Pousada Porto Verde Porto de Galinhas

After 2 days in Olinda, we are off to Porto de Galinhas, a little town about 2 hours south of Recife. Well, this place could as well be called Heaven, I think... :-) Right on the coast, but not suffering from any strong wind, it is more suitable for ¨non-so-extreme¨ tourists (like me!) who enjoy laying in a hammock, taking long walks on the beach while shooting thousands of ...

... b** sein Grundstück zur Mata Atlantica zu führen. Es ist schwi**ig, üb**all tiefe Matschlöch**, Wass**löch**, Rind** und Pf**de. Wir laufen ca. 20 min zu d** Stelle. Sie ist umgeben und großen Bäumen und reichlich Blattw**k. Die Machete kommt zum Einsatz, um üb**haupt ein paar Met** in den Wald eindringen zu können. D** Bau** entpuppt sich als fleißig** Helf**, auch wenn d** dem G**uch nach am Vorabend mindestens eine Flasche Pitu getrunken hat. Wir v**li**en auch hi** ein ...

... serem todas iguais, cada barraca é melhor que as outras. Todos dizem que a sua é a que tem mais espaço, ou que fica na melhor posição para se ver o mar com tranqüilidade. Até se pode ficar bem tranqüilo sentado à sombra da barraca, fora delas é que não. Uma dessas pessoas que trabalham nas barracas teve um lampejo de consciência da própria chatice e perguntou se já não agüentávamos mais tanta gente oferecendo barraca. Quando respondemos que sim, ainda ofereceu a dele. Em ...

... plans started to unravel. We were in Recife till 11pm but had to catch a shuttle through the dock area and the last one was at 9.30. We wanted to go to the beach at Boa Viagram, maybe have a meal down there, but also wanted a look at old Recife, and the Casa da Cultura old gaol that had been turned into a craft market where there was a tourist info place somewhere nearby. We also had the option of visiting Olinda depending on time. The first ...

... you ever crabs? Was the question Marcelo asked me as we were getting ready to go out for dinner. Yes, but only the processed ones, was the answer I could give him. I really didn´t want to say this, but I wasn´t sure if he would understand the other version of the question! But it was really hard trying to keep a straight face and giving him a serious answer! As it turns out, I have never really had crabs before! The only ones I could think of was the crab sticks I used to buy ...

... dus een celdeur en traliehek en is genummerd. Het gebouw heeft drie vleugels, die zo zijn gebouwd dat een bewaker destijds vanuit een centraal punt in het midden alle vleugels tegelijk kon overzien. Inmiddels hebben we via sms contact gehad met Arjan en Marjolein (de buurtjes van het Van Brakelplein). Zij zijn op vakantie in Tibau do Sul, een dorpje zo'n 70 km. onder Natal. Zij willen graag Olinda bezoeken, een koloniaal stadje dat bijna tegen Recife aan ligt. We spreken af ...

... packs down the coast with him for a bit!! road trip here we come. It was great to be in a car and turn the cd player up(he had dashboard confessional in his collection!)and to go where ever we wanted!! which turned out to be lots of beautiful beaches with some big boring towns in between. there were a lot of coconut plantations and sugar cane fields i can tell you. The best bit was the culinary delights from beach to beach one day we were festing on ...

... beetje rond, ging daarna op bed liggen en gluurde zo nu en dan door zijn gordijntje naar buiten. Rob en Ans, zijn overburen uit Utrecht, werden er bijkans ongemakkelijk van. Wat ze ook deden, overal loerden de ogen van Juan. Dat vertelden Rob en Ans ons, terwijl Juan in de hangmat van onze buren het ene bekertje water na het andere achterover sloeg. Ook wij voelden ons wat ongemakkelijk met deze snoeshaan continu om ons heen en besloten daarom ...

... water was too dirty for snorkelling. ITEM 8 - TAKE THE "RIDE OF DOOM." The road to Porto de Galinhas is filled with cyclists. The scenery is of huge, dome-shaped hills where young crops are sprouting. I had a cab-driver drop me off near one of these hills, and I waited for a Brazilian to pedal by so I could borrow his bike to descend one of the hills with. Ten minutes passed, and no bikers came. I left the road and walked up the hill, mapping out the route I'd take when I found my ...