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The Sea Lions of Cabo Polonia

Published on March 29, 2012 By Deb Hocking

Share Cabo Polonia  a little village located on a rocky point on the Atlantic coast of Uruguay is famous for its sea lions and for the fact that all the houses were built on Government owned land – by people who just decided to build there and enjoy the place (In Australia they are called [...]

Tango in Montevideo..

Published on March 28, 2012 By Deb Hocking

Share After a few hours wandering around Tristan Navaro markets on our first weekend in Montevideo – we stopped at a little cafe to partake in Uruguay’s verson of a steak sandwich with the lot – Chivitos – and while we were placing our order using our limited Spanish skills – one of two beautiful [...]

Boipeba – Paradise by a Donkey Cart

Published on February 1, 2012 By Deb Hocking

Share Boipeba – located south of Salvador and accessible after catching a car ferry across to Itaparica  then a bus ride to Vicente to catch a speed boat that may or may not deliver you through the mangroves to this island paradise!  Our speed boat was a couple of hours later than scheduled and we [...]

Lavagem De Bon Fim – Salvador Bahia Brazil…

Published on January 14, 2012 By Deb Hocking

Share The third Thursday in January – the 12th in 2012 it is the annual celebration here in Salvador of the Lavagem de Bonfim. We knew about this event before we arrived here but were told that it was no big deal..just people walking to the Church – Bonfim to cleanse both themselves and the [...]

Tibau do Sol….another Piece of Paradise

Published on October 17, 2011 By Deb Hocking

When the bus stopped at the designated bus stop, we jumped out and headed off in the direction of the beach. Along the way we were treated to some really interesting sites, two trees covered in brightly coloured plastic bottle tops, a tiny house built on the medium strip of the main road and a 2 table restaurant set up on the metre wide street verge – things are certainly done differently in Tibau do Sol!

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