Naoum Brasilia

... 30+ degree heat we accepted the fact that we would be staying in someones garage with a shower over the toilet and a kitchen in the storage area under the stairs. Now listen, we are NOT diva's or snobs - but come on man - this place was disgraceful. Unfortunately money stretching had to take priority!<br><br>In an effort to spend as little time there as possible we headed back the the TV tower for a beautiful sunset view over Brasilia.<br><br>A bit ...

... to be heard by all. We covered most of the city on a city tour which worked out perfectly as halfway through the tour it poured. Thunder, lightening and torrential rain where even the van couldn't cope and leaked in places. The roads were awash with red running rivers as the red clay like soil was washed away. After Rio it all just seemed so dull and lackluster. The one thing Brasilia has to sparkle about is ...

... praying I was finally able to plant both feet on the sandy bottom and relax. After that, I attempted one more go with the board before calling it a day and heading back. Buggy antics Next day Alex, Oleg, Callum (another new recruit to the pousada) and I rented our own buggy and had some fun in the dunes.. The buggy we rented sounded a little throaty but apart from that it seemed ok, so, off we went.... little did we know that after ...

... entendo que Deus quer me usar ainda mais nesta área de Intercessão Profética, traduzindo: orar pelas pessoas exatamente pelos problemas que elas estão passando, sem que eu tome conhecimento. Resumindo: deixar de orar segundo o que estou vendo, de acordo com o meu julgamento, ou segundo o meu desejo, mas orar segundo a direção do Espírito Santo de Deus, sem saber qual é a real necessidade das pessoas, deixando tudo por conta dEle. Foi muito gratificante ...

... dropped ten or more degrees as we climbed down the side, and the vegetation became lush and almost tropical. Plant species exist there that can be found nowhere else on earth. Apparently, there are several of these in Uruguay, for reasons no one has explained - or I have found out. Our weather-beaten guide was very proud of this national treasure and his role as its guardian. Then we headed for Rivera, the border crossing into Brazil, and found it to be the ...

... les villes situées sur des topographies difficiles font exception : Valparaiso, coincée entre la mer et les collines, a un plan beaucoup plus anarchique. Finalement, ces villes ressemblent beaucoup aux villes espagnoles, car Barcelone et Madrid aussi ont un plan en damier ! Il est intéressant de noter que le même phénomène se produit au Brésil, le colon portugais ayant adopté ces plans très simples. La seule différence est qu'il est beaucoup plus difficile d ...

... them a few times last year and can't say enough good things about them. I'd recommend them to anyone...although they are a bit expensive compared to other airlines in the region. The flight was only 1.5 hours but they served everyone onboard a hot meal and as much as we could stand to drink. Really a nice change from the domestic flights in the US that won't even give you a baggie of peanuts these days. Flying across Brazil was interesting although ...

... die Metrô angesagt und dieses Mal fand ich die Station natu**lich ohne Probleme, he he. Es war cool, wied** mal bei ihnen zu Besuch zu sein und es gab wie frueh** auch dieses Mal Reis und Bohnen (geho**t uebrigens zur taeglichen Standardkost d** Brasilian**, gefolgt von Fleisch, Fisch od** and**em). Mmmhh! Und sie **inn**ten sich an meine Vorliebe fu** "Guaraná", DEM Erfrischungsgetränk in Brasilien. (Guaraná ist auch d** Name ein** Lianenart ...

... Candido presented his grandfather's very rare law books to the Supreme Court's Library. It was a very nice presentation (although we understood zilch as it was all Portuguese, of course!). The TV News crew was there and it was fun to see Candido being interviewed for the evening news. Our dilemma was trying to find something to wear to this ceremony. "Granny" was able to lend a few items, Peter borrowed from Candido, Marianna helped to fix us up a bit. We felt a bit like ...

... just after noon. In the span of 65 or so hours I had covered close to 2000 miles via some of the worst buses on the planet. Case in point - the second bus I took, from Santa Cruz to the border, was 17 hrs (2 hrs on paved road and 15 hrs on dirt/dust), had 55 seats (not built for more 'robust' Americans like myself), had 60 passengers and the entire rear ¼ was full of contraband (many people buy items in Bolvia and ...