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  1. LegWeakScotLand avatar

    Onward travel ticket confusion - LAX to Bogota

    by LegWeakScotLand 26 May 2012

    Me and two friends are shortly to book a one way ticket from LA to Bogota at the end of August, to start our 4 month trip around South…

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    RE: Buenos Aires to Rio De Janeiro - Bamba Experience? Green Toad?

    by tiririca 25 May 2012

    Companies like Bamba and Green Toad do seem to enhance the travel experience. That is to say they seem to enhance their own travel opportuni…

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    RE: Buenos Aires to Rio De Janeiro - Bamba Experience? Green Toad?

    by amobr82 25 May 2012

    "a seperate bus route from Igazu to the above to Rio for US$305" when the regular long distance bus (which AFAIK Bamba simply books for…

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    Buenos Aires to Rio De Janeiro - Bamba Experience? Green Toad?

    by beenie85 25 May 2012

    Hi, I am looking at my route from Buenos Aires to Rio Via Iguazu, Florianapalous, Paraty, Ilhe Grande. The Bamba bus seems to cover…

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    RE: Critic my brazil itinerary

    by andreyoshio 24 May 2012

    You don´t have much time so focus in the main atractions: - Rio - 3 days - Ipanema Beach, Cristo Redentor, Pão de Açucar, Nightlife in…

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    Re: Carnaval 2013

    by egoizueta 23 May 2012

    Hi, Not sure what happened with my previous post but it despaired. After experiencing Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro, I definitely recomme…

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    RE: Advice on a 10 days Turkey itinerary

    by guyfromrio 23 May 2012

    Thank you all very much for your help! I too intended to go straight to Cappadocia and leave Istanbul to the end of my trip (as it seems…

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    RE: Flights - Peru to Brazil

    by anillos_de_saturno 22 May 2012

    @ban_janti_return (#5): I made that comment because the OP said +The flight we're looking at lands at 4:50 a.m.+. That's the only direct…

  9. ban_janti_return avatar

    RE: Flights - Peru to Brazil

    by ban_janti_return 22 May 2012

    >...but be aware there aren't direct flights from Rio Branco to Rio de Janeiro, you'll have to change planes somewhere along the route…

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    RE: please, last minute advice on what to do between Iguazu and Rio de Janeiro

    by sandpitmanrob 21 May 2012

    my route was : rio (excellent), isla grande (beautiful), paraty (excellent backpacker destination), sao paula (so-so), florianopolis…

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    Re: two/three month language course in brazil

    by silbley 20 May 2012

    Take a look at www.escolacariocadesurf.com.br just in case you decide for Rio. The surfers chose the beaches on the west of the city…

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    RE: Yet ANOTHER Itinerary in the works

    by anillos_de_saturno 19 May 2012

    In addition to what I told you in your other thread: +Either flying into Ghana and traveling down the west coast to Angola/Namibia/SA…

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    Re: Carnaval 2013

    by egoizueta 19 May 2012

    Hi, After experiencing Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro, I definitely recommend it. I don't know the others, but Rio de Janeiro is a great…

  14. ukglobetrotter avatar

    South America in 6 weeks...realistic?

    by ukglobetrotter 19 May 2012

    So, I'm off to South America next January/February, and have the following rough itinerary: Arrive into Rio de Janeiro 16th Jan 2013…

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    Yet ANOTHER Itinerary in the works

    by TheOnlyFTG 18 May 2012

    Hey all, First I'm sorry for another Itinerary but what better place for advice? Questions I have for all places: 1) How dangerous are…

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    RE: Getting from Rio de Janeiro to Manaus

    by Awardticket 18 May 2012

    with which booking company? Their website indicates 209 usd with 2 stops and anything shorter then that is way higher.

  17. gazinessex avatar

    Re: Getting from Rio de Janeiro to Manaus

    by gazinessex 18 May 2012

    Singles available on that day from both TRIP and TAM - £110 / £125 - under $200 US.

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    RE: ‘meet & seat’ service

    by bredon 18 May 2012

    Yes this is very innovative thing introduced by one of the oldest Airline KLM. Happy news is that they have added ten more new destinations…

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    Re: bus travel in brazil

    by silbley 17 May 2012

    Maps on a sheet of paper are usually shown under the Mercator projection that is useful for navigation, but don't show the right size…

  20. anillos_de_saturno avatar

    RE: flights from africa to caribbean

    by anillos_de_saturno 16 May 2012

    Peregrinef said in #2: +There are a number of direct connections between JNB and Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo and Rio+ There isn't a direct…

  21. MassiveMassey avatar

    Peru Cuzco to Brazil - Rio Branco?

    by MassiveMassey 15 May 2012

    Hi, I am currently looking into the cheapest and quickest way to get from Cuzco in Peru to Río de Janeiro in around 7 weeks time. Fli…

  22. Laurajess avatar

    World Wide Adventure

    by Laurajess 14 May 2012

    *Anyone interested on joining this adventure I would love to hear from (either all or part) – its ambitious but hopefully will be unforget…

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    Portuguese Classes in Rio de Janeiro

    by LanguagesCarioca 11 May 2012

    Carioca Languages is the ideal Portuguese language school for you! Our students learn how to converse in Portuguese in a fast, effective,…

  25. CariocaLanguages avatar

    Portuguese classes in Rio de Janeiro

    by CariocaLanguages 10 May 2012

    Carioca Languages is the ideal Portuguese language school for you! Our students learn how to converse in Portuguese in a fast, effective,…

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