Praia Vermelha

The Quiet City Beach and Tropical Forest Trail ! Praia Vermelha is the smallest city beach in Rio de Janeiro,and it lies in a sheltered cove between the 688 ft Morro da Urca and the 754 ft Morro da Babilonia. It's here where you catch the 2 stage cable car up to Morra da Urca and then on to the 1300 ft Sugar Loaf Mountain (Pão de Açúcar) out in the bay. It's very easy...

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Koh Tao Travel Experince

I'm sitting on the porch of our little, old, wooden bungalow in Tanote Bay on Koh Tao's east coast. Music comes from a bar behind us, a local band plays reggae music, a bit out of tune but not too bad, just too loud for sleep and that's why I'm writing the blog. Now suddenly it's quiet! Black out, as so often during night times here. Yesterday I sat at the same place reading...

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The backpacker hell in Bangkok

We left Ko Tao in the afternoon, 24 hours of travelling ahead of us. Our goal was to get to Ko Chang as soon as possible to be able to meet Anni's friend, Onni, who was somewhere on an island close to Ko Chang. The ferry to Chumphon took about 4 hours and there we jumped into an overnight bus to Bangkok. The overnight bus took 2 hours less than expected. We were woken...

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