Holiday Inn Recife

Once I hit Recife, I made it to a subway and made it to my next hostel. After a bus ride and a bad taxi ride&#8230;.. I made it to the hostel. I was not happy. It was OK but no one spoke English that worked there. It did have a pool though.<br><br>Anyway, after I settled in, I went to the town square in OLINDA and had lunch at an incredible outside, pay by kilo place. Great food and cheap!! I walked around for a ...

... bathrooms, which we did. Also, Tracy encountered Supergirl, Batgirl and Captain America - three very gay men, in the womens queue and took their photos. We were laughing so much. Tracy also bought a frevo hat with the pernambuco flag on it, tried on a cow hat, and I bought the flower head band. We were determined to purchase the chicken hats - there are hats here that are of the galo of madrugada (a big bloco here that has a massive chicken as its mascot, and it comes out ...

... We talked about it a bit and because we´re both feircly independent it means we have to call space and time frequently from each other to not be in each others pockets. We do fine with it. Well Tracy is very gracious with it, but I need to improve in my style. I will. Anderson has asked me to do a show with him tomorrow night, which is a bit nervewracking but will be fun. Sylvia has measured us up for Chameleon parade and she asked us if she could make us the $R200 costume ...

... It´s located right on the coast and surrounded by golden beaches (albeit shark infested!) and greenery which is surprising given the location. Since our flight was so early, we were checked in and ready to explore by 10.30am. Our room was great. We were on the top floor and had a balcony with fantastic views of the city. The information centre was around the corner so we headed there to collect a map. As usual, we were accosted by someone offering tours ...

Yesterday was the festival of Friday (might as well have a friday festival)... and the bloco and doll of friday wandered past our poussada. Jaz and I must have got confused between the two days as we drank three very strong caiperinhas and fell asleep. Again I missed seeing Carlos and he missed seeing me - its a comedy of errors. So I´ve enlisted my friends to give a message to him and he had his friends Wendell and Demais get a message to me. They turned up ...

... do this now too as there is little chance for washing your hands here. I´ve started using straws too. Once you see how cans, and bottles are handled and transported, and you add the general lack of washing hands - well - you use a straw! The recycling system here is incredible. I got scolded for wanting to put my can in a bin ´leave it for the poor people´ I was told. And yes, at big events, small children with bags come around and sense, somehow, you are done with your ...

... glad because it is such a privelidge to stay with locals, to be invited to live as a local at Carnaval. Today is a relatively free day for me so I think I might wander the streets alone for a bit before joining the afoaxe. It´s safe to walk here alone before 9, after 9 you need a friend with you. I absolutely love it here. I promise to post pictures soon. Sorry about the spelling. My time is up and I need to get some food I think... Much love to all. Boa Carnaval Soooz

DIRETORES Por que fazer um projeto missionário em Recife? A UFPE tem se mostrado um campo missionário muito promissor. Os resultados que vemos desde 2006 estudantes crescendo em seu relacionamento com Deus e novos convertidos inseridos no movimento nos trouxeram de volta a Recife. Além disso, o treinamento de novos líderes precisava ser realizado em um local que oferecesse boas condições para o ensino teórico e pr ...

... today, dumped our backpacks in the left luggage office, had brunch, and caught the metro to the centre of Recife. The cultural centre, set up in the old prison, is a place that sells lots of touristy souvenirs, but it is not anywhere so nice as the one in Fortaleza, far less choice of items (by now we are looking for presents for our family). From there we wandered to a park marked on the map where two rivers join, but found a flash military place, not open to the likes of us. Our ...

... amigavelmente. Que assim seja. Dos males o menor. Perdi o voo e so poderia pegar um outro a noite, com direito a aproveitar a divertidissima madrugada do aeroporto de Sao Paulo esperando pelo aviao ate Nova Iorque. E foi assim que, pela primeira vez em minha vida, eu passei todo o primeiro dia de viagem deitado na minha propria cama, em minha casa. Para mim foi inedito. Valeu como aprendizado e esperiencia, mas vou tentar nao repetir a aventura.