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Monday, February 14, 2011

The rest of Brazil

I totally slacked on the travel journal but I'll try to recall the essentials.

Recife: Stayed mostly at Piratas Hostel in Boa Viagem for 40 reais a night. Staff was unfriendly and the hostel was run of the mill. Pretty hot though. They had AC in the rooms but didn't turn it on until 9pm and off at 9am. Stayed at the other hostel in Recife the Hosteling International one, but it had a ton of mosquitoes.

Pria de Pipa = AWESOME. Stayed at Cavalo Marino in a 4 bed dorm room with bathroom for 25 reais. Had a swimming pool with swim up bar. Took the bus back to Recife and it was kinda a pain but got there. THe bus station in Recife is really far away from the center but luckily Bruna came and picked us up.

Rio de Janeiro = best city in the world! flew there from Recife. Flew into the city airport which is really convenient then you jump on the Real Bus (big nice blue one) and it runs through Rio. Stayed in Ipanema at Ipanema Girl hostel for 25reais w/ breakfast. Its in hostel ally and there are about 7 other hostels. The first time i stayed there my room was in the kitchen building and that's the best one. 2nd time i was in a very small 10 bed room and i was in the top bunk of a triple bunk. We took the bus to Argentina. Make sure you check one kind of bus you're getting. Ours sucked and its a LONG ride.