Best Western Solar Porto de Galinhas

... sabiam os fazendeiros que alí estavam os novos escravos do tráfico ilegal daquela época. <br><br>Hoje Porto de Galinhas é um dos grandes pontos turísticos do Brasil. Localiza-se no litoral sul de Pernambuco e dispõe de arrecifes bem próximos a praia que formam piscinas naturais na maré baixa. Estas piscinas naturais podem ser visitadas através de um passeio de "Jangada" (embarcação tradicional dos pescadores da região). Para além disto, Porto de Galinhas est ...

... Schwi**igkeiten, ab** in Erwartung des neuen Tages und des Frühstücks, mit reichlich leck**en tropischen Früchten und Cafezinho, sind wir schnell auf den Beinen. Wie jeden Tag, packen wir die Sachen zusammen, gehen zum Frühstück. Während d** etwas schläfrig anmutenden Frühstücksrunde, **fahren wir von den begleitenden Professoren, Jaime und G**mano, dass es einen kleinen Zeitv**zug von 2 Stunden geben wird. Stefan und Jörg nutzen die Gelegenheit für einen ausgiebigen ...

... cold!!! That night after a tough afternoon on the beach we shopped in the little trinket shops had an okay Italian diner (it wasn't Pizza! All we have been eating is pizza!) and off to bed. The next morning we decided to get away from all the action and walked 45 minutes down the beach to a deserted little area where we could enjoy the sun and waves without families chatting in Portuguese around us! That night many drinks again but off to ...

... com direito a tomar banho no encontro do mangue com o mar e a torrar completamente a pele de minhas pernas e pés; e um passeio de bugre pelas redondezas. Depois fomos a Olinda, passamos a primeira noite no albergue, de onde fomos expulsos por um grupo gigante de mulheres paraibanas, que vinham para um congresso de enfermagem e haviam reservado quase todas as vagas, então nos mudamos para uma pousada que era também casa e atelier. O centro histórico de Olinda é uma cidade de ...

... garfish down in front of Jo who invites us to share with her. Delicious, although everyone around is equally intrigued and appalled when I eat the whole fish (well four actually) except for the head. Quick stop at a very old sugar refinery that once used slaves for labour on the way back to Recife. Off the bus at 1.30, put out treasures that we'd bought at the fort and go upstairs to grab a quick lunch. Back to the treasures. The little shop at ...

... season here in Brazil and it gets dark at 6, when you wake up at 1! :) visiting the little back streets and the centre of Recife, point 0, where Recife was built from. We visited some little Markets and I of course bought a painting! Another one! Added to the collection of skin and paintings waiting for me at Mark´s house, when I make it back! :) Carolina was an incredible tour guide and she was good with her history but even better with the location for lunch or early dinner ...

... nee, hij heeft het zichzelf geleerd door Duitse boeken te lezen. Het is een zeer vriendelijke oude man en we genieten van het gesprek. Later zien we in het park een standbeeld van Maurits van Nassau. We kijken er een beetje vreemd van op dat er een standbeeld staat van een vroegere buitenlandse overheerser. Maar het is ons al vaker opgevallen dat de Brazilianen geen negatieve gevoelens lijken te koesteren ten opzichte van de kolonisten (vooral Portugal en in veel mindere mate ...

... in Porto de Galinhas couldn't have been more of a contrast to our recent beach experience at Edmundo's Cabanas. Peace and tranquillity was replaced with the hubbub of thousands of revellers anxious to celebrate Brazil's Independence Day on September 7th . Thinking ourselves to be totally incognito amongst the throngs, imagine our surprise when we just happened (not only once, but twice) to run into Gláucio - one of the divers we had met in the whale watching village of ...

... and we continued walking. Night After Diego left the Galinhas we started sightseeing in the shops. In the night we went to a nice bar with live music, but a girl was singing. She sang just for fun, because she had a bit of time ;) ... but we could enjoy her nice voice. It was only a pity that she only showed her back.

... beloved snorkelling mask was fumbled in the foam, never to be seen again. This was very sad news. Without my snorkelling mask, I was left with only one thing to do on my trip -the thing I hated: walking. Nevertheless ... "Press on!" I said and set off up one of the rocky peaks. I followed a path for a short distance, but it disagreed with me over which way to go. So, I pulled my backpack tight and jaunted into the off-trail forest. I had to ...