Blogs from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, South America - page 17

Florianopolikseen (Santa Catarinan pääkaupunki) saavuttuamme tapasimme aussi-pariskunnan (Dan & Sarah), joilla oli sama määränpää kuin meillä eli Barra Da Lagoa, kalastajakylä, joka sijaitsee Santa Catarinan saaren itäpuolella. Parin paikallisbussin jälkeen pääsimme perille. Meillä ei ollut mitään huonevarauksia mihinkään, joten kun he kertoivat paikasta jota oli kehuttu todella paljon, päätimme seurata heitä. Päädyimme rentoon Bacbackers-hostelliin, josta saimme kahdeksan hengen dormista kerrossängyn erittäin hyvään hintaan (35realia=n.14€/lärvi/yö), joten ei tarvinnut lähteä pidemmälle etsimään toista paikkaa. Hostelli oli todella hyvillä paikoilla, koska se sijaitsi beachin välittömässä läheisyydessä. Samana iltana kuin saavuimme, oli barbeque-illallinen. Syötiin enemmän kuin tarpeeksi. Bileissä oli myös brasilialainen livebändi, joka soitti soul/sambamusiikkia. Jutskailtiin ensin ... read more

We had ummed and ahhed for some time about where to stay for Christmas. Josh and I both wanted somewhere where we could hang out with a good bunch of people in an atmosphere that felt like home. On our travels, we had heard so much stuff about this great hostel on Isla De Santa Catarina, which is just over the bridge from Florianopolous, one of the major cities in Southern Brazil. The island is around 60kms long apparently (don´t hold me to that) and the hostel was on the western side, in a beachside resort town called Barra De Lagoa. The name of the hostel…….THE BACKPACKERS SHAREHOUSE, and it was the best goddam way to spend Christmas I could possibly imagine. We arrived there on the 21st January after a 16 hour bus ride from ... read more

18th december - 26th December Florionapolis and ilha de Santa Catarina had been whispered on every traveler´s route. arriving at the airport, we were greeted by a black african guy with dreads who set us up in an appartment for us 5 boys to reak havoc. the appartment was left as though it had been bulldozed by mammoth pigs on steroids. and we never mentioned the broken window that one of us used to break into the appartment whilst the other 4 were passed out somewhere else on the island! so the boy band: Elliot- Canadian, never short of something to say (inevitably in reference to the now revered movie BORAT). unable to fathom how one person can get so burnt and peel after 2 hours in the sun! he was constantly peeling his skin off ... read more

Headed from Rio down down south for 30 hours to Florionopolis (Yes I said 30 hours! Remember if you're getting bored about me mentioning the bus journeys, remember I had to actually do them!) as luck would have it though they sell valium over the counter in Brazil and I slept like a baby for at least 24 hours whilst Greyhead struggled beside me. We travelled with our new friend Bonnie "Off The" Hook who we had met in Rio and was taken in as my little sister and Steve's daughter! :) Finally arrived mid afternoon and took the local bus over to the islands and the Backpackers Sharehouse where we were staying for the next five days. The bus stops at the end of the line and then you have to cross a rope bridge ... read more

Finally left Illa Grande after a few days and spent 29 hours traveling to this place called Florianopolis, when we arrived it was raining........Not the same as English rain though. We actually went on the day that we did to get down there to watch the Billabong world surf competition but when we got there found out that it was further south. So on our second day we caught a 3 hour round bus trip just to get there and find out that it had already finished for the day, typical. Then to top it off on my last day in Florianopolis before I got on a 16 hour bus journey to Iguaçu we got stuck on some dodgy bus due to serious roadwork’s so didn’t even get a chance to see the beach.......Oh well not ... read more