Costa Norte Ingleses Hotel Florianopolis

5 days and 4 nights in FlorianopolisBackpackers Sunset.
leave on the the afternoon of the 28th on the below flight,

28th
JJ
3418

Florianópolis
16:15, Monday

Rio de Janeiro(Galeão)
17:45, Monday

I am right now in the South of Brazil, colonized mainly by europeans (Germans, italians...) I took a night bus to Floripa (12 h) and there is a good place to visit some beaches in the Santa catarina island.
After these days I will be in the NGO doing the reforestation project, for two weeks. However I have some days before fliying back to Europe. I may be visit Iguaçu falls (Depending on money, of course)

I have some pics from today! New SD card!

... attention to rather than annoying me.

So on Friday we went to the Famous surf beach of Praia Mole we took a surf board with us but .. the surf was so big - when I say big the surfers were using Jet Skis to get and then using them to tow them onto the waves. So we posed with the surf board like a good Brazilian would, then sat on the beach and watched the world go by....

Saturday we went to the south of the island. There were ...

... simply say no and cut you for your malcontent. After what seemed like many hours, which was probably little more than 90mins, we knew that although the beach was this way, as the bird may fly, we had to get out of this unforgiving brasilian jungle. After the inclination of the mountain started to even off a little and the stream we were following was all but dried up, we saw what seemed to be a clearing Southward to where we were standing. I went through ...

... recommended us some areas to visit. Tiago gave us some insight to his life in Brasil.  His life is really simple and surfing is his passion.  He has ambitions to help people in his line of work and is attending college via online correspondence.  The best part is he'studies on the beach and makes money on the side renting out beach equipment.   I really respect Tiago, I felt that living in Canada we sometimes get caught up in having it all.

Segunda vez que fui pra Floripa, mas dessa deu pra conhecer bem lá... Outra cidade que vale a pena conhecer, agua transparentes, praias maravilhosas, gente bonita...
Praias que mais gosto de la: Campeche, Joaquina, Mole (só pra tomar sol pq o mar é super bravo).

... was Armação and we could see that the beach was nearly empty, so decided to spend some time on the golden sands. The sand was blisteringly hot so we found a spot beneath a tree and made a run for the waves. The reason the beach was so empty soon became obvious. The waves were incredibly strong and dumping close. We had to time it right and bolt into the water to avoid being smashed onto the sand, and do the same in reverse to get out. After lazing in the shade for a while ...

... Not only do they live in a mansion, but they happen to be the nicest people too. The parents, Carmen and Antonio, own a restaurant, and don't speak a word of english. The eldest daughter, Olivia, is studying at the Universidade Federal da Santa Catarina (UFSC or oofskee as the call it, no joke). She doesn't speak any english either, but her younger sister, Aline speaks some. I'm proud to say, I haven't actually spoken english with her. Of couse, I haven't ...

... I convinced the surf school guy I didn´t need lessons. yada yada yada I had a friend at work who had had a bad surfing injury and yes I know the waves are powerful blabla bla --RICK: I was more aware of my lack of surfing ability and got a body board - very daring -- ...anyway, cutting to the point so to speak. I swam out to catch my first wave. So eager because I haven´t surfed in two years. And ...

... dead anyways because it was either a Monday or Tuesday night (I've kind of lost track of days by now). The French Canadians and I grabbed some beers from the pousada and headed to the beach to see if anything was going on. It looked like a party so we tried to hit it up. We couldn't talk to anyone there so we turned it in around 4am. The bad thing is that hardly any of the pousadas have air conditioning so I've been ...