Belo Horizonte Othon Palace

... day around the island to some fantastic little coves and beaches, swum in blue and green lagoons, and snorkelled around an old helicopter wreck (11m down, Brad's new free diving record). Fantastic day out.<br><br>We loved Ilha Grande, and as with Rio have vowed to come back. Absolutely perfect to go for a few weeks anual leave type holiday combined with Rio again (see, we're planning our next trip already, and we haven't even finished this one!)

... with our Aussie 11 on the pitch and immediately the ball was in our defensive half. The boys from CAM have had months of training in the system that the boys were trying to play, together with the benefit of having played and trained together for almost a year. However, with some desperate defence, some good saves, and lots of heart, we were locked at nil all at half time.<br> <br>CAM had gone to quite a bit of trouble for our match. The training pitch ...

... br> <br>Back to their rooms to unpack and to shower, the boys had free time until 9pm when it was back to the cafeteria for a snack. "Snack" consists of fresh meat and cheese rolls, hot chocolate protein drink, low fat muffins, fresh fruit and fruit juices.<br> <br>With designated lights out time being 10pm, the computer network is shut down at that time to ensure that all athletes are in their rooms preparing to sleep.<br ...

... the arts. In the early 20th century the Brazilian political system was referred to as Café com Leite ("coffee with milk"), because the presidency was<br>alternately held by natives of São Paulo (where much of Brazil's coffee is produced) and natives of Minas Gerais (the milk-producing state). The current system is more diverse, but mineiros are still influential in the country's politics. Minas Gerais is home to some of the most ...

... Gerais, Brazil, you&#8217;ll fully enjoy your visit to FIPP, the true gemstone show where<br>you will have an opportunity to meet and purchase at the source from<br>both the humblest "garimpeiro" and the largest producers in Brazil. Start of travels: August 21, 2009<br>End of travels: September 01, 2009

... 22nd - This morning we expected the people from the other company to be here at 8 a.m. No such luck, we waited until 9.30 and then Mike went into town to the Mercedes garage on the moped. They phoned the company and told him they would be there soon and so he returned. By 11.30 still no body here and so back to town and this time went to the company to find out. Apparently we have to wait another hour and this time we ...

... green oasis with huge trees, kiddie rides, clowns and musicians and a pond where you can rent a rowing boat and create havoc colliding with other sunday rowers. Belo Horizonte is a city of 2.5 million people and is the capital of the landlocked state of Minas Gerais, just inland of Rio de Janeiro. It is rather a modern city and not really a tourist attraction, but pleasant enough for a day or two.

... the free internet is responded by completely shutting the computer out and another growl. Belo Horizonte was mear a stop on my way to Ouro Preto, an old minors town with their colonial buildings still intact. The town has it´s charms and has many tourist attractions like visitations to one of the mines and such but being only there for the day I visited a couple of churches which includes the museum of Alejadinho (little cripple), one of Ouro Preto´s main ...

... My Box, I kid you not. I tell Cleiber why this is so funny and he loves it. For the rest of my stay here whenever we see a good looking girl we call her "Nice Box" and if we see an ugly girl we call her "Bad Box". So if we are driving and we see a chick on the side of the road walking, Cleiber might be like nice box or bad box, I may look back and be like, bad box, keep going bro. It`s a nice little inside running joke, and the best part is nobody understands ...

... was 23 years of age. They usually went blind from the dust they picked through daily and deaf from the sound of metal on rock in a cave that most of us had to duck through. We were also informed that because the cave was dug so low, the masters prefered shorter workers. If a tall man was brought to camp, he was castrated (our mine guide illustrated this by clapping two rocks together near the loins of one of my students) so that he could not produce tall children.I ...