http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Pernambuco/Fernando-de-Noronha/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Brazil , Pernambuco , Fernando de Noronha en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:01:39 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:01:39 UTC Im going to the airport in a minute to change my ticket to stay here an extra day. If I dont Ill have an extra day in Olinda that I dont 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 hadnt seen one of the most important parts of the http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Pernambuco/Fernando-de-Noronha/blog-299999.html Yesterday was another solid rainycloudy 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 bottom http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Pernambuco/Fernando-de-Noronha/blog-299549.html Im only doing that to fit in with my buddies I know what day it is honest Its 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 Ive been sitting in Georges house jamming these songs the 13 songs c http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Pernambuco/Fernando-de-Noronha/blog-299142.html Yesterday was a great day but it was not a day of beaches and snorkelling youll be relieved to read Dani and I went over to Georges 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 t http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Pernambuco/Fernando-de-Noronha/blog-298796.html 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 clientsto use. Ive trawled through and found the following collection of things that Ive seen. This is only a fraction of the wonderful things Ive seen. There are so many amazing sights that I cant believe havent been stored here by f http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Pernambuco/Fernando-de-Noronha/blog-298354.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Pernambuco/Fernando-de-Noronha/blog-298140.html 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 th http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Pernambuco/Fernando-de-Noronha/blog-297457.html Boy had to be put to sleep today.He was a wonderful cat and a friend to me.Ill never forget him and Ill miss him.I want to thank Almitra Richard and Katie for doing everything possible to save him.It wasnt possible.Life can be cruel at times and today was such a day for us.mike http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Pernambuco/Fernando-de-Noronha/blog-297169.html My cat of thirteen years has had an accident. His name is Boy. It seems he fell out of a tree yesterday morning and banged his head on something. Katie and Richard luckily found him at about 400am. His temperature was ten degrees below normal. They took him to a cat hospital where they have run tests nothing broken no internal bleeding but he can only use his front legs as of last night. I http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Pernambuco/Fernando-de-Noronha/blog-296491.html OK so who wrote the song You get a beautiful day for your prize if you get it rightThe best weather of the trip to the island so far today but the worst snorkelling. While it was absolutely lovely above the surface below a storm was billowing sand and weed around making it difficult to see and even difficult to swim. I went to the mythical eastern shore to two new devastatingly handsome beach http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Pernambuco/Fernando-de-Noronha/blog-296199.html Well its the end of another first class day but tinged with a hint of sadness. The weather was excellent for the first half of the day clouds gathering during the late afternoon and now 730 its torrential rain. All the giant puddles that showed signs of shrinkage earlier today have been well and truly refilled. Tomorrows inevitable heat will create the perfect conditions for mosquitos to http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Pernambuco/Fernando-de-Noronha/blog-295793.html Happy fourth to one and allThe weather was more than perfect today although as I say that it is just started bucketing down with rainIts 830pm at the end of an impossibly gorgeous day. I got up early having missed last nights party. Interestingly the party began at midnight and went on till 500am. Go figure. What people do is take an early evening nap then get up at 1130pm and go out. M http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Pernambuco/Fernando-de-Noronha/blog-295265.html I got my first snorkle set up yesterday and even though it was a bit cloudy so visibility wasnt the best what fun I had A great way to eradicate the unpleasantness of Pousada NJanda. I must remember to publish warnings about this scoundrel on every internet forum from here to Timbuktu The first main event was swimming into a giant school of fish seeing the whole shape of the school the ed http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Pernambuco/Fernando-de-Noronha/blog-294809.html The island is incredibly spectacular. I spent all yesterday walking from one incredible and completely pristine beach over rocky headlands to the next equally spectacular one. I did not see a single piece of trash all day. Its like a timewarp here back to the pristine world of the past.The villages are set up for tourists but theres hardly any tourists here the flight was prohibitively expe http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Pernambuco/Fernando-de-Noronha/blog-294381.html Fernando de Noronha mesmo um lugar fantstico. O que pude descobrir nessa viagem que 4 dias muito pouco pra conhecer este paraiso. Para l eu quero voltar mas da prxima vez me programo pra ficar 1 semanaAs fotos comprovam que no a toa que esta ilha conhecida como o melhor local para mergulhos no Brasil e entre as melhores e mais lindas praias do mundo para mergulho.At eu que nunca http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Pernambuco/Fernando-de-Noronha/blog-273652.html We were supposed to take a night bus from Salvador to Recife our next destination but thanks to the help of the tourist agency in our hotel in Salvador Hotel Pelourinho really friendly staff we ended up buying a cheap flight ticket with Webjet. You can imagine our relief at being able to exchange a 16 hour bus ride for an hour's flightWhy Fernando do Noronha Lonely Planet totally recommend http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Pernambuco/Fernando-de-Noronha/blog-241857.html Flew to Fernando do Noronha a group of islands off the coast of Brazil by a 2 hour flight. Spend 3 days there. Stayed at Pousada Marvilha which overlooked the Bay of Sueste where the main turtle feeding ground is. Our room had an outdoor bed and a beautiful view of the bay. The pousada also had a swimin steam room which Garth and I used to its fullest. We spent our 3 days on the islands by vi http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Pernambuco/Fernando-de-Noronha/blog-225525.html O arquiplago de Fernando de Noronha est a quatro graus abaixo da linha do Equador. Formado pelo topo das montanhas de uma cordilheira de origem vulcnica com base a cerca de 4.000 metros de profundidade a Dorsa Mediana do Atlntico. Sao 21 ilhas rochedos e ilhotas com um total aproximado de 26 km tendo a ilha principal a extenso de 17 km.Antes de chegar a Fernando de Noronha j tinha vist http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Pernambuco/Fernando-de-Noronha/blog-219030.html Summer Paradise So how was that summer Hope you had the chance to get out of the Low LandsEngland cause from what I hear there wasnrsquot much summer around there. If however you didnrsquot yet and is now time to plan a warm break I know just about the right place Fernando de Noronha island in Brazil Yes I was on that piece of Paradise this summer Itrsquos an ecological archipel http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Pernambuco/Fernando-de-Noronha/blog-198365.html Fernando de Noronha is an archipelago located in the state of Pernambuco Brazil.It is by far the most incredible place I have ever been to. If I could I would fly there every year.The beaches the landscape marine life dolphins the natives... Everything is spectacular. Words are not enough to dephine it.I stayed there from Nov 26th until Dec 05th and left the island with tears in my eyes.Hop http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Pernambuco/Fernando-de-Noronha/blog-157073.html Fernando de Noronha 19th to 23rd April Fernando de Noronha is an archipelago 400km of the coast of mainland Brazil. In the past the main island has been used as by the Portuguese as a prison colony the French used it for aviation research the Americans as base during WWII. Now most of it is a protected Eco reserve where sea life flourishes to sum it up its stunningly beautiful its wh http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Pernambuco/Fernando-de-Noronha/blog-152018.html