Deville Express Florianópolis 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!

... being Sundays Brazilian BBQ - can you say more steak....Then off to a bar with live music or a club. Watching Richard (the annoying English guy - (dark curly hair) and the Kiwi Marcus (blond hair) trying to chat up the local girls to varying success.

What is the Hostel like - well they have a Dog called Duna - probably the best dog in the world - check her out on facebook.... She is so cool she will follow you everywhere, to the ...

... the way we came was NOT, (no way), an option, so we followed one of the roads steeply down towards civilsation and eventually came across mankind again, much to our relief. "A Volkswagen! a Mo-ped!!! A house!" Phewwww! Following the road led us straight back to the beach and we quickly made our way to the apartment, showered and began treating our arms. A few hours on the beach and eating out has followed... All we can say Bear Grylls would have been proud of us!!

... making a lot of pasta simply because it is easy and quick. And to be honest, the grocery stores here carry mostly local vegetables which I can count on my two hands. Most grocery stores consist of about 4 isles which carry a variety of canned vegetables and sauces, your standard cleaning and hygiene supplies, and an isle for alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages. I have yet to find a grocery store that sells mushrooms, and if you want anything like bok choi forget it. I ...

... leading up a gradual hill. Along the path were bright blue butterflies and the trail reminded me a tracks in New Zealand. After about 15mins we came across a beautiful waterfall about 6m high. There were boys jumping into the pool and other teenagers lounging in the lower rock pools. Inside the forest the heat of the day was dampened and after our dip in the refreshing water I was starting to feel quite cold. Back out in the hot sun again we started to head home ...

... or "ooDESkee") and a couple bars. During the day, besides the beach, another fun thing to do is to go to the town center, the Centro. They preserved the old European buildings and cobblestone streets. There are lots of restaurants and those open-air markets with cheap stuff that seem to be in every city on earth. There's a beautiful park with this gigantic fig tree that looks like something out of Lord of the Rings, especially at night when it's lit up with ...

... I think the driver´s good looks had something to do with it. "No importa lo que te digan - si compras un pasaje, preguntas: ¿puedes repetir por favor? Es tan bonito." We spent the relaxing days with an international crew and the friendly hostel staff. I even met a young Finn, Eetu. The Brazilians said he looked constantly scared but then I think many Finns do. The young Clark Kent lookalike from California had the hairstyle, shirt and all ...

... Argentina's! (I've gotta stop this comparison malarky!). The 13 hours bus journey's bus was not in the slightest half full and I'd had to avoid a middle aged brazilian bloke from invading MY personal space, so infact my journey was a little uncomfortable where i'd wake up and find him smiling at me. ewwww....i gave him my fake email addy. So I made it to Bell's hostel and being the lazy backpacker i am, decided to taxi it over there. Little did I know it was gonna cost ...

... gehoerte dann auch ein eigener Park bzw. tropischer Wald. Alles war super huebsch angelegt, die Voegel haben gezwischter, bunte Schmetterlinge flogen ueberall herum und vor Allem, keine Menschenseele. Nur die Natur und ich!! Nach dem leckeren Abendessen mit Helton und Adriana hab ich mich wieder in der Karaokebar absetzen lassen, wo ich mal wieder munter mitgezwitschert hab. Ich bin dermassen darueber erfreut, dass ich auf so nette Leute treffe ...