Blogs from Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil, South America

We splurged on a trip to Fernando de Noronha, an island off of the Pernambuco coast of Brazil, and have absolutely no regrets... it was an amazing place and is home to the most beautiful beaches we've ever seen! I am not exaggerating... if you go to one place in Brazil, it should be Fernando de Noronha. Hmmm, I'm already regretting writing this, since I hope to go back one day and don't want to contribute to it becoming even more popular! ;) The photos speak for themselves, but here is a brief description of how we spent 5 fun days on Noronha: Booking the trip Since Brazilian airlines do not allow foreigners without national ID numbers to book online, we had to go through a travel agency. We looked up the airfare online (we flew ... read more

I´m going to the airport in a minute to change my ticket to stay here an extra day. If I don´t , I´ll have an extra day in Olinda that I don´t really need, whereas one extra day here will be excellent. What a fantastic day yesterday was. I saw the other side of George: the skipper of the yacht. I realised that all these days hanging around, but I hadn´t seen one of the most important parts of the guy´s personality. It´s like knowing me without a guitar! The day looked a bit cloudy again but we decided to go for it anyway. We took a little dinghy out to the sailboat about 11:00am. What a beauty! It is a french made boat from the 70´s that cuts through the waves strong and true. George, ... read more

I´m only doing that to fit in with my buddies! I know what day it is, honest! It´s the day after I recorded the now 13 songs onto my camera, used up the entire memory card, and had to start transfering them to a flash drive I brought with me. The weather has been more than dubious here for the last three days, so the fact that I´ve been sitting in George´s house, jamming these songs (the 13 songs collectively have now got a title coutesy of George - Anum Cara. It means ´´Soul mates´´) , watching BBC, eating a great British breakfast the other day, then chicken and chips, including chip butties (french fry sandwiches, for the unitiated) yesterday, is absolutely fine. Today so far has been the cloudiest and rainy of the three. George ... read more

The friendly people at Your Way have a collection of photos on their computer that other tourists left for them and are free for, what Adrianna and Gabi call, ´clients´to use. I´ve trawled through and found the following collection of things that I´ve seen. This is only a fraction of the wonderful things I´ve seen. There are so many amazing sights that I can´t believe haven´t been stored here by fellow tourists. Anyway, it´s better than nothing, eh? See you on the flypaper, mike... read more

I want to thank everyone who has sent me a message concerning the death of my lovely cat. It really helped me to start to come to terms with his death. I cried for him last night. I remembered all the funny little things he did: the way he used to play ´´fetch´´ with the metal clasps from wine bottles, the way he always directed you to whether to throw the thing into the bathtub or the kitchen, the time he climbed into the back of a removal van and ended up on the Cape, the way he used to like to nest in your underwear while you were taking a dump, how he climbed into the bathtub after you had showered and licked the water off the bathtub walls, the way he would stretch out ... read more