Chillax in Ilhabela Brazil!!!

ILhabela Sao Paolo Brazil

Ilhabela is an archipelago and a city situated 4 miles of the coast of Sao Paolo State in Brazil.

Mostly families of our crew members who live near the island especially from Sao Paolo come to visits 

onboard  and enjoy the tour around the ship and have a whole day treat.

Ilhabela is a popular sailing point^[2][5]. Several regattas take place at the city's coast^[5]. Also, it is popular for many other watersports, including scuba and free diving^[5]. The waters around the archipelago are filled with more than 50 shipwrecks, six of them being opened for visiting via diving^[6].There are many hiking trails with varying degrees of difficulty and 360 waterfalls^[6] in the Atlantic jungle.

Oi Salvador Bahia

Salvador, Bahia

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Salvador (Portuguese pronunciation: [sawvaˈdoʁ], Saviour; historic name: Cidade de São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos, in English: "City of the Holy Saviour of the Bay of all Saints"^[2][3]) is the largest city on the northeast coast of Brazil and the capital of the Northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia. Salvador is also known as Brazil's capital of happiness due to its easygoing population and countless popular outdoor parties, including its street carnival. The first colonial capital of Brazil, the city is one of the oldest in the Americas. For a long time, it was simply known as Bahia, and appears under that name (or as Salvador da Bahia, Salvador of Bahia so as to differentiate it from other Brazilian cities of the same name) on many maps and books from before the mid-20th century. Salvador is the third most populous Brazilian city, after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The metropolitan area of the city, with 3.5 million of people, however, is the seventh most populous Brazilian urban agglomeration, after the urban areas of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, Recife andFortaleza, and the third in Brazilian Northeast Region.

The city of Salvador is notable in Brazil for its cuisine, music and architecture, and itsmetropolitan area is the wealthiest in Brazil's Northeast. The African influence in many cultural aspects of the city makes it the center of Afro-Brazilian culture. This reflects a situation in which African-associated cultural practices are celebrated. The historical center of Salvador, frequently called the Pelourinho, is renowned for its Portuguesecolonial architecture with historical monuments dating from the 17th through the 19th centuries and was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985.

Salvador is located on a small, roughly triangular peninsula that separates Todos os Santos Bay from the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean. The bay, which gets its name from having been discovered on All Saints' Day forms a natural harbor. Salvador is a major export port, lying at the heart of the Recôncavo Baiano, a rich agricultural and industrial region encompassing the northern portion of coastal Bahia.

A particularly notable feature is the escarpment that divides Salvador into the Cidade Alta ("Upper Town" - rest of the city) and the Cidade Baixa ("Lower Town" - northwest region of the city), the former some 85 m (279 ft) above the latter,^[4] with the city'scathedral and most administrative buildings standing on the higher ground. An elevator(the first installed in Brazil), known as Elevador Lacerda, has connected the two sections since 1873, having since undergone several upgrades.

CARNAVAL 2012

Brazilian Carnival

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The Carnival of Brazil (Portuguese: Carnaval, IPA: [kaʁnaˈvaw]) is a great festival held forty-six days before Easter. On certain days of Lent, Roman Catholics and some other Christians traditionally abstained from the consumption of meat and poultry, hence the term "carnival," fromcarnelevare, "to remove (literally, "raise") meat."^[1] Carnival have roots in the pagan festival ofSaturnalia, which, adapted to Christianity, became a farewell to bad things in a season of religious discipline to practice repentance and prepare for Christ's death and resurrection.

Rhythm, participation, and costumes vary from one region of Brazil to another. In the southeastern cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, huge organized parades are led by samba schools. Those official parades are meant to be watched by the public, while minor parades ("blocos") allowing public participation can be found in other cities. The northeastern cities ofSalvador, Porto Seguro and Recife have organized groups parading through streets, and public interacts directly with them. This carnival is also influenced by African-Brazilian culture. It's a six-day party where crowds follow the trios elétricos through the city streets, dancing and singing. Also in northeast, Olinda carnival features unique characteristics, part influenced by Venice Carnival mixed with cultural depictions of local folklore.

