Trips & Tricks

Brazil (RJ, SP, Bahia)

Itinerary

Essentials

• Buy Havaianas
• Eat Banana snacks (Bananinha). Best brand is "Tachão de Ubatuba"
• Move around: BusBud, Buson
• Mobile data eSIM: Airalo
• They accept card payments almost everywhere (99%)

Cities

• Rio: best blog for things to do, go to Pedra do Sal on Monday, get a snack in Tapi
• Salvador: best blog for things to do

Surf

• Arpoador (Rio): good but not consistent waves. Best sunset and landscape on Ipanema
• Itamambuca beach (Ubatuba): best waves, cloudy weather
• Itacaré: great weather and good waves in Prainha, Tririca, Engenhoca