Intercity Diplomata 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!

... The place was well-catered to this crowd, offering daily activities including sandboarding, boat trips/ booze cruises (dressing in drag), hiking, nightclub outings, and bbqs at other hostels. Most of the activities involve copious amounts of alcohol, and since we were preparing for the marathon we primarily stuck to ourselves.

The first day we hung around the house, did laundry and walked into the nearby town, Centro da Lagoa, which really had a lot going on, again ...

... an hour to fully get out of Rio de Janeiro city. The city looks quite different as you move through the suburbs out of the centre. It seems to get poorer and the houses seem a little bit smaller.. again. One long favela.. The bus gradually followed the road into the mountains and before i knew it, my ears had popped, and the sight out the window was no longer a favela, but vast forestry amid the spectacular mountainous landscape. The road twisted and turned for a ...

... walk into the shrubs and came after us. Thank goodness we look like tourists and people are nice enough to go out of their way to help us out of a god only knows awkward and traumatizing hike. We made our way out to the bus stop where we were approached by another man who was offering a good alternative from waiting for the bus. We ended up paying R3 per person which is 40 cents cheaper than a bus! Just in time to get cleaned up, wash some clothes and go for buffet ....yes again!  

... missing - I´d left my cuddle buddy pillow on the bus! It was too late to worry about it. I had a window seat on the near-empty GOL flight which was great, because we circled around the city of Rio as we made our path south to Florianopolis. The flight took less time than expected, so when I came through the arrival gates Marina´s parents weren´t there to meet me as expected. Marina was an exchange student who ...

... to 2 countries and decided to join me in brazil which will be his third country. Thats moving. So after a 20 hour busride up to Florianopolis, we were in Brazil!!! My first impression of brazil matched exactly what i expected, ¨very very green¨. The mountains were covered with lush greenscapes and trees. Florianopolis is located on a island called Santa Catarina and this place is pretty darn cool. So cool, people decide to stay here for indefinite period of time. I met ...

... we met were so patient and enormously helpful. So much so that we had the manager of a Texaco garage calling in all his friends to help us find a bus station. You wouldn´t get that sort of service down the local esso at home. The city itself was lovely and modern and full of lots of designer shops and highrise hotels. But the city isn´t really the highlight. We stayed on the island of Santa Catarinha about 20 mins from ...

... with 25 beds crammed in. I was too tired to go anywhere else and decided it would work for one night. There really wasn't anyone around the hostel (anyone that a really spoke English anyways) so I decided to go down to the beach. The beach here is absolutely breathtaking. It is more of a local beach and surf hangout. There was an overcast that afternoon and it was getting late so I pulled a spot up under an umbrella and ...

... UPDATE: Bare 11 av 30 bilder paa engangskameraet var brukbare saa det var kun 1 bilde fra Floronapolis og det var meg og surfebrettet under). Uansett, her spiser vi i Lagoa etter aa ha sett Man U tape mot Milan. Ash er stor ManU fan og jeg veddet paa Milan og vant.. Det er unoedvendig aa si at Ash ikke var i kjempehumoer etter dette ...