Porto Ingleses Hotel 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!

... After returning our boards, we headed to the restaurant on the beach where we ran into Ricardo and his friends, who promptly asked us to join them. Ricardo owns a wind energy company, one of his friends was the head judge for the mens shortboard world surf tour. Hopefully we will run into him in Hawaii at the next event. They poured us beer (we couldn't say no this time) and offered us a specialty of fried logs of fish eggs. Yum. Apparently the Tainha migrate north to lay their ...

... is a resort type town, with a large beach at one end. The hostel wasnt exactly us, so we agreed to try find a different part of the island to spend the remainder of our time... whats the best way to explore and island??? Mo-ped was the first idea.... Motorbike was offlimits.... a Car perhaps... ?? One without air conditioning, in 28 degree heat.... and hmmm who needs powersteering anyway...... oh... they drive on the other side of the road too .... do they indeed...

Segunda vez que fui pra Floripa, mas dessa deu pra conhecer bem lá... Outra cidade que vale a pena conhecer, agua transparentes, praias maravilhosas, gente bonita...
Praias que mais gosto de la: Campeche, Joaquina, Mole (só pra tomar sol pq o mar é super bravo).

... do Atobe in the Santinho area of Florianopolis. Florianopolis is an island linked to the mainland by a bridge. It is where alot of Brazilians holiday as boasts some of the best beaches in Brazil. Praia (beach) Santinho was known as a surfers' paradise not that I intended to do any surfing. I just wanted to do some writing and lounging and not much else. The hostel was family run and one of the daughters, Aline, could speak fluent English which ...

If I had to pick a place to live in Brazil, it would undoubtedly be Florianopolis (or "Floripa" for short). As if reading my mind, VEJA magazine, a Brazilian publication, actually named Florianopolis "the best place to live in Brazil." An island with 42 beautiful beaches, dominated by surf culture, originally settled by the Portuguese, there is now also a heavy German and Italian influence. I could really see myself spending an ...

... 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 ...

... google translate to explain what we thought was going on........well....after 20 minutes of mutual frustration and her eventually calling her son down from up the road (oh god Hannah) - they explained that ít was "just the black moto driver that lives there".....so higly embarrased (ohhhhhh the moto driver had even picked us up this morning and he was such a nice old man!) we crept back downstairs ...

... I think most Americans have of Brazil. I am sad to say that the Brazilian thong is no longer very popular on the beaches down here. It is seen but I was under the impression that most of the women would be wearing them and perhaps some of the men. This isn´t exactly a sad realization for me as, well, a bikini no matter how small on a women is just a bikini on a woman to me and the men who seem to wear ¨floss¨ should be shot ...