We have seen the announcement in the media and a few blogs: Jericoacoara is going to have an international airport. The governor of the state of Ceará is promising it will be operating in July 2010 (there are general elections in October that year). In actual fact, rather than a full-blown airport, we are just [...]
BY BUS The company traveling between Fortaleza and Natal is Viação Nordeste. Its site contains schedules and prices. The trip lasts 5 hours and costs from R$69 (basic bus, with no air con). Careful. There were several hold-ups during the year 2008. The armed robberies on buses travelling between the two cities took place in [...]
[Photo by Alfredo D. Ortiz reproduced under a Creative Commons licence] To make up for the absence on this blog of a specific post devoted to Canoa Quebrada, I am publishing a blog entry with links to sites of interest. I was quite surprised to find out quite a number of portals devoted to such [...]
Accommodation in Brazil has two new blog posts. One with a full listing of Hotels and pousadas in Canasvieiras, Florianópolis and another one with another full listing of Hotels and pousadas in Jericoacoara.
Sooner or later, during your trips throughout Brazil (and in the North East in particular), you’ll have to cross a river. And more likely than not, there will be a strapping lad and its makeshift boat ready to take you across to the other side. The two pictures here were taken near Jericoacoara, on the [...]
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