Comfort Suites Flamboyant Goiania

... the most reassuring sight to see. On several occasions I felt like asking him to please focus on the driving. Eventually, I refrained from any comments or suggestions and arrived in one piece at Aeroporto Santa Genoveva. Actually, I didn't see much of Goiânia. On our way to the airport we passed through the town, albeit not through the downtown itself, but rather just suburbs. Those streets we went were quite wide, often lined with palm trees and rows of mainly low buildings ...

... to Anápolis. We hoped to catch one of those running between Brasília and Goiânia, which sometimes also stop by in Abadiânia. But soon we realised there wouldn't be anything out of it, for by the looks of it, they stop only when some of the passengers intend to get off there. If there are none of those, there is no stopping, either. Henning spoke some Portuguese - how much, I couldn't judge, but in any case way beyond my abilities - so he checked with locals about the first ...

... extended families. We were all ovewhelmed. Late in the afternoon, Candido, Patricia and Marianna left to to go back to their home in Brasilia, another very emotional time, most difficult to say goodbye. Then the rest of us went to a Brasilian Soccer game! Rio against Goiania, who won~ 5-3! WOW! What a fun time, just like you see on T.V. Brasilians really get emotional about their soccer. The next day, we were off to a typical Brasilian BBQ, at Marlene's niece's home ...

We spent a couple of days in this National Park in Brazil called Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Veadeiros. We got there after two and a half days of driving, during which we covered some distance that was like driving 2 and a half times the length of England. The town before the National Park was called São Jorge and was a really cute small town. The National Park is supposed to be the shiniest place on Earth ...

There's got to be something in my blood. I swear I'm going to get Dengue. The mosquitos here loooooove to bite me. Any exposed skin immediately gets covered in bites. I've finally realized the secret - people here put on insect repellant religiously. São Pio X I'm finally at the hospital in Ceres working very hard. I get up at about 6 or 6:30 every morning to go to the hospital. I usually observe the doctors working or just talk to people. Then around ...