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By Jake and Leslie
April 5th 2009

The most beautiful place in the world! (seriously) South America » Brazil » Pernambuco » Fernando de Noronha

Baia do Sancho-- you can actually see people swimming in the water from 70m above sea level!

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 [View Full Entry]

Big waves at Praia do Leao (and most other beaches on Noronha)

An octupus caught in a tide pool at Praia do Boldro... no need for an underwater camera here ;)

By simulu
December 15th 2008

Honeymoon-Insel Fernando de Noronha South America » Brazil » Pernambuco » Fernando de Noronha

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Nach einer chaotischen Anreise ueber Recife mit Spitalbesuch und mit genuegend Antibiotika ausgeruestet sind wir nun endlich in Fernando de Noronha angekommen. Wir haben einen Buggy gemietet und uns ausschliesslich mit Tauchen, Baden und Schnorcheln beschaeftigt. -- Bilder vom Tauchen folgen in Kuerze -- [View Full Entry]

By mike allen
July 15th 2008

Last Day - or is it? South America » Brazil » Pernambuco » Fernando de Noronha

George

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 [View Full Entry]

By mike allen
July 14th 2008

Sailing South America » Brazil » Pernambuco » Fernando de Noronha

Captain mike

Yesterday was another solid rainy/cloudy day. In the early evening it started raining particularly hard. I did go for a swim in the port earlier, where I followed a couple of turtles around for a while, but it was getting late by the time I went in and, with the waves coming in strong and not much sun, it only took thirty minutes before starting to feel cold. The sky held banks of those flat bottomed clouds sailing across the horizon like black Spanish galleons: it was these clouds that were to curl around and paste the island during the evening. [View Full Entry]

By mike allen
July 13th 2008

What Day is it? South America » Brazil » Pernambuco » Fernando de Noronha

George

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 [View Full Entry]

By mike allen
July 12th 2008

Eleven songs South America » Brazil » Pernambuco » Fernando de Noronha

Dani, Gabi, and Mike

Yesterday was a great day, but it was not a day of beaches and snorkelling, you´ll be relieved to read! Dani and I went over to George´s house. I had my journal with me: Today I was going to work on the ´Rock Opera´ we started the other night. Dani and George went out for a meal while I got started. By time they got back, I had the first 3 songs written: The first was based on a story George had told two nights ago. The second was a story that Dani had told to his students during an improvised [View Full Entry]

By mike allen
July 11th 2008

Underwater pics South America » Brazil » Pernambuco » Fernando de Noronha

pretty

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 [View Full Entry]

By mike allen
July 10th 2008

Spotted eagle ray day South America » Brazil » Pernambuco » Fernando de Noronha

Dani

Today I caught the first whiff of the next part of the trip. I still have five days left of the stay here. I got up made coffee, fed the six or so cats that live here then sat around with Dani to close to midday. Last night George invited us over for a beer. Turned out he had two excellent guitars at his house and a set of drums. I hungrily grabbed a guitar and basically played an accompaniment to the everning´s wide ranging and somewhat abstract conversations. When the conversation changed direction, I changed the music to fit the [View Full Entry]

By mike allen
July 9th 2008

Requiem South America » Brazil » Pernambuco » Fernando de Noronha

Boy

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 [View Full Entry]

By mike allen
July 8th 2008

Sad day South America » Brazil » Pernambuco » Fernando de Noronha

Boy had to be put to sleep today. He was a wonderful cat and a friend to me. I´ll never forget him, and I´ll miss him. I want to thank Almitra, Richard, and Katie, for doing everything possible to save him. It wasn´t possible. Life can be cruel at times, and today was such a day for us. mike [View Full Entry]

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