Bristol Dolby Oceania Park Florianopolis

... which was annoying and although the buses are pretty good, they are very expensive. When we arrived Florianopolis - a small island off the coast of south brazil - was experiencing the same stormy weather we had left in Ilha Grande. We went surfing in the rain and the waves were absolutely huge. The biggest i have ever been in, it was pretty extreme and there were some ...

... het Canadees koppel. We zijn de straat overgestoken, in 3 hotels de prijs gaan vragen en ons in gaan checken. We hebben een uurtje nog geslapen en zijn dan naar het strand vertrokken. Een ideale dag voor mij om te gaan zwemmen, want het is best wel bewolkt, maar toch nog warm. Ook het water is heerlijk warm! Enkele leuke weetjes... - Mc Donald's is a good place to s(h)it - De klokken in Zuid-Amerika staan NOOIT juist ...

... tv in our room (thats heaven in itself of course!) but what it was showing! can you guess? if you know how pathetic i am you probably can, .....wait for it..... Chelsea v Liverpool! with beers in the fridge and Fee happily resting next to me, this was honeymoon heaven. Only one problem, Liverpool failed to score and win a game that was theirs for the taking! As Fee says though, a draw is better than to lose (no its not ...

... to have a coconut with straws sticking out of it and a Caperienha (Brazil's national cocktail, made with cachaca, sugar and lime. Cachaça is Brazil's most common distilled alcoholic beverage. Like rum, it is made from sugarcane.) which we took turns drinking. Yeow! Thats the life! Our favourite place to sit and soak in the atmosphere is where the brazilains play there dominoes. We sat there for about an hour and a half yesterday then watched the beach ...

I just survived a hellish18-hour bus ride from Iguazu to Floripa (was supposed to be 14, and someone puked in the bathroom fairly early on, which always makes things pleasant!)...at least I didn't have any problems with my visa! I was incredibly paranoid that they would give me trouble for no reason, being the worrier that I am. I got onto the island (didn't realize it was an island until I got there ...

... etc on the inca trail. Well we were wrong (but in a good way). The bus with the rest of our group was stopped on an isolated jungle road. 4 masked gunmen jumped on, drove the bus deeper into the jungle, tied everyone up and robbed them of all valuables. After a few hours, and after a few had been beaten with rifles (better than being shot I suppose, but still...) they managed to continue their journey. Once we had all finally met up (a day ...

... frankly - it's quite new, with very little infrastructure, and a rapidly growing population of around 100,000. On the boat, Mum and I met a lovely German couple from Munich who would become very dear friends over our days together in the jungle. The lodge itself was pretty nice - cabins were basic, with mosquito netting all around and no closing windows, so you could hear ...

... Leidensgenossen. Nach dem Motto: Nur die Harten kommen in den Garten komme ich nach 1 std und 15 min oben an und es stroehmen Wasserfaelle an mir runter. Leider ist gerade der erste Bus angekommen und ich bin nur fast die erste um 5:45 vor dem Eingang. Nachdem ich den Inkatrail nicht gemacht haben, musste ich mir wenigstens die letzte Etappe geben um mir den Anblick den Machu Picchu etwas zu erarbeiten. Allen die den kompletten Trail gegangen sind- meinen Respekt! Von wegen das waers ...

... bahngleise und man gelangt in den Dschungel. Fleece ausziehen und Fenster auf. Es erinnert stueckweise an die Schweiz oder Suedfrankreich. Langsam finde ich es echt schade, dass ich keinen Track planen konnte und nur den Machu Picchu ohne grosse Anstrengungen ansehen werde. Bei der Vegetation waere der Track 100% ein Erlebnis geworden. In AC angekommen muss man sich erstmal durch 1000 Staende durchschieben. Ohne ...

... cleared, logged or drilled for oil and reserve meaning it was protected. This was soooo increadibly different. There was 11 of us altogether with 2 ...