Blogs from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, South America - page 4

Apres avoir trainer pres de la cote et dans des bled un peu perdus, nous voila a Curitiba, 900m d´altitude, 8 millions d´habitants et pleins de jolies choses a faire et a voir, ... et enfin...... du soleil ahhhhhhhhh... read more

MONDAY MORNING AND OUR REAL WORK BEGAN. WE STARTED OFF WITH A SHORT TIME OF PRAYER PREPAREDBY TWO MEMBERS OF THE GROUP. THEN WE HAD BREAKFAST AND LEFT TO OUR RESPECTIVE DAY CENTRES. I WAS AT THE DAY CENTRE OF THE SISTERS TOGETHER WITH MATTHEW AND FRANCESCA AND WE HEADED OFF ON FOOT. AS WE ARRIVED, WE SAW A MASSIVE GROUP OF CHILDREN OF ABOUT 80 IN TOTAL. EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE SO ORGANISED THAT AT FIRST WE WERE CONFUSED AT WHAT TO DO WITH T6HE CHILDRN. EVENTUALLY WE STARTED PLAYING WITH THE KIDS AS WHEN THEY SAW US, THAY ALL CAME RUNNING UP TO US AND CALLING US ´CIA´AND ASKING US QUESTIONS AND, SEEING THEY INCLUDED US SO MUCH, WE JOINED THEM. THE GIRLS TOK ME IN AN AREA, AT A CERTAIN POINT, WHERE THEY ... read more

That is how LP describes this cool city, capital of Parana state. Heard so much about the transport system here being a sucess story and model to other cities, my first impression of the city was not good as I arrived on a rainy night. Arriving in Porto Alegre I only have 30 minutes to meet up with by good friend Pedro from my travels in Central America, my socialist friend looks so different, so clean and relaxed, that's not the Pedro I know! Of that little time we had we catch up on things his studies and my travels, we agreed to meet up in Asia! Farewell again and off my bus to Curitiba. raining most of the 12 hour journey, like i said arrived in the city raining i went to the internet place ... read more

BRASIL (BRA) - PARANÁ (PR) - CURITIBA EM 2 DIAS Resumo: VALE A PENA CONHECER, AMEI!!! Sempre via imagens do Jardim Botânico de Curitiba nas novelas e achava lindo. Até que em final de 2008, passando pela rodoviária de SP, descobri que Curitiba fica a 6h de São Paulo e a passagem de ônibus pela Eucatur saía a menos de R$50,00. De Osasco/SP para Curitiba/PR paguei R$43 ida e R$49 volta. NÃO RESISTI! O hotel também é de preço acessível. Paguei R$40,00 a diária no Euro Hotel, fica bem no Centro. Os atendentes são muito agradáveis e os quartos têm sinal de internet . O café-da-manhã é delicioso e incluso na diária. Há outros mais caros e há também mais em conta. Para busca do hotel , acessei www.hotel-curitiba.com, há diversas classes de hotel e ... read more

CIDADE COM APROCIMADAMENTE 2.000.000 ONDE SUA POPULAÇÃO POR COSTUME RECICLA O LIXO!!... read more

Civilisation - Whahey - no mosquitoes! Even better!! Arrived here last thursday to be met by Maria in the Mercado Municipal. While waiting for her to turn up I had a go at getting a haircut via the medium of sign language - it´s probably fortunate that I wear what little hair I have very short as trying to get anything else done may have been more than my hands could translate. It´s brilliant catching up with Maria who I met travelling in New Zealand - she has married Caio since. I am staying with Marias mum, Joanita and her brother Rickki, who live right beside the Jardim Boatanical. Since I´ve arrived it's been a whirlwind of the coolest bars and restaraunts and meeting all of Maria´s family. I´ve been out and about on my own ... read more