Blogs from Ceará, Brazil, South America - page 9

We are in Fortaleza now, I went through the contents of my backpack yesterday and realised that my mobile was missing! (?) Of course my memory card was there so i lost all numbers:-( At least a couple of (local) people approach us every day telling us to be careful, not to hang around after dark (even if it´s only 6pm), watch our belongings, walk only with plastic bags from supermarkets, not to trust anyone, etc, etc. But one thing i must admit, we´ve met some great people in Brazil, incredibly helpful, not expecting anything in return. P.S. i´ve amended this blog slighlty (for those who have noticed) I had a few pretty bad days but it´s changed now :-)... read more

Well its been another couple of weeks and I´ve been in country for five weeks now and when I last left you I was leaving Fortaleza heading to a funky little beach town called Jericoacoaca. It’s a cross between Airlee Beach mixed with Coral Bay (WA - people will understand Dowdell) with sandy roads everywhere and heaps of accommodation and restaurants for the tourists. It also must have one of the worlds largest number of beach buggies because everyone has them and run sand dune tours and take you out to some lakes to swim etc. Then in the arvo everyone heads up the sand dunes and watches the sunset over the town. The first day we got there you get off a bus and into a 4 wheel drive truck for an hour-long ride ... read more

August 26, 2006 Greeted by a La Maison Hotel employee at the airport, I was really exhausted upon arrival at our (me and hubbys', I call him BIZ) destination. My stomach was bothering me a bit so by time we reach the hotel 8:30am, I was out for the rest of the day and night. I'm not sure if it was the food I had eaten the night before or if it might have come from the mosquitos that had their American feast in Manaus. The next morning, I woke up farely late around 9:30am, and Biz was ready to have breakfast, and I knew that in order to gain my energy back, I needed to eat something. We had breakfast in the breakfast area, it was wonderful; fresh fruit, fresh juice, fresh bread, fresh cheese, ... read more

Hello Again Just a quick note to say that I will try and improve punctuation and using Capital letters after a few comments from randoms condeming my blog for lack of the above. As I said in my previous blog plans seem to change alot here in brazil, and as you can see i am now in Fortaleza which is on the northeast coast of brazil. It took a good 52 hour bus journey after a 3 hour bus and a 2 hour boat journey to get here (with no rest in between just constant traveling). I think the worst part of traveling is the actual traveling. We are going to leave Fortaleza tomorow so we are only spending a day here, and its raining, although cant complain it is the first rain for the two ... read more

Oí! feliz anho novo para todos!!!! wir wuenschen ein glueckliches neues jahr!!!! leider waren wir in letzter zeit ein wenig faul mit den eintraegen in unserem travelblog aber das sollte sich ab sofort wieder aendern (neujahrs-vorsatz!!!). tja, weihnachten und silvester in brasilien zu verbringen hat schon was an sich, allerdings ist es auch ganz anders als zu hause. von advents- oder vorweihnachtlicher stimmung war hier wenig zu merken, abgesehen von den weihnachtskarten, die wir mit den kids gebastelt haben und den bunt dekorierten bananenstauden und palmen. haben aber extra, um die weihnachtliche stimmung ein wenig zu heben, keckserl nach mama's rezept gebacken. trotzt improvisation sind sie echt lecker gelungen. am 24.12. gabs sogar einen weihnachtsbaum aus plastik mit lichtern, den wir vorher "aufgeputzt" haben und ein leckeres, selbstgekochtes festessen. danach auch christmett... read more