Blogs from Ceará, Brazil, South America - page 7

Combuco... this place is HEAVEN! After the madness of Rio, this little town outside Fortaleza is ABSOLUTELY PERFECT! As far as music goes, Samba isn~t the music-of-choice here, rather a variation called Forro (pronounced FO-hoe), which can be fairly easily found being played around the town if you look & listen hard enough! In Fortaleza itself, it~s the usual city dance and club sounds, although I went to a club that came highly recommded that plays lots of rock. After an hour & a half of the usual boring House DOOF-DOOF (not a fan in case you hadn~t noticed!), there was a good covers band playing a mixture of American; English; Aussie, etc & Brazilian Rock. Apart from the great local music, the housing, food, local people & beaches here are what makes this place so ... read more

So...Lets go to Jerri... Jerri Jerri you´re so fine, you´re so fine you blow my mind.... heh Jerri...(tap tap tap)...heh Jerri! Okay, well...in all fairness, if you need to pay some dude 16 deep sea squids to take you across a beach and 2 rivers for a good hour and a half sitting on the back of a deathtrap of a beach buggy (like a VW beetle, with a frame and massive wheels) you must be going somewhere pretty special and it must be worth it! I´ll let you in on a little secret - it was!!! We tried to barter with this dude because he wanted 66 pound to take 4 if us (Locky on tow plus Cyril frenchie Portugeese translator friend...good man!)on the back of his mean yellow buggy machine - where health ... read more

Auf dem Weg nach Canoa Quebrada machten wir noch einen kleinen Zwischenhalt in Icapuí, da hier ein Konzert der Banda Libanos auf dem Programm stand. Als Vorgruppe spielte die Banda Louca Mania, welche mir (Simu) persoenlich besser als der Hauptact gefallen hat. Am Nachmittag vor der Festa gingen wir noch ein wenig an den Strand. Den Strand muss man sich in Icapuí aber hart verdienen. Der Strand liegt etwa 2km Luftlinie entfernt (gefuehlte 10km zu Fuss :)). Der Weg dorthin fuehrt an diversen Salzseen vorbei.... read more

Thursday 2nd October - Redback in Fortaleza So it was my first day (Adrian) in Fortaleza and Stefano was 30 mintues late to collect me from the airport and needless to say I was shitting it because I didn't know his address or contact number. Already after 18 hrs of travelling Stefano had pissed me off!!! Later that evening we went out for free Champagne at an exibition where we were a little bit drunk and then went out for dinner with everybody before heading to a bar called Orbita which was basically the red back in Fortaleza except the girls in there were a lot hotter. There it was when we had the first of many caipirinha experience - it was good........ Friday 3rd October - Beach and 3 glasses only of caipirinha and ... read more

Fortaleza is the Capital of Ceara', situated on the north east of Brazil.....it's hot all year round, the beaches are beautiful and I can't wait to experiment the night life...Adrian should arrive tomorrow, hopefully will manage to stand up and have some fun too.... Just in case you don't know, Adrian is old and has back pain these days but even than He's leaving tonight from London and should be here tomorrow, I will go and collect him with a wheel chair...just in case... The food in Brazil is great, Jana and myself have been to few restaurants around Fortaleza where I could experiment some traditional dishes that are incredibly testy such as: TAPIOCA , It's difficult to explain as it's different from anything I have ever eat before. It's a type of processed flour ... read more