Discovering FREE beaches - Boraceia
Brazil

FREE beaches for miles

Love discovering new sandy shores ? What if we told you, that you could spend weeks discovering FREE beaches? Yes, that’s right, we’re about to tell you where you can discover at least one new beach every day, for weeks.  Interested ?  It’s only logical to find it in Brazil.  The country is in the southern hemisphere and most importantly has one of the longest coastal lines in all the world. If you love the beach, we are sure that you would enjoy the list of almost endless beaches along the ‘Serra do Mar’. Today we write about the beaches from Rio Santos all the way to São Sebastião and Ubatuba.  And in case you would still want to discover

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Discovering Rio Silveiras waterfall
Brazil

Rio Silveiras, discovering the indigenous reserve

How we came to Discovering Rio Silveiras on an Indian Reserve After our trip to the north of Brazil, we planned to spend the Christmas break in Boraceai.  Our brother in law Facondo has a condo approximately 5 kilometers from the beach.  One day between Christmas and New year’s he came up with one of his unusual adventure ideas.  He asked us if we wanted to visit an Indian reserve.  We had many questions for him but he didn’t have any answers.  He knew the reserve existed but had never been.  That’s when our imagination started wandering.  I think we all made-up a fictitious chief like character in our minds, evaluating our application to enter the grounds.  Then we thought, what if they

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Discovering Maragogi - snorkel
Maragogi

Discovering Maragogi, the perfect continuation

Discovering Maragogi online. Initially, Maragogi went by the name of Gamela.  Only in 1887 was it considered a city and called Isabel.  It was in homage to princess Isabel that liberated the slaves.  Later in 1982, the city was finally called Maragogi for the river that banks the shore.  Maragogi also has a history of battles and wars, where Holland tried to invade. Leaving Carneiros beach. After a blessed day at the Carneiros beach we stopped for lunch in Tamandaré with our 3 new friends.  Afterwards, Discovering Destinations were headed towards Maragogi, the littoral north of Alagoas. We agreed to give our new friend Carlindo a lift to his new home since his colleagues were heading in the opposite direction.  After all,

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Discovering where to eat - McGovern's restaurant
Discovering : Best Adventures

Discovering where to eat, Europe

Discovering where to eat in Europe While travelling, part of the fun is to discovering where to eat.  But, most of all, discovering typical and local dishes and eat like the locals.  There’s no need to pay a fortune or go bankrupt with fine dining.  Also, while in a foreign country, isn’t worth trying a different routine ? As a result, we’ve made a list of places to eat from various cities we’ve visited in Europe. Here’s what’s worth trying… London – England London is an expensive city and if you want to be on budget you will need to explore the city to find where to get good food for cheaper.  It was our first international trip together, so we spent

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Discovering ''bem te vi''
Discovering : Best Adventures

Brazil: Discovering ”bem te vi”, sounds of nature

Discovering ”bem te vi” in Olinda. Our favorite wake up call. Bem te vi also known as ”I see you”, is the Great Kiskadee.  In Brazil, we often see them perched on top of a tall telephone pole, house or tree.  Even more so, we will hear their call outs as demonstrated in the audio file below. Discovering ”bem te vi” audio file, press play! Try and recall your best wake up experience.  When was it ? How long ago ?  Where were you ? What elements left you in that pleasant state ?  Was it a recollection of dreams or perhaps your first sight ?  As a consequence, how was the rest of your day ?  We think our days are shaped by

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Discovering Praia de Carneiros - Wandering the fictitious beach
Discovering : Best Adventures

Brazil: Discovering Praia de Carneiros, the Pernambuco wildcard

Disclosure: This page contains affiliate links, meaning We receive a commission if you decide to purchase using our links mentioned in this page, however at no additional cost to you. Discovering Praia de Carneiros, all stars align. Discovering Praia de Carneiros was on the itinerary today.  We only heard great things about it.  We considered accepting a day trip from Porto de Galinhas to Carneiros for R50.  However, the Jangada owner knew we headed to Maragogi so she recommended we visit Carneiros along the way.  Thus, the plan was to leave early that morning and spend the day discovering Carneiros beach and then reach our ultimate destination, Maragogi. ‘side note’ Praia de Carneiros in English means Sheep beach.  So it’s not only Porto

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Brazil: Discovering Porto de Galinhas, part 2 of 3

Full moon ? YES ! Olinda set the standards quite high leaving us extremely pleased and ready to discover more.  We finished our delicious lunch at the Olinda Art & Grill, took a mental picture of the beautiful view and packed the car for our next adventure.  We wondered what was in store for us when discovering Porto de Galinhas.  Would we receive a warm welcome from the hostel ?  Meet another Romilson ?  Another encounter with the moon ? ‘side note’ 1. Porto de Galinhas in English means Port of Chickens.  We think it sounds better in Portuguese, where the ‘n’ and the ‘h’ form a ñ sound like in spanish. 2. Click here if you would like to read part 1 of 3. Our car

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