Parthenon Belo Horizonte Casablanca Flat Service

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.

... day around the island to some fantastic little coves and beaches, swum in blue and green lagoons, and snorkelled around an old helicopter wreck (11m down, Brad's new free diving record). Fantastic day out.

We loved Ilha Grande, and as with Rio have vowed to come back. Absolutely perfect to go for a few weeks anual leave type holiday combined with Rio again (see, we're planning our next trip already, and we haven't even finished this one!)

... come from all over Brazil and live at Galo City. A national law prevents players this age from being separated from their parents in this way despite the fact that a life in Galo City would be far happier and healthier for many boys than a life with their own family.

With the heat and humidity of Belo Horizonte at 2pm, 3 of the CAM boys were chosen to boost our squad and wear an AFS uniform and play for the visitors from Australia.

We ...

... plates with meat, rice, pasta, salads and vegetables and drank juice, others opted for the home style hamburgers, fries and cans of soft drink. These latter boys are sure to be the ones who complain of lack of energy at training tomorrow !

We arrived at Cidade Do Galo (Galo City), the training centre of Clube Atletico Mineiro at 5:30pm. We went directly to our rooms to store our luggage and then to a brief ...

... we also visited a "cachaça" distilery at noon time (old equipment kept alive), this is Geotourism; arrive at the "Capão Mine", the only commercial operated imperial topaz mine in the world at 2:00pm, sharply! CONTINUE ON NEXT ENTRY...

Overnight in Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil, at the Bed & Breakfast Sinhá Olimpia.

Belo Horizonte

Since the planned uprising of the Inconfidentes in 1789, the residents ...

... aquamarine, chrysoberyl,
alexandrite, blue Topaz, just to mention a few.The State of Minas Gerais is the
primary location of the major gemstone companies in Brazil and the
centre of manufacturing for Brazil's growing jewellery industry. In Teófilo Otoni city, a tax free trade centre in ...

Sunday in Belo Horizonte, and everyone who has at least a leg or two is out and about. The main avenue is closed to the traffic and a street market takes place in the morning. All sorts of things are for sale from hundreds of stalls, and the locals seem very happy to drag home their purchases, from puppies to oil paintings, small furniture and lots of clothing. Just next to it is the central park ...

... the sun picked the most perfect spot to set, between two mountain peaks. The sun set slow and deliberately to leave her audience in awe and applauding loudly as she disappeared out of sight. After that exhausting day I spent the next day just wandering the lovely cobble stoned streets of the tiny town centre admiring the colourful colonial buildings that were decaying all around me. The next day I set off on my tiring journey to Belo Horizonte to see ...

... there are more than a handful of Americans here. Belo isn`t exactly a tour destination. I basically just sit there eating while getting stared at as Cleiber and the blond girl makeout or whatever out on the sidewalk. People here hang out on the streets more than gangs in Compton. We then head over to Julianna`s crib for the Xmas Eve festivities. This group of yahoos consisted of Julianna, her mom, her cousin Sintia, another cousin (forgot his name) and her ...

... into) and a driver and his nephew. As soon as we pulled out of the Instituto, there was a plea from the crowd..."Can we stop for some beer!?!" The next little lanchonete that we neared we pulled in and practically bought the poor guys out of their supply of Skol, the most loved Brasilian brand of light beer, and chocolate. We were locked, stocked, and ready to roll, cold beers in hand. (To those worried parents, the laws in Brasil have nothing against open ...