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What a difference a plane flight makes!
I´m now in Olinda two and a half hours on the plane north from Rio.
It´s way more hot and humid here. Nobody speaks English, so my bizarre Spanish/Portuguese cross over is getting a real pasting right now. My accomodation quality has taken a bit of a dive too towards what I was expecting all along.
Eric, I´m in Africa now! You know what that means!
Today was pretty much a travel day sitting at the mostly deserted Rio airport, chatting with a Brazilian family from Peabody, Mass, then taking an uneventful flight back into the chuva (rain). At the hotel, I´ve already got a tour guide attached to me who seems decent enough - there are hordes of kids around who I expect will be haunting my steps without his services.
Everything is pretty tumbledown around here and rather exotically different, even than Rio.
Tomorrow, I´ll end up doing a guided tour and trying to get a ticket for Fernando de Noranha. No doubt, I´ll end up paying too much for something I didn´t need in the first place, but, hey, I´m still settling in - give a dude a break!
Well that´s all for now. I´ll get back to this Internet cafe tomorrow with camera, etc and no doubt some stunning pics for both of you to see. Until then, I´ll see you on the flypaper.
Damn, it´s hot in here!
mike
Part of trip: Brazil 2008
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June 28th 2008 - Brenda petzold:
Hey, I'm following along too, albeit silently. So your numbers are slightly higher than "both".
Sounds like an incredible trip thus far- I'm envious and can't wait to hear more.
-Brenda
June 28th 2008 - ontheroadEandS: Like Animals?
Well....like animals?
Yes, and more.
Everything, from the heat to the expense, from the animals to, well, the animals!
July 2nd 2008 - marie: sucked in already...
Hey Mike, Glad to be on board. This was the first thing I could willingly get Madison to read thus far this summer. She can't wait for more and neither can I. GOD bless... Marie
Glad you´re on board! Madison - reading is THE key. Without it how can you get in through the door?
mike
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