Pontal de Ocapora Porto de Galinhas

... Handelsverbot zur Verfuegung standen. <br><br>Heute ist Porto de Galinhas ein grosser Anziehungspunkt fuer Touristen in Brasilien. Das ehemalige Fischerdorf liegt an der suedlichen Kueste von Pernambuco und hat ein langgestrecktes Felsenriff nur wenige Meter vom Strand entfernt. Bei Niedrigwasser formen sich dort natuerliche Schwimmbecken voller tropischer Fische. Mit dem traditionellen Fischerboot, der Jangada, sind wir wie viele andere Touristen zum ...

... eine knetmasseartige Konsistenz hat, wenn man ein Stück mit dem Fing** abstreift. Nach einem kleinen, schnellen und obendrein kostenlosen Cafezinho, den wir von ein** sehr nett lächelnden Brasilian**in bekommen, geht die Fahrt weit**. Bis jetzt sind wir etwa 5 km gefahren es ist beinahe 12 und wir haben noch keine Probe genommen! Nach weit**en 70 km Fahrt, während d** sich imm** wied** die riesigen Zuck**rohrfeld** mit d** üppigen Mata Atlantica abwechseln, folgen wir blind G ...

... s name is Lourdinha. She seems nice, and the class seems somewhat interesting but also easy. It is basically about what is wrong with the environment, and how it affects life. Next is topografia 9. An intro to surveying course, should be interesting, especially since Mizzou doesn't offer a course like it. Teacher is alright also. Finally, estradas 2. A course that talks about the Brazilian highway infrastructure. Professor is nice, but a ...

Hey again. When last we left you, we were about to go on the bus to Guanina. Well, after we figured out how to work up the bus system in Recife, we bought the tickets, which were pretty expensive might I add, because we were billed for the full bus route although we had to get off at half way. So the bus took off at 13:00 on to Natal, the ride was very comfortable, the bus is very long travel oriented... On the way he even ...

... and member of a UN program for transparency in public service) picked us up from the bus station, and took us to his very nice home right in Recife. The 2-story house had a pool and wonderful open air patio, dining room, and living room. Leonardo and his daughter, Marisa, took us out to a nice regional Northeastern dinner, a "self service" with many different kinds of ...

... Cab is only 20 Reas and we get dropped off at the oldest church in the universe (they're always the oldest or the biggest or the most catholic or whatever). Immediately a young guy comes up and starts describing the church and tells us he's a student who works as a guide and shows me his guide card. So off we go, church, craft market, photo stop, church, craft market, photo stop. We're there for about two hours during which time it goes dark ...

Porto de Galinhas is a small beach town about 1 hour S of Recife, on the NE coast of Brazil. There are no high rises here but there are plenty of posadas, or guest houses in the area. I spent 5 nights and 4 days in this quiet town. I wish the weather cooperated a bit more but when it wasn`t raining, I was either surfing, relaxing on the beach, swimming, going on a dune buggy ride or ...

... with and feed (see the pics). The other attraction is dune buggy rides to the many beautiful beaches of Muro Alto which has a natural wall breaking the waves which runs all the way to Recife some 2 hours away (see the pics)and Maracaipe beach where surfing championships are held (see pics).

... 30-foot tree, I definitely didn't know how to come down. I figured a brisk walk to the store was all the more adventure I needed before breakfast. ITEM 4 - EAT BREAKFAST. After all, it was enough of a challenge just finding a spoon in Porto de Galinhas. My energy for the day came from 2-litres of ice cream mixed with Snickers and Oreo-like cookies. ITEM 5 - SNORKEL AT PORTO DE GALINHAS. I stumbled upon a section of coral in deep water, where the reef stuck out at the top, making it ...