Rio De Janeiro - Post Report Question and Answers
What have been the highlights of your time in this country? Best trips or experiences?
There's lots of domestic travel, Brazil is huge and it's easy to get around. There are tons of national parks and natural wonders. Sao Paulo is quick flight if you need a big city fix. - Jun 2024
Beach, northeast, Paraty, Tirar Dentes excellent travel within Brazil while you live here. - Oct 2019
Picanha. Caipirinhas. - Sep 2019
Getting to know the Brazilians and their music, traveling throughout all of South America (kind of expensive though), Iguazu Falls - Apr 2019
Trips to colonial Ouro Preto and to see wildlife in the Pantanal. Every sunset from the beach. New Year's Eve in Copacabana. The topography which never gets old. Dear Brazilian friends. - Jun 2017
trip to Ilha grande, hike to Dois irmao mountain, the beach. - May 2016
Road trips to Minas Gerais, Ilha Grande, Paraty, Buzios...any time you can get out of this ridiculous city. - Aug 2013
Carnaval was my first all-nighter in about twenty years; that was a lot of fun. I traveled in Salvador and had a terrific time taking in sites and a completely new local cuisine. My favorite thing there was the Folk Ballet in Pelourinho. I was also able to travel a lot to Sao Paulo and enjoyed it every time. Great municipal gardens and museums, not to mention food from all over the world, including some of the best Italian food outside of Italy. - Jun 2011
Trips to Iguazu Falls, the Amazon, and Argentina. Local travel is expensive, distances are great, and domestic airfares are not cheap. One can drive to Sao Paulo in about 5 hours, and to the colonial towns of Minas Gerais in 3-5 hours. - Jul 2010
Lazy days outside with the kids on the beach, bicycling around Lagoa (the lagoon), walking along the beach on weekends/holidays when the main roads are closed off for travel, parks (favorite is Ibirapuera park in Sao Paulo), visits to historical places, the Amazon, Salvador, Petropolis, spectacularly lavish kid birthday parties, local festivals/celebrations like the Festa Junina country-wide. - Jun 2010