The typical genres of music of Brazilian carnival are, in Rio de Janeiro (and Southeast Region in general): the samba-enredo, the samba de bloco, the samba de embalo and the marchinha; inPernambuco and Bahia (and Northeast Region in general) the main genres are: the frevo, themaracatu, the samba-reggae and Axé music.

Carnival is the most famous holiday in Brazil and has become an event of huge proportions. Except the industries, malls and the carnival related workers, the country stops completely for almost a week and festivities are intense, day and night, mainly in coastal cities.^[2] The consumption of beer accounts for 80% of annual consumption^{[citation needed]} and tourism receives 70% of annual visitors. The government distributes condoms and launches awareness campaigns at this time to prevent the spread of AIDS.^[3]

Rio de Janeiro's carnival alone drew 4.9 million people in 2011, with 400,000 being foreigners.^[4]

FUN RUN PORTO BELO BRAZIL!!!

Porto Belo

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Porto Belo is a town and municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in the South region of Brazil.

Hola Buenos Aires, Argentina!!!

Buenos Aires

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Buenos Aires ( /ˈbweɪnəs ˈɛəriːz/ or /ˈaɪrɪs/,^[5] Spanish: [ˈbwenos ˈaiɾes]) is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area inSouth America, after Greater Sao Paulo.^[6] It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent. Greater Buenos Aires conurbation, which also includes several Buenos Aires Province districts, constitutes the third-largest conurbation in Latin America, with a population of around thirteen million.^[3]

The city of Buenos Aires is not a part of Buenos Aires Province, nor is it the Province's capital, but an autonomous district. In 1880, after decades of political infighting, Buenos Aires was federalised and removed from Buenos Aires Province. The city limits were enlarged to include the towns of Belgrano and Flores (both are currently neighborhoods of the city). The 1994 constitutional amendment granted the city autonomy, hence its formal name: Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires(Autonomous City of Buenos Aires). Its citizens first elected a Chief of Government(i.e. Mayor) in 1996; before, the Mayor was directly appointed by the President of the Republic.

People from Buenos Aires are referred to as porteños (people of the port).^[7] Buenos Aires is a top tourist destination,^[8] and is known for its European style architecture^[9]and rich cultural life,^[10] with the highest concentration of theatres in the world.^[11]Buenos Aires is currently bidding to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.^[12]

Buenos Aires By Night

Buenos Aires has a lot things to offer.
From Tango shows at night,to fine dinning in an array of  restaurants that offers
 local and international cuisines.

In this series of video,let me walk you through the streets of Puerto Madero.
( Puerto Madero Waterfront, is a barrio (district) of the Argentine capital at Buenos Aires CBD, occupying a significant portion of the Río de la Plata riverbank and representing the latest architectural trends in the city of Buenos Aires.(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

The Puerto Madero Waterfront  offers local and international restaurants .

From Asian's,European's,North American's,South American's and of course ,the local Argentinian Barbecue.

Usually our crew and staff goes to  La Siga La Vaca  Restaurant and Buffet.

Its  an eat all you can buffet with fixed price with beverage included for the price of  roughly $21-$25.

But  in this video i tried a new restaurant, that  one of  our  argentinian passenger suggested called

 Brasas Argentina Buffet and Grill.

This local restaurant does'nt offer  only local flavors but  a taste of  the world.the price was almost the same ,

but the only difference was the beverage is not included from the fixed price.

So ,what are you waiting for? Buen Provecho!!!!

FUN RUN BUENOS AIRES 

In this video ,let me show you what the place also offers.
Just behind of Puerto Madero, right in front of Rio de la Plata ,there is a nature park where
you and your family can enjoy running,biking and have a picnic in the park.
Allow me to show you what the park  offers.
Enjoy!!!