Blogs from Santa Catarina, Brazil, South America - page 4

Vi ankommer sent til Florianopolis central station, men heldigvis har Jay og Lou anbefalet et hostel, da vi ikke havde kunne finde en couchsurfer. Vores hostel ligger paa den anden side af oeen i Barra de Lagoa, og vi skulle tage to busser for at komme dertil. Det hele virker bare rimelig skummelt om aftenen, man da vi vaagner op naeste morgen og ser udsigten fra hostellets terresse, er vi solgt! Naeste dag, loerdag, gaar vi en lille tur i omraadet omkring hostellet, og det er ligesom at komme i paradis, isaer efter alle de overskyede og koelige dage vi havde haft i Brasilien indtil nu. Jeg faar ogsaa min foreste surferlektion denne dag. Boelgerne ver voldsomme, men jeg kommer da op og staa et par gange. Om aftenen tager vi alle fra hostellet hen og ... read more

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Prelúdio Acabaram-se as férias na UFSC. Enquanto os amigos voltam a falar de aulas, festas, trabalhos e demais atividades inerentes à rotina acadêmica, aqui estou, no Rio, distante disso tudo. Em férias, ainda. As aulas começarão mais tarde, em setembro apenas, num outro hemisfério. Parece que só agora a ficha começa a cair. Os caminhos divergem, os assuntos distoam - lá vou eu rumo a uma nova experiência. Como toda boa viagem, ela não aguarda o dia da partida para se iniciar, mas se desenrola já por alguns meses - preparativos são necessários! E como! A lista, variada, incluía itens como solicitação do visto, mudança e cisos, envolvendo personagens em Floripa, Curitiba, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro e Brasília (sem contar a França!). Ufa - não disse que a viagem já havia começado? Saudades de Floripa, ... read more

Paraty was, more or less, a perfect tourist town. Quiet small, with a pedestrianised and cobbled centre, and a large waterfront filled with boats offering tours of Paraty Bay. Arriving on a Saturday, I was surprised to find out how busy the town (my hostel included) was. Someone told me that it was essentially a bank holiday weekend for everyone in Sao Paulo as it was a special anniversary of the city’s foundation, so to celebrate this, a lot of middle class Paulistanos flocked to the nearby beaches. On Sunday it seemed to quieten down considerably. I only spent 2 nights in Paraty, but this was about right to explore the town, the quays, the beaches and the old fort which overlooks the town (built to guard against British pirates using canons bought from the British). ... read more

Hello again, After realising our plans of traveling to the northeast coast of Brazil and making our way south towards Rio were a bit more expensive/ambitious than we could enjoyably handle we decided to fly from Manaus (where we ended our boat trip) all the way to the south of Brazil to a place called Florianopolis. After a 1 hour stop over in Rio we continued on to Florianopolis by plane and after catching a taxi at the airport we quickly realised we had entered an entirely different climate from the Amazon, to say the least. It is winter in Brazil right now so the south sees cooler temperatures, much less humidity, and the day we arrived at least- rain. The staff at the hostel informed us that the past week had been very wet but ... read more