Blogs from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, South America - page 8

Following the falls, the original plans had been to venture back to Buenos Aires but as I've learnt, things often change when you're travelling. A girl I met at the falls told me about Florianopolis and after our first day at the falls a few of us headed into town for dinner. Out of curiousity we stopped at the bus station and after some use of my best Espanol I soon had a one way ticket to Florianopolis in my hand. My trip to the Brazillian side of the falls started early in order to ensure I could complete the park and get to the terminal in time for my 8.30pm bus. I took all my belongings and jumped on my first my bus to the Argentinian border to be stamped out. I jumped on another ... read more

On our arrival into Florianopolis we were pleasantly suprised to find how quiet it was. The city centre itself (Florianopolis, the capital of Santa Catarina) is just like a normal CBD, it faces the inland side of the island which is connected to the mainland by a bridge. We jumped on a series of buses that would take us down to the south of the island to the small fishing village of Costa de Dentro in which we were staying. The south is very much less developed than the north. The north of Santa Catarina is supposed to be like the Gold Coast and is frequented mainly by families from other South American countries. The mid north, Barra Lagoa, is a town located on a huge natural lagoon. It reminded us of Byron Bay, very laid ... read more

Ilha de Santa Caterina - Florianopolis Arrived in the south of the island of Santa Caterina to a lovely little hostel in a very quiet part of the island. Spent a couple of days lounging around on the beach, swimming in the sea and generally taking it very very easy. Met some great people at the hostel and we spent a few evenings chatting over food and drinks. What more can I say!! It was very hard to leave! I'll let the photos speak for them selves :) ... read more

When I woke up around 7am on the bus, the views were completely different. It was like we were in the Caribbean with palm trees all over and little houses made of wood. As soon as I arrived at the wonderful hostel (Casa Brasil) I met some people and we all went for dinner and some drinks afterwards. After all it was my birthday! The following morning I woke up with a massive hangover so didn’t do much, but it didn’t matter as it was a very cloudy and rainy day. For dinner we went to a Mexican restaurant. Again the following day was very cloudy so went for a walk around town and bought myself my first Brazilian bikini (and it won’t be the last). For dinner we all help out in preparing a nice ... read more

Another early rise, I was up at 2.30 and headed to the hammocks, where i sat to read but people kept coming out and in the end there was about 12 of us chatting and laughing! I even had my own waiter to get beers! After 6 hours of me (Tom) staying in the hammock we headed downstairs for the fish bbq! It was awesome! beers and cards all night long..... ... read more