Today was my last day in Rio and to end my trip I decided to try hang gliding! Instead of booking through a travel agent, I went direct to the source. I took a cab to the São Conrado neighborhood of Rio where they have a hang-glider pilots club. In the parking lot I [...]
Long time readers of the GetFoxy blog might remember my Brazilian beer competition from 2009. Well, two years later, we’ll be sampling new and hopefully improved Brazilian micro-brewed beers! Even more exciting is the variety in this years challenge, a few wheat beers, a couple of ales and a Brazilian IPA. It’s great [...]
Flying down to Brazil was a dream. I flew on Delta Airlines in business class, ten hours direct, from Atlanta to Rio de Janeiro. The service, was perfect, the food was outstanding and overall I truly felt like a king. I enjoyed a scrumptious dinner, went to sleep for 8 hours and woke up to [...]
Today was a day of surprises. I woke up with plans to go visit the Itaipu dam on the recommendation of a girl I met on the bus yesterday (she was heading home from work and I was heading to my hotel from the Argentinean side of the Falls). Her name is Dani and she’s [...]
Today I took a cab to Argentina for $35. Had my passport stamped and was dropped off at the visitors center. The Iguazu Falls visitor’s center in Argentina is totally different than the Brazilian side. In Argentina, there are lots of walking paths to go explore and even a train to take you around. It [...]
My last stop in Brazil is already here. I landed last night via TAM airlines and decided to stay at a nice 4 star hotel for my final memories of Brazil. I took a 5 minute cab ride to the San Martin, mind you, where I have NO reservations and find out they only have 3 [...]
I woke up this morning just aching to have some fun. Not just lie out under the sun and watch the waves crash kind of fun, but something more energetic… Maybe take out a dune buggy, do some jet skiing, motorcycle riding or ideally, some kind of adventure.
So I hit the lobby of the hotel where [...]
I’m enjoying a culinary meal that I wish I could share with you directly through my blog but unfortunatly my words will have to suffice. I’m at the 28 year old restaurant, Beijupirá in Porto de Galinhas.
Beijupirá has the distinction of being the most expensive restaurant in Porto de Galinhas, but it’s not expensive by [...]
Yesterday I jumped on a bus back to Recife. When I arrived I tried to check into a hotel first thing but they were booked up. I tried another hotel, same thing. At the third hotel I asked the front desk clerk why there seemed to be no availability and he told me the largest [...]
My hotel in Joao Pessoa has bikes to take out for the day so I decided to get some exercise. Everday since I’ve been in Brazil I do quite a bit of walking but today, the bike was much more fun. I headed North on the beach road, Av. Joao Mauricio. Past the shopping mall, [...]
