Ibis Belo Horizonte Liberdade

Saí do Rio de Janeiro e parti para Belo Horizonte, no estado de Minas Gerais.
Estive no municipio de Formiga, onde nasceu minha mãe e depois fui para BH visitar Rogério e Daiane. Um casal de minissionários amigos meus. Rogério trabalha com um ministério infantil e a Daiane está concluindo a universidade. Ambos estão aguardando o tempo para partir para Moçambique.

Ilha Grande is an absolutely stunning island only a 2 hr bus ride and hour and a half ferry from Rio, and by rights should therefore be packed out. After all, the island has 102 beaches (yes, not a misprint!), no roads, with only a cop and fire truck on the island. Transport is by old fashioned schooner or by foot over dirt trails. There is one small village on the island, a handful of lovely little pousadas (guesthouses) and bars, and the whole ...

... with our Aussie 11 on the pitch and immediately the ball was in our defensive half. The boys from CAM have had months of training in the system that the boys were trying to play, together with the benefit of having played and trained together for almost a year. However, with some desperate defence, some good saves, and lots of heart, we were locked at nil all at half time.

CAM had gone to quite a bit of trouble for our match. The training pitch ...

... br>Whilst Teresopolis is an affluent city by Brazillian standards, some of the boys found it difficult to hide their lack of enthusiasm for the local lifelstyle as we walked around the market full of cheap unattractive clothing and handicrafts. The food stalls were mainly of baked goods, beautiful moist cakes, and freshly baked cookies in a huge number of varieties, there was a noticeable absence of the deep fried foods ...

... the arts. In the early 20th century the Brazilian political system was referred to as Café com Leite ("coffee with milk"), because the presidency was
alternately held by natives of São Paulo (where much of Brazil's coffee is produced) and natives of Minas Gerais (the milk-producing state). The current system is more diverse, but mineiros are still influential in the country's politics. Minas Gerais is home to some of the most ...

... green oasis with huge trees, kiddie rides, clowns and musicians and a pond where you can rent a rowing boat and create havoc colliding with other sunday rowers. Belo Horizonte is a city of 2.5 million people and is the capital of the landlocked state of Minas Gerais, just inland of Rio de Janeiro. It is rather a modern city and not really a tourist attraction, but pleasant enough for a day or two.

... to a gorgeous waterfall where I spent the morning jumping off rocks and swimming in the plunge pool. Then it was on to do some caving and admire the amazing rock formations and stalactites and mights! We then turned off our oil lamp and sat in the complete darkness and quite. I have never experienced anything like it before, the darkness was so unbelievable. Your eyes don´t adjust at all. I even placed my hand so close to my eyes but couldn't make out ...

... confusing configuration. I`m good with directions, but I would have many problems here. Due to all the hills though, the city is very cool looking from the right vantage point. We go up in this space needle-esq structure situated on one of the highest points in the city. It is a really cool view as you can observe the city from 360 degrees. As we are driving around I see a sign on one of the hills (very much like the Hollywood sign) which says "My Box". Hah ...

... trips had gone off without a hitch. It had to be the last one, with the person who's never even been to Brasil before." I had forgotten the b-factor - that if you want something done in Brasil, it will take a month to get done. For us Americans, it's easy to think of our errand days as fruitful, and usually we get everything done. Here, it's more like, plan 10 things to do for the day, and you'll be lucky if you get one or two. The more you plan, the more luck you ...

... tropical vacation much more than I. Therefore, for the next several months I will be vacationing in the name of your leisure. Good friend, I will be sipping coconut laced mango juice for your enjoyment, laying on the perfect white sand beaches under palm trees in your name, and enjoying fresh, all-you-can-eat seafood buffets in your honor. Please accept this altruistic gesture on my part as a symbol of my commitment to your enjoyment of life. As a sacrifice ...