Honeymoon in South America

January - March 2023
Our 2,5 months travel through South America ✈️❤️
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  • Day 2

    Salvador de Bahia - day 1 & 2

    January 5, 2023 in Brazil ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

    2 days in Salvador de Bahia. Salvador used to be a capital city of Brasil until 1763.

    Directly the first day after breakfast we decided to explore the city without internet, offline maps and enough cash 😅 … we ended up in some favela where local told us to get out because it’s super dangerous 😅😅 taxi driver was shaking his head and telling us what the hell were you doing 😂 but all good we drove to the beach and we’re the only white tourists there. It was super fun until we spent our last money on drinks… well it’s easy let’s get some cash and watch sunset in some nice bar before going back to hotel. Well we didn’t know that most of the ATMs don’t accept foreign cards so it took us 1 hour to find one ATM 🤣 luckily we could also purchase in the shopping mall SIM card so now we can’t get lost anymore.

    Second day of our stay we decided to join the free walking tour of the old town recommended by the hotel employee. The tour was okay the guide’s English was difficult to understand and the tour took one hour longer then planned… we were super exhausted and just wishing to be over 🙊 in the city center there is a museum of Bahia gastronomy and also restaurant. It’s buffet style restaurant with all the traditional afro Brazilian dishes so we decided to give it a try and paid 75 B$ per person. The food was okay but also nothing special. Afternoon we took easy got some ice cream, cocktails and went to the theater to watch local folklore performance. That was really cool experience and we would recommend it to everyone coming to Salvador de Bahia
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  • Day 4

    Chapada Diamantina - day 1

    January 7, 2023 in Brazil ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    After 8 hour bus ride in the night (with the luxury bus seat which even Flo loved 🤣) we arrived in hiking paradise National Park Chapada Diamantina. We got 4 full days to explore the area. After check in and some relax we decided to do easy hike / walk to Ribeirao do Meio. Beautiful waterfall and lot of natural swimming pools 😍 the walk takes approximately 1 hour one way and it’s really cool. We had to cross few rivers, walk through the forest until reaching the place. We would totally recommend the place for relax and Picknick 🧺😍👌🏼Read more

  • Day 5

    Chapada Diamantina - day 2

    January 8, 2023 in Brazil ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

    For our second day we booked the tour with the car. During the day we stopped in 4 different places -> Cachoeira do Mosquito, Poço do Diabo, Vale de Piscinas, Morro de Pai Inacio. The tour was really cool and long we spent in total 10 hours exploring the area and we are excited to see what next 2 days will bringRead more

  • Day 6

    Chapada Diamantina - day 3

    January 9, 2023 in Brazil ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

    Next day we woke up again quite early and started 8:30 our next trip to Cachoeira do Fumaça one of the highest waterfalls in Brasil with height of 380m! Starting point of the hike is the village Vale do Capão. Although it’s only 72km far away from Lençóis we needed more then 2 hours by car one way. First one hour is normal bumpy path and second hour off-road 😅. The funny thing is that the money for building the proper street has been collected but the locals don’t want that. Around 11 we were finally ready to start the hike to the waterfall. The hike is in total 12 km long and takes 4 hours go and back. First part is super steep and then it’s 1 hour jungle walk till the waterfall. In the morning in was cloudy and not so warm so it was perfect. After 2 hours walk and 1 river crossing we arrived at the first viewpoint and it was incredible 😍. Our drive Toco prepare picnic for us and after taking pictures we departed one hour later to the second viewpoint 😍. The way back was also fine only the sun was shining a lot and we both got a bit sunburned (we used 50 SPF sunscreen more then once 😅). On the way back we had short break in second waterfall Riachinho where we could cool down a bit and get ready for never ending drive back to Lençóis 😅 we arrived at 20:00 back very tired and super happy. What a day ❤️Read more

