Travelogues Brazil

Salvador and Bahia are known for one thing: Capoeira! The movement art has its roots in the time of the slave movement in Salvador, after the Portuguese claimed the land for...

During our stay abroad, we were also visited by our professors in Brazil to make sure that we are doing well here and that our studies are going smoothly. During this time, we...

Today we visited the oldest fort on the coast: Santo Antonio da Barra. It was built in 1534. Since 1698, the lighthouse has been located on the fort, which lights up every...

Old gold city of the Portuguese, from here it was shipped to Europe.

Beautiful national park with extensive hiking trails.

Hello everyone, Here we go, our adventure begins! We are back in Rio and have bought our travel companion. He doesn’t have a name yet (we're waiting for your suggestions 😉) but...

Unfortunately, the weather forecast for today, Sunday, did not bode well and it was actually raining again when we opened the curtain. Nothing much happened after breakfast, and...

In Brazil, there is no second day of Christmas, it is a normal working day. We had leftovers for dinner again. Nevertheless, in the afternoon we visited Atalaia beach, about...

Since Pelourinho, the historic old town, was listed as a World Heritage Site, there is funding to gradually restore the buildings. Lots of color, lots of art, lots of lively...

28.11.: 'the express train, the express train is chasing her!' from childhood I know the radio play about the elderly steam locomotive 1414, which is sent on vacation by its...

Now that I'm slowly getting used to Portuguese, I'm ready for the final leg of my journey in Brazil: a 636km bus ride to the southwestern tri-border area of Brazil, Paraguay,...

In Bolivia, we made a stop at Lake Titicaca and visited the quite chaotic city of La Paz and the capital Sucre. The highlight was a 3-day tour where we went to the largest salt...

The Blue Stone in the coffee plantations.

Absolute dream place to see birds

Hardly arrived in Brazil, we see many exotic animals.

We were slowly heading further north of Brazil and today was another day of travel. At around 7:30 a.m. the Uber was ready to take us to the airport, where we took off for Sao...

We had spent four nights in Campeche and checked out of the log cabin late in the morning to spend the next few days in the north of the island. On the way there, we stopped at...

Today we used the vouchers for the 'Aqualand' wave pool right away. A great leisure facility with an artificial wave pool where the waves came every half an hour. For Heloise...

Today it rained heavily several times, so it was not possible to do anything. So we used the day to do some laundry and cleaning. Thiago watched soccer, the ladies took care of...

Here we go, an exciting journey to Brazil awaits us.

After the longest and most turbulent flight of my life, I finally landed safely in Natal. Everything went according to plan. At the airport, I was welcomed by Uncle Bruno. When...

The last destination on my trip to South America is Paraty. A cozy little location. It reminds me a little of Warnemünde. I have a few great...

Today Tommy and I went to the stadium for Bahia's last home game and the chance to get promoted. Shortly after we came back from our beach trip yesterday, we headed to the...

Salvador is dotted with many shopping malls, really many! So if you need something or don't know how to spend the day, you can choose one of the numerous shops. Some of them not...

Nice city, who are you scaring?

There is only one city like this!

The picturesque artist neighborhood of Santa Teresa can be reached by the historic 'Bonde' narrow-gauge tram.

Yesterday upon arrival we didn't become friends and in the evening I walked around in an allegedly beautiful neighborhood - hungry - thirsty. It wasn't that - even though I rode...

Today a slightly different report. Salvador has many opportunities to do sports. Not only do Brazilians do a lot of sports on the beach or at the fitness center, but there are...

Today we went on a trip with our language course to Pelourinho. There, the lecturer wanted to introduce us to Brazilian culture. We also visited a church service where...