Brazilian Food and Drink

We were in Brazil during March last year so had the pleasure of indulging in Brazilian food and drink. One of the things we loved was the fact that there are places where you can buy food by the kilo and sit down and eat it there. It's like a buffet where you can pile whatever you like onto your plate, it then gets weighed and you are charged for it. And since many of the things on display were new to us, we certainly indulged and experimented.

Almost a year later I have finally got around to creating some pages about typical food from Brazil and also another about typical drinks from there.
You can find them at: Typical Brazilan Food and Typical Brazilian Drinks.

Keep an eye for the dish made from alligator meat and a drink called Caju Amigo: "The Friendly Cashew"

One of my favourite things about travelling is experimenting the local food. Fortunately I have an iron stomach so I can eat from street stands or buy from vendores walking around offering their wares. Eating where the locals eat is such an important part of the experience.



Something we bought at a stand on the street called Agua de Coco (Coconut Water). The coconut was cut open with a mini machete in front of us. It was yummy!

National Anthems

It took a while to do put it's now ready... we have just finished writing about the national anthems of the South American countries along with their translation in English.
Oh, and we have thrown in a bit of history about them too.
Check them out:

National Anthems of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Iguazu Falls and Emeralds

And a couple more pages for you.

Something that you have to put on your Must Do List is a visit to the Iguazu Falls on the border of Brazil and Argentina. There are literally kilometres of wallfalls and cascades with an incredible range of wildlife and perfect photo shoots around every corner. Keep an eye out for the brightly beaked Tucan birds flying around. If you are a nature lover and can only come to one place in South America, this definitely has to be it!

Information about Iguazu Falls.


And on a totally different note...

Not exactly something on the Backpacker's souvenir list though interesting nonetheless is our page about Emeralds. The best emeralds in the world can be found in Colombia, South America so we thought we would include it anyway, especially since you can sometimes visit the old Emerald mines.

Five Different Countries in South America

Our long awaited South America website is now going along quite well. A lot of the spaces have now been filled though we still have to resize and post photos.

In the last couple of days we have managed to put the following information online for everyone:

Colombia -Cartagena - The city on the Caribbean Sea
Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - The land of Beaches and the Mega Carnival
Peru - Lima - Museums - The most interesting museums to see while you're in Lima, Peru.
Peru - Cusco - The city that's on every backpackers route. If you are on your way to Machu Picchu this is THE stop to make on the way
Ecuador - Quito - The center of the world where Northern & Southern Hemisphere meet.
Argentina - Buenos Aires - Huge city with SOOOO much to do!

Hope you enjoy them!