  • Day 7

    Chapada Diamantina - day 4

    January 10, 2023 in Brazil ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    Our last day in Chapada started with check out, planning our next weeks of the trip and some work (Flo only 😄) later we went to the town for a lunch and looked for the restaurants with the sign “Comida por kilo” ~ food per kilo, that’s special concept of the lunch menu where you take plate put food from buffet you like and you pay per weight. That’s so far the best food we could find in Brazil in the last 6 days. After tasty lunch we went to the Muritiba park to swim in the natural swimming pools. It was very relaxing afternoon 😎 we returned to the village to enjoy sunset and get some street food. It’s time to say goodbye to this beautiful place as our night bus departs at 22:45 back to Salvador to continue our adventure.Read more

  • Day 8

    Arraial do Cabo - day 1

    January 11, 2023 in Brazil ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

    After very very long transfer we arrived in Arraial do Cabo. The distances in Brazil is something different then what we are used to from Europe… the distance from Chapada Diamantina to Arraial do Cabo is more then 1500 km and due to the lack of transportation options / infrastructure we had to take 2 buses and 1 flight. We are very excited to wash our clothes tomorrow and see one of the best beaches in Brazil 😍🇧🇷Read more

  • Day 9

    Arraial do Cabo - day 2

    January 12, 2023 in Brazil ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

    After breakfast we headed to the beach. On the way we wanted to drop our clothes to the laundry and pick it up later. Unfortunately laundry was so full that our clothes would be done in 3 days when we are already in Rio. As Flo has no clean clothes anymore we had to go to self service laundry and do it by ourselves. After 2 hours we were finally done but hike to near beach would be too much. We decided instead to do the quad bike tour and drive to some remote beaches. Flo really loved it and I was really scared 😂 we drove to the few remote beaches, viewpoints, lake and drive though the jungle. The tour ended nearby the Praia Grande (big beach, famous for sunset views) so we decided to spend the rest of our day there and enjoy the afternoon 😍 the day didn’t go exactly as planned but we really enjoyed it 🤩Read more

  • Day 10

    Arraial do Cabo - day 3

    January 13, 2023 in Brazil ⋅ 🌧 24 °C

    Today we planned to visit one of the most beautiful beaches in Brazil - Praia do Pontal do Atalaia. There are two ways to reach the beach by taxi or by boat taxi. We decided to order Uber after we bought drinks and food for a day. First two Uber rides got canceled and second drove us for two minutes and then we had to get out. Apparently only official taxis are allowed to enter the road and there is a fix price 15 reais per person for ride. The advantage of taking the Uber is that the money gets deducted automatically from your bank account, official taxi is paid by cash. We run out of cash again and no ATM for foreigners is available here. 😅 so what can we do now?! We were negotiating with taxi drivers and with my bad Portuguese we could at the end pay in the shop nearby and she gave the taxi driver cash. Extra charge for the service 5 reais. The bumping ride with 8 other passengers in the taxi was okay and we were shocked by amount of people going to this famous beach. The beach was really nice don’t get me wrong but the amount of people, boat tours stopping for swimming and big waves didn’t make our stay that pleasant … also sun beds and umbrellas for almost 30€ 😅 am I in Saint Tropez or Santorini?! We decided to enjoy our day anyway and spoiled us with Açaí and caipirinha 😍. For the way back we decided to try to the water taxi and then explored the area around the port. It’s time to pack our bags again as tomorrow afternoon our bus goes to Rio 🇧🇷Read more

  • Day 11

    Arraial do Cabo - day 4

    January 14, 2023 in Brazil ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

    Last day in Arraial we woke up early and went to the second most beautiful beach in the area - Praia do Forno. In our opinion that was the best beach in the region but can be that we were also influenced by the fact that 8:30 in the morning the beach was still very empty and we had this beautiful place almost for ourselves. When we left around 11:00 the beach was packed and thousands of people were hiking to the beach. Yes hiking, in order to reach the beach you need to hike for 10-15 minutes or take boat taxi. We absolutely loved it but would not recommend to go to Arraial in high season. At 14:00 we departed by bus to Rio to spend following 6 night there. We were immediately impressed by the beauty of our hotel. After dinner we returned to the room and nice surprise was waiting for us 😍Read more