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- sherman0
Fly to Sao Paulo and then again to Salvador Bahia. From there travel along the coast all the way to the eastern tip of Forteleza. Buses, cheap hotels, killer food, parties, beaches with no one on them.
http://www.architexture.ca/brazi…
Its great!!
Mmm 3 weeks
- ********0
Brasilia if only you want ot see the emptiness and soulessness of acity planned on modern concepts. Interesting, and flawed architecture. Worth a fly over...
- Anarchitect0
Brasília is the proof that Le Corbusier was wrong.
Never the less, mistakes can still look beautful if the man that makes them is called Oscar Niemeyer...
- combustion0
São Paulo is cool dude.
There is a lot of things to do here. Also, the state of São Paulo has amazing things.
So, Architect, you don't know here.Actually Brazil is huge and has a lot to see.
- Anarchitect0
combustion, don't get me wrong, I'm more interested in São Paulo than other Brazilian cities. Its dynamics fascinate me, and the new architecture/design coming from it is absolute amazing.
I'm was refering to the "tourist" type of interest,..
You live there?
- theplanet0
Actually Brazil is huge and has a lot to see.
combustion
(Jul 5 05, 08:46)I realize brazil is huge. If someone asked where they should go in the US there are a million options from NY to the south to the rockymountains or southwest desert, and thats not ebven mentioning California.
So I guess Im looking for an introduction to Brazil, I dont expect to see everything, It sounds like Bahia is what the majority are suggesting. although I heard flights between brazilian cities are pretty cheap, maybe we shoud do a couple of days in Rio and then the rest of the week in Bahia.
- combustion0
If i were u i would go to the Ceará state, city of Fortaleza.
or Porto de Galinhas, or Búzios.
Angra dos Reis as well.
There are cool places in Bahia too, but i rather go to Fortaleza.
- Pixter0
I would choose Fortaleza too. I live in São Paulo.
- Anarchitect0
Pixter, I'lll be visiting a friend of mine in Rio soon...
I also wanted to check SP...
Do you have any tips regarding architecture / design / music / nightlife / etc...?
- ********0
Whatever you do or wherever you go, suggestions:
- Wear no jewelry, including a watch. If you need to wear a watch get some cheap one you wouldn't mind er, um losing.
- During the day wear shirts, sandals, t shirt. At night jean/khakis and short sleeve shirt. i.e. DON'T look like atourist.
- Avoid the favelas unless you are with a native you trust 120%.
- Lots of convincing cross-dressers in Brazil.
- Learn some basic portuguese - specifically brazilian portuguese.
- If traveling without a wife/significant other: have fun. wear protection. Aids is a serious threat there. Traveling with spouse/significant other: wear sunglasses to covertly take all the beauty of the populace in.
- Be genrous and the brazilians will be generous too. Be confortable with lots of body contact and personal space encroachment. Brazilians are the most warmest people on the planet.
- Whatever you do don't call any guy a "viadu" unless you want to get hurt. bad.
Tchau!
- ********0
ha I was waiting for combustion to chime in on the SP comments hahah ;)
- ********0
TheTick, you're such a viadu!@
;)
- SoulFly0
the climate winter X summer diffferences, that only really applies if you are visiting the lower part of Brazil which has all 4 seasons, if you are visiting northern part, the season doesn't really matter, because you get tropical weather all year long.
- ********0
Bahia/Recife is the most "african" culturally and most "old european" in architecture/art..
Rio is more modern and "brazilian"...
- ********0
Santa Catarina:
FlorianópolisRio Area:
#1 Búzios/Geribá
#2 Leblon (Rio)
#3 Illa GrandeOh my heart hurts just thinking about this amazing country.
- ********0
Oh and one other thing, beside the Carioca friends I made, the best Brasil travel resource I found was Lonely Planets' Thorn Tree:
http://thorntree.lonelyplanet.co…
- combustion0
Yah JazX, i need to reply for my city :)
Also. São Paulo is the most modern city in Brazil, the biggest and the richest. But isn't the most beautiful, actually is kinda ugly. São Paulo is known as a work city, so isn't the best place for tourism *at first.
- Anarchitect0
São Paulo não me interessa por ser ou deixar de ser "bonita". Aquilo que me atrai não será exactamente o que um turista procura [normalmente] no Brasil....
Como irei lá dentro de meses em trabalho/visita gostava, se possível, algumas informações como referi anteriormente: arquitectura, design, clubes, eventos.
obrigado.
- Pixter0
MASP (Sao Paulo Art Museum)
http://www.masp.art.brsatellite: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-…
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MAM (Modern Art Museum) - Now showing: "Andy Warhol motion pictures"
http://www.mam.org.br/satellite: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-…
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Ipiranga Museum
http://www.mp.usp.br/
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more links coming soon!
- Anarchitect0
thanks so very much.
feel free to send to my mail, if u wish.