Blogs from Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, South America - page 3

On Thursday the day started out raining, not a very nice beach day.. but we went down the coast anyway and visited two other beaches. They were ment to be really beautiful beaches. The first one was very basic, nothing too great.. But after awhile the clouds moved on and it turned out ok.. We found a beautiful spot to eat lunch overlooking a creek running into the ocean. After lunch we went to the next beach. This one was cool because we hired another buggie, but this time Georgia came with us so it was more calm and we just went along the beach. We stoped at a hut on the way, it was kind of like a tiny turtle museum. We also stoped at Coca cola lagoon, which looked very beatiful with the evening ... read more

So on Tuesday we drove a few hours south to a city called Joao Pessoa. It was sssoooooo hot!!! We did a city tour and saw some old buildings, went through an old church. drove up the headland where brazil is closest to both Europe and Africa. Man it was hot up there! And I was frustrated because I really wanted to take a photo of the bay and they all turned out blurry :( We had lunch at another restaurant with meals enough for three. we went for a swim here, it was really warm. I have never swam in an ocean so warm!! Later we went and walked through a market which was along a river. There were some really beautiful things, all made by hand. It´s hard to just walk past everything and ... read more

On Sunday we did a city tour. I couldn´t understand alot.. actually next to nothing.. but it was nice to look around at the buildings and stuff. We also went to the see the Caju trees. This is a tree which gives the caju fruit which Brazilians make a juice out of. From the bottom of this fruit is a seed like thing inside this is where cashews come from.... read more

Well I guess having been away for nearly two months, its about time I updated this and let you know what Ive been upto. Not alot in the first month, arrived at Mandy Moos at Natal and dossed on the beach at Ponta Negra for the best part of a month. Excellent I can tell you! Just sat around and ate ice cream and drank coco water, cant say I picked up much of a tan but hey what do you expect. Amandas house is in the middle of no where, and I mean that literally, it is 11 km down a sand track, no public transport or anything, but it is absolutely gorgeous with her back garden looking on to a lake. While her friend Lesley was there we did go to Pipa which is ... read more

Zeiter Tag Areia Branca, zweiter Versuch einer Bugry-Tour: Dieses Mal in den Norden moeglichst weit Richtung Canoa Quebrada. Schon frueh die Faehre genommen... und auch dieses Mal auf der Bruecke der Faehre gestanden, wenn auch nicht wie Beni zum Kapitaen befoerdert. Danach entlang der endlosen Straende Richtung Norden. Der Bugry funktionierte reibungslos, wohl auch weil der Fahrer ausgetauscht wurde ;-) ... Bis die Flut kam und der Strand und damit die Fahrspuhr zunehmend schmaler wurde und der Sand weicher. Entsprechend blieb der Bugry auch zwei, drei mal stecken. Mit Hilfe von Fischern und anderen Leuten die sich gerade am Strand aufhielten wurden diese Probleme aber rasch geloest. Dazwischen erklammen wir Duenen, damit wir auch dieses Mal richtig voll Sand waren. Nach einem kurzen Abstecher an das Weihnachtsfest der Familie Rebouças mussten wir arg pressieren um die ... read more