Blogs from South America - page 5344

Hi all, Thanks for all the comments! Just to let you know I cannot to reply to any of these so don´t expect me to. I can only reply if you send a message. And some of you I have no email address anyway, Dick! But to the bloke who sent a message about Patapsco school, No it¨s not really me! Now on with the blog... Carla!... read more

A quote from someone else’s website: Salvador's Carnival got into the 2005 edition of the Guinness Book as the biggest Carnival and the biggest street party on earth. Each year, two million people crowd the streets and roads of the city during the six days of Carnival. Yes big, crowded, dirty and smelly it was but it was fun. I arrived safe and secure at my hostel which to my surprise really had a bed for me. I had quite a few problems with the booking and at one stage I had four beds then none and then maybe one. You can imagine that I was really relieved when they had a bed for me. Due to the confusion with the booking I got put into a four bed female dorm (I did not complain ... read more

Not sure why our flights both to and back from Florianopolis were in the middle of the night, but it all worked out. We arrived very tired early in the morning on Thursday, Feb 23. My friend Steve, his wife Tunica and Max (their 2 year old), were not coming until the next day...they said the maid would let us in the house eventually, and she did. Locked out for most of the day, however, we napped by and swam in the glorious pool- peering inside the house of windows at the ample comforts within. Wow! This was my friend's beach house! In fact the house is on the *cover* of a Brazilian Architectural magazine. We checked out the beach just across the street (AWESOME!) and had some Lula Milanesa (Fried Calamari). Later that night, we ... read more

Noch 2 gmüetlige Täg in Chilóe (die wichtigschte 2 Erkenntnis: wirkt sehr europäisch & chilenischi Fraue sind viel feschter als argentinischi) und 2 Tág in Valdivia, wo ich näbe alte Forts mit viel Kanone und Fischmärkt au e bitz Fasnacht miterläbt han (la Noche Valdiviana, mit Schiffscortege uf em Fluss und Räpplischlachte - Fotos drzue hets uf Ringo), bin ich am Mäntig am 27. Februar nach Pucón cho. Pucón het 21000 Iwohner und liegt am Fuess vom 2860m hoche Vulkan Villarica und isch fescht durch dr Tourismus beherrscht. Dr Ort erinneret ane Skiort, überall Holzhüser und alles seht sehr suber us. Überall reihe sich d Touroperators, Sport und Designeshops anenander. Und 8000 Pesos (20 Fangge) für e Hostel ohni Desayuno (zmoorge) isch bis jetzt au s Maximum wohn i zahlt han - aber e aktive Vulkan ... read more

San Pedro is a quiet dusty town in the north of Chile, in the middle of the desert. It is so hot here and really really dry. It has some amazing natural wonders, volcanoes, geysers and the valley of the moon, land which is apparently similar to the moon (so similar that NASA come here to test out their equipment). We are not here for long, just enough time to see the valley of the moon. It was amazing, the landscape like nothing I have seen before. We walked along the valley and into crevices, we ran down sand dunes - sinking into them as we went down. It was lots of fun. We climbed to the highest place to watch the sunset and it was stunning. As soon as the sun went down the sand ... read more