Blogs from Ceará, Brazil, South America - page 12

Finally after 30 + hours of travel i arrive in my hotel room. It was an interesting journey. I got lost in Madrid airport with a girl from Estonia who was very stressed that she was going to lose her bags (she didn´t) I thnk she was called Helan. Then spent 1.5 hours waiting to clear passport control at. I then got my connection on the TAM flight to Forteleza the gate number changed I was of course completely oblivious to this and waited by gate 3 for my flight to come up I weventually found someone with a clip board (Always a sign of authority I feel!) who pointed me in the correct dircetion. I was feeling nice and ready to hit my hotel room and chill but unfortunately for me my bags did not ... read more

Zoooooo 1-0 tegen Servie Montenegro. Natuurlijk hebben we naar de wedstrijd gekeken. zaten er al maanden op te wachten. Leuke eerste helft, gare tweede helft. We zaten in ons huisje hier in Canoa Quebrada te kijken. De eigenares daarvan is ook Nederlands en woont hier al 6 jaar ofzo. Was wel grappig aangezien ze nog minder wist van het team dan wij. ze dacht dat van Basten ging spelen. whahahahahaha Hoezo stuck in time. Ik, Lavin en die vrouw van de hostel hadden wel oranje aan, melis had maar dr oranje oorbellen in gedaan. Was wel grappig. Net liep ik door de mainstreet hier zo (die Broadway heet) en hoorden we een of ander oranje liedje. Echt super leuk! T comentaar op de braziliaanse tv gaat echt nergens over aangezien ze het alleen maar over hubn ... read more

From Recife we traveled to Natal and then onto Fortelaza, both cities are based on tourism offering awesome beaches and night life. Not reallytoo much to say other than we spent a lot of time on the beach or out in the evening, sadly though not with any other gringos as it seems impossible to find them. The next big destination was jericoacoara which should really be renamed as the place of wana be pirates and hippies. Jeri is a wierd kind of a place, it takes over an hour in a 4x4 traveling over beaches dirt tracks and sand dunes to get there. When you get there you are greeted by a large village, made up of hotels, hostels, bars and restauraunts. There are no roads as such just streets of sand. We spent 4 ... read more

Calling in from a little beach place just north of Fortaleza...Monday morning and still a few people left after their weekend away...I´m still loving Brasil, wierd language (Portuguese) that, overheard, could be German, French, Russian or a lot of others...fortunately my limited español seems to work....the people are curious, friendly and cheerful....to us anyway!...amongst each other there´s a clear pecking order and an enormous inequality in wealth...however, notwithstanding the fact that I´ve not met any of the really wealthy (and probably won´t!) who may well have a sense of duty etc...but lets not go there just yet...there is a level of arrogance and rudeness by the ciustomer to the wait staff, for example , in restaurants that belies the insecurity of the disempowered...any little edge... Still and all, what a sombre note to set off on!...lets ... read more

So from the beauty and tranquility of Lencois we headed off to the city of Fortaleza. I suppose you could call it the Benidorm of Brazil - huge skyscraper hotels right on the waterfront. Even though it wasnt what you would call picturesque - it did have a really pleasent atmosphere with lots of markets along the seafront. We didnt do a great deal there - though we did go out on a schooner for a couple of very relaxing hours. And Gina even managed to hunt down one the most exclusive hair salons in town for a hair cut - proper traveller that she is !!! ... read more