Pousada Rancho Do Peixe Jericoacoara

... de mais turistas, e seguimos para San Cipriano ao invés, que acabou por ser uma brilhante escolha, e o nascimento de um novo vício... descer rios em insuflávéis!<br><br>Mal saí do colectivo lembrei-me do Chuck Norris outra vez! A ponte que diante de mim está, em tudo me recorda aqueles troncos soltos, presos por cordas pouco convicentes, que o gajo costumava atravessar quando ia matar aquele pessoal todo lá para os lados do Sudoeste Asiático, onde ele tem tantos amigos. Confiante que n ...

... village, now it's a lovely touristic destination that comes up to life every evening. <br><br>One of the most popular daily rituals in Jeri is to watch the sun make its ascent and descent from the top of "Sunset Dune" - which stands just west of the village. <br><br>Not much has changed since Jeri was just a sleepy little fishing village, visited only by the most adventurous travelers. Upon arriving in ...

... to stop, it took about 3 hours and we all busting for the loo by the end of the reserve. Apparently so many people got killed with blow darts by the Indians when the road was being built hence why no one is allowed to stop on it now. The road was pretty bad and bumpy with huge pot holes throughout but I guess you can´t blame the builders of the road when they would have had blow darts targeted at them.<br><br>We arrived in Manaus which is the Capital of ...

... plaza with the famous opera house. Instead of buffet style they walked around outside with different types of pizza, some with quite unusual toppings for American standards and you either had taken a slice or waited for another one to come by. So quite like the serving style of Brazilian steak houses, which we´ll hopefully visit very soon in Rio. Also, while I compromised on the meal, the atmosphere couldn´t be surpassed. I also had a chance to take some ...

... before heading out to explore this jungle metropolis. The most notable sight I've seen so far in Manaus is the Theatre Amazonas which was build by wealthy rubber barons in the 19th century. Certainly must of been a lot of cash flying around in those days. It's an impressive building with a multi-coloured tiled domed roof. Amazing to think all these building materials had to be brought in from Belem, 1500km down stream. Actually all the ...

... Bit boring really when you can't speak Portuguese. On my last day a 53 year old french dude called Manu moved in and turned out to be a very colourful character. A life long traveler, twice divorced, he had recently broken up with his fiancee with whom he was living with in Madagascar. He had fled to Brazil to take his mind of that situation but for the couple of days that we traveled together, he talked of little else ...

Despite booking our spots on the jeep to Jericoacoara in the morning, we soon discovered there weren't enough seats for all three of us. Also, they were too lazy to tie our packs to the roof, and consequently Dave's fell into the ocean as the jeep attempted to board the ferry. In the end, Dan had to ride on the top of the vehicle, with all the locals, using my bag as seat. He got his ride for free though, and the trip was almost entirely along the ...

... with Liverpool taking a 2-1 lead through Torres, then Arsenal scoring an equaliser (which would have sent them through).<br> <br>Shortly after this Gerrard scored a penalty and then Babel scored a 4th for those Mighty Reds to win the game 4-2 and put us into the semi finals of the Champions ...

... 3 minutes of theory on the beach, followed by 1 hour with the instructor in the water and 1 hour by ourselves in the water. I think I was able to get up about 5-6 times, and Erin got up a few times herself. Nothing professional, just little baby waves, but it was still lots of fun. We grabbed lunch around 2:30, rested, then rented sandboards to play on the dunes at sunset. Apparently ...

... edible. Just to find out that since it was Sunday, EVERYTHING was closed. ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING. I swear! And I was just STARