Metropolitan Flat Brasilia

... couldn't fork out for 2 more expensive nights so we packed up and headed off for what we thought would be an easy to find posada. We were wrong. Over 2 hours later we were taken pity on by a young guy who could speak English only to be told that Posadas were made illegal in Brasilia and were all closed down...only a few sneaky ones remained and he showed us the whereabouts of the nearest one. If we could walk another step we would have left but after 2 hours ...

... Dom Bosco with it's walls of blue and red stained glass is just incredible, it's a spectacular sight and I especially loved the glass confessional booth - if the priest goes red it's a bad sign for all to see. The other unique church, Catedral Metropolitana, which when it rains it's stained glass roof leaks, is most impressive due to it's curved walls which carry sound around the church so clearly you only need to ...

... back in further down the beach... no.. Pepe, swam into the sea, detached me from the kite and went after it on his own. I was therefore left in the sea, wearing my harness, trying frantically to swim to shore. I´m not the strongest of swimmers and especially not when hungover, exhausted from battling with the kite and there´s a strong current trying to take you down the coast rather than into shore. Anyway, after much frantic swimming ...

... Principalmente quando orei pelo Alexandre e ele me disse que tudo o que eu havia orado ele havia escrito em seu caderno de oração e eu brinquei com ele dizendo que não tinha colado os motivos de oração dele. Ele me enviou um e-mail dizendo assim: "Oi Pierre, já dei uma olhada no blog, gostei muito! li também o relatório da viagem pra Brasília, ... Vc foi uma bênção aqui pra mim! Edificou muito! Foi usado!! Deu lugar! Hehehehe Abraço! Alexandre Costa ...

... about shelter - just as the lights came back on. On Tuesday, thanks to the German guidebook, I dragged John north of town down rugged dirt roads to a "microclimate" among the rock outcroppings. A weather-beaten man led us across the fields towards what looked like a grove of small trees. It turned out to be a narrow valley two hundred feet deep at points with a natural spring and stream that created an atmosphere completely different from the surrounding land. The ...

... figure le centre de la ville, avec la Cathédrale/église et le palais de l'autorité royale présente (c'est en fait la place des 2 pouvoirs), et autour, un plan en damier avec des « Cuadras » qui font toutes la même taille. La ville est plate. Les batiments sont de belles batisses coloniales, avec des façades colorées et des encorbellements blancs. Plus simple et pratique, c'est pas possible. C'est le plan de toutes les villes, de l'Equateur au Détroit de Magellan ...

... by far was worst. Yes, there were three other international flights that came in with mine BUT that same thing happened to me in Buenos Aires last year and I was still through in 45 minutes. Oh well, at least I killed some time. After collecting my bags and checking them in again for my flight to Brasilia, I grabbed some food and just hung out. The airlines in South America never stop surprising me. I flew TAM, a Brazilian-Paraguayan airline. I ...

... hatte seinen neuen Freund dabei. Wir assen etwas Kleines, quatschten und spazi**ten ein wenig im Shopping Cent** h**um. Am Abend war ich wied** mit Claudiene unt**wegs, u.a. in ein** netten kleinen Bar. Ohne sie haette ich wirklich viel we***** **lebt. Am Sonntag (10.2.08) war ich bei d** Familie mein** Ex zum Essen eingeladen. Sie wohnen in Taguatinga, ein** Stadt auss**halb Brasílias, die ab** noch zum Bundesdistrikt geho**t. Es war also wied ...

... interesting places: the Cathedral Metropolitana, Palacio do Congresso, Palacio da Justica and Palacio do Itamaraty. These buildings are situated in the cockpit part of the plane, as Brasilia is laid out like an airplane, with the most important government buildings in the cockpit. It's worth a look on Google Earth to see Brasilia from above, looking down to see this unique design. While in Brasilia, we were invited to a very special ceremony at Brasil's Supreme Court ...

... up with Rob on June 28th. I left La Paz at 5pm on the 26th via overnight bus, arriving in Santa Cruz at 11am. I spent the day wandering around Santa Cruz and at 5pm boarded another bus for the Bolivia/Brazil border. I arrived at the Quijilla/Chuiba border at 8am. From there I crossed and boarded yet another 7 hr bus for Campo Grande. In Campo Grande I stayed for the night and took a 7am bus for Foz Do Iguacu, Brazil ...