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Dave Jackson on November 25th, 2008

Guaruja is a beautiful city about 100km from Sao Paulo, and a ferry ride from Santos. The city gets very crowed in the summer, but even the warm winters are great there. You can see exactly which nights they have available beds and the room types available from some of our resources here. [...]

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Dave Jackson on November 25th, 2008

Ipanema beach is extremely diverse and entertaining: you can surf, play soccer, fresco ball, volleyball, buy a bikini, drink coconut water, cycle or run along the board walk. At weekends the beach gets filled by carioca who literary spend the whole day chatting and sunbathing: a flamboyant gay community stands in front of posto 8, [...]

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Dave Jackson on September 29th, 2008

The term is first attested in writings by Americans in the late 1800s describing the loincloth of Philippines natives. In the “Philippines Islands” entry in the 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, the term “geestring” is used. New styles and clothing concepts are always available in Ipanema’s elegant stores and boutiques. Precious and semi-precious stones [...]

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Dave Jackson on September 9th, 2008

What has made Rio famous is its Carnival. Just north of Recife is the beautiful colonial town of Olinda, which has one of Brazil’s best carnival celebrations. The travel highlight (in terms of beaches) of this region is undoubtedly Fernando de Noronha, which Brazilians will tell you has the best beaches in Brazil. Rio de [...]

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Dave Jackson on September 8th, 2008

Ipanema is one of the most expensive places to live in Rio. At the forefront of beach culture are the many surfers and sun worshippers who socialize daily at the beach. Although beachfront rentals are highly sought after they tend to be more expensive than the rentals that are close, but not on the beach. [...]

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Dave Jackson on August 14th, 2008

Mykonos is famous for its beach culture that’ll help golden-up your tan. For the best beaches, head to the southern part of the island. These islands also have quaint fishing villages, seal watching opportunities, as well as an ancient language and culture.
Holiday resorts on other Greek islands are numerous and widespread, so that there [...]

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