Fortaleza Things to see and do Travel Articles

Jericoacoara, Ceara Part 1 of 2 – Fortaleza, Brazil

Jericoacoara, Ceara Is it or isn’t it? No place has generated so much interest from so many people. It seems that everyone has an opinion. Some people love it, go there for a few days and never leave, whilst others simply hate it and can’t wait to leave. Some have heard of it and plan [...]

Jericoacoara, Ceara Part 2 of 2 – Fortaleza, Brazil

Jericoacoara, Ceara By Philip Blazdell I asked a local fisherman what makes the place so special. He explained that Jericoacoara has more than one reason to be considered a paradise. The place is a set of several different sceneries, altogether in a very beautiful and harmonic combination. And not only to be seen, but to [...]

Fortaleza, Ceara Part 1 of 2 – Fortaleza, Brazil

Fortaleza, Ceara I had always wanted to travel. To find that mythical sun drenched land, far from the mean streets of London, where exotic fruits hung from trees, where I would rub shoulders with exotic people speaking exotic languages and where life moved to the beat of a different rhythm. My romantically inclined, and almost [...]

Fortaleza, Ceara Part 2 of 2- Fortaleza, Brazil

Fortaleza, Ceara According to some local historians, Vicente Yanez was supposed to have landed on Pria Mucuripe on the 2nd February 1500, two months before Pedro Alvares Cabral arrived in Bahia. Whoever landed first is a contentious issue, one which historians still debate – I imagine them holding scholarly meetings on beach front bars sipping [...]