THE TRAVEL THREAD

[Mr. Martinez]

santorini is the summer destination for me

[Yung bawse]

Peak

3-5 is a good number imo

4 is ideal 2 rooms, 1 cab, quicker getting food/ready etc....

Valencia anyone?

I agree.. Went with my football lads once.. 25 people and we still stayed in groups of 4-5, never really done anything as a group

[O Fenomeno]

The GOAT trip of my life

 

Beautiful just beautiful 

 

meeting family you never seen before and you never knew existed >>>>>>>

 

 

Visiting My Grandparents graves WOW

 

 

 

I went with one of my uncle and his group/movement (He is a freedom fighter) and was involved in the early stages of the protests.

 

 

 

The truth is I realised and the reason why I stopped protesting because the public are venting their frustrations at the wrong thing it shouldn't be the World Cup it's the corruption taking place in Brazil which these protests should be aimed at.

 

 

I think there should be good schools , hospitals e stadia. Brazil isn't poor at all, the problem is a huge part of the public's

money has been wrongly taken.

 

 

Corruption in Brazil is caused by both the right and left wings, they are both very good at it. 

 

 

I would go about it in more detail but this is the wrong thread for it

 

 

anyways

 

 

Copacabana isn't a myth (It's heaven on earth)

 

 

The nightlife tho but the nightlife tho I had no choice but to #turnup

 

 

 

 

I saw three games@ the real home of football

 

Italy-Mexico(Good game)

Spain-Tahiti(Eye opener)

Brazil-Spain(Beautiful)

 

 

The organization was awful inside and outside the stadium. A lot of things have to improve in time for next summer's World Cup.

 

 

Names are printed on the tickets but nobody checks your ID

 

Had to arrive early to avoid the protests

 

How can fans who purchased category 4 tickets have better seats than fans who purchased category 1 tickets?

 

 

I am aiming for Salvador next summer as well as Rio (I was told by my cousins that almost 90% of the population are black or mulatos).

 

 

 

So many special moments were created 

 

 

DR Congo is my next trip though

[Michel Kane]

Mon frere.

 

Es estou vindo come voce no proximo ano.

[O Fenomeno]

Serious?

 

Congo or Brazil?

 

Brazil I take it

[Nidge Weasle]

glad you had a good time bro.

 

used to link a girl who was brazilian (well half) and she lives out there, always said i should go visit her, might take her up on the offer at some point

[O Fenomeno]

Go bro 

[Michel Kane]

Serious?

Congo or Brazil?

Brazil I take it

Yeah, Brazil.

[Flojo]

 

You can follow the parade as part of the pipoca which is what we did but if you're not arsed about the cost then get an abada, we went on a last minute one so some of the group had them and others didn't. Some of the American guys we were with spent about a grand on Abadas alone for the week.

We stayed in an apartment in Barra, like 2 minutes away from where the parade goes. It's a good spot to be for the carnival but there aren't any particularly good beaches close by if you want to go through the day.

I thought barra had good beaches? Beach is a must. Barra is somewhere I read that was a lot safer. Gonna need to do even more research.

 

The ones we went to were too packed and dirty but I'm not sure if that was just cos of carnival. One day we went to a nearby fishing town (1 hour bus ride) called Arembepe - one of the best beaches I've ever seen and well worth the journey.

 

I'm back in Salvador in a few days and staying in Santo Antonio so I'll drop some more info in here.

 

Go Titan.

 

Pelourinho is an amazing place, I stayed with a french guy that has lived in Salvador for 6 years and linked up with an American brudda that's fluent in Portuguese and lives there so he gave us the lowdown on where to go and what to do. He was saying that 90% of the year in Salvador there are outdoor live music performances.

 

I was there for 4 days and just walking the streets for free saw Olodum (Brazilian drum troupe)  perform in the streets, Capoeira and live music performances.

 

The Confed Cup was on as well so there were extra performances for that and I went to a game, I also went to the contemporary arts museum and stayed on to watch a Jazz performance for 6 reais (£2) in the most ridiculous location overlooking the bay just as the sun was setting. There's also the afro brazilian museum  (£2 entry) and a shit load of other stuff to do. There are some areas around it which are really hood but unless you're a certified fool in life it's impossible to not realise where they are as you approach them and I think that's always going to be the case in Brazil as you're pretty much always a few streets away from heading into dangerous areas.

 

I didn't go to a beach whilst I was there mainly because I was never arsed but even if there isn't one really nearby I would sacrifice that for staying in Pelourinho which was a 100 times more interesting than Barra which is where I stayed for Carnival. One thing I would consider is that the carnival route in Barra had the more youthful performers if I remember rightly compared to Pelourinho which had the more traditional sound.

 

I'd stay in Pelourinho and travel to Barra for a few days rather than the other way around, it's just a much more interesting place.

[O Fenomeno]

I stayed in Leblon

 

20 mins away from Copacabana

 

the prices was a joke in that area but expected

[Bobby Reds]

im considering it so bad

 

how much am i looking 

C/S

 

Another one of them once in a lifetime tings i dont wanna miss out on.

 

Although olympics could be an even bigger ting tho

[Michel Kane]

WC tickets lottery starts soon as well.

[darkman]

Brazil is a beatiful country but I found the night life and quality of women dissapointing. Maybe I was expecting too much though

[dom dom bullets]

Then you were hitting the wrong spots

[Kurtis]

nah he was expecting too much

[Kurtis]

can someone give me some nice countryside places please?

 

local? philos?

 

im pissed off again and gonna go either this weekend or next week

 

needs to be easy to get to as i dont/not allowed to drive

 

somewhere tranquil i can walk around or just nice scenery

 

dont mind if its on the edge of Scotland or whatever, as long as theres a way to get there by either train/plane and relatively easy to get a cab

 

cba going abroad again, more effort than i care for

[Kurtis]

I was looking at Cumbria

 

any specific town names around Lake % Peak district?

[Kurtis]

thanks

[local]

windermere is the 1

 

stayed here 1st time n was decent

 

http://www.thehydro.co.uk/

 

millions of little bnb's run by old people that r much easier on the wallet tho

 

gona be sunny as shit this weekend aswell

[JLovely]

Moneysupermarket

This suggestion saved me money; thanks!

[Heero Yuy]