Hey!
I just wanted to give you guys a recap of my trip to brazil!
Here is some general information:
I am 22 years old, male.
I traveled with my 20 year old girlfriend.
Our Itinerary was: Sao Paulo-Florianopolis-Curitiba-Rio-Sao Paulo
On average, with all our expenses including 3 fancy restaurants, visiting Christ the Reedeemer, accomodation( hostels), transport( Internal flights,Bus,Metro), food and daily expenses, we spent on average 70$ CAD a day.
If we remove the fancy restaurants, our average goes down to 50$ CAD a day.
For a country that everyone considers to be expensive, we found it to be pretty good!
We mostly had breakfast at the hostel, lunch at restaurants, and cooked diner at the hostel.
The 50$ a day does not include the visa, and Flight to Sao Paulo.
We departed from montreal on December 30th.
We returned to Montreal on January 22nd
Sao Paulo:
We stayed at a hostel called Telstar hostels. It was not bad, location was good, safety was good, accomadation were good. The owner was really helpful.
The hostel hosted a new years party for 50 reals, including a open bar.
I would give it a 9, but the last night, the person in our dorm found cockroaches.
My review then becomes a 7/10
We arrived on the 31st of december expecting to go to Paulista avenue for the huge reveillon party.
After exploring paulisa avenue for a few hours, we decided to leave around 8pm.
We did not feel safe with 2 million people around us.
I believe that we left Sao Paulo on the 2nd of january, took a bus to Florianopolis.
The bus ride was excellent.
The one bad thing is that there was no electric outlet in the bus to charge your electronics during the 7hour ride.
Sao Paulo in a nutshell was boring. Everything was closed during our visit.
Florianopolis: Our favorite
We arrived in florianopolis.
We took a bus to our hostel in a little part of the city called Barra Da Lagoa.
We stayed at a hostel called: Manaca Home hostel.
Our stay was more than perfect. I can give it a 10/10
The staff was great.
The guests were so nice
Location was great
the view from the hostel was amazing.
For 10 days, we did a lot of sun-bathing, hiking and relaxing.
Floripa was by far,our favorite place
the vibe is relaxed and easy-going.
Next stop: Curitiba
Curitiba: The green City
We arrived to Curitiba by Bus.
We stayed at hostel called : Knock Knock Hostel.
The hostel was HUGE.
Staff were friendly.
Guests were nice
Rating of 9/10
One of the staff members was very rude and not welcoming.
She wanted to charge us 35reals for us to wash our clothes
while the other staff member was not charging us.. long story ..
As of Curitiba, all I can say its that it is a great city.
More of a urban city. the opposite of Florianopolis
We stayed here for 3 nights
the weather was awful except for one day
Our main activities were: walking around the city, and relaxing.
Curitiba was more of a transit city. A quick stop before stopping in rio
We did not do any touristic activities
The only actitivy was, we rented a Bike from a company called Kurit Bike
Their staff was amazing, and it was cheap. It was only 10 reals per hour.
the staff gave us a map, water bottle and itinerary.
great time!
Next stop: Rio !
Rio De Janeiro:
We flew from Curitiba to Rio ( santos dumont airport)
The flight was cheaper than the bus.
As for our hostel, we stayed at a hostel called Gaia comfort Hostel
This hostel is located in the neighborhood called Botafogo.
Location was ok, at least it was near a metro.
hostel was very big, clean, and with a modern touch.
Staff was great. One of them even came to a open bar party at a club with a few other of the guests!
The one bad thing is that you are not allowed to bring any alcohol into the hostel. You must buy it from them.
They sell it about twice more expensive than at the stores
as for activities, we did one touristic activity: CHRIST THE REEDEEMER!
It cost 66 reals.
This includes the 20 minutes train ride into a forest, to the top of the mountain
As for Christ, it is easy to understand why it was voted in the 7 wonders of the world!
The rest of the time, we explored rio by foot,metro, ate at local stands.
As for price, Rio was by far the most expensive city. Everything was more expensive.
In 5 days in rio, we spent more than what we spent in florianopolis for twice the time!
If you have any questions, feel free to ask them!
This post is horribly written. I am sorry about it.
It is currently 1am where I am.
I am tired and lazy... I might fix it tomorrow.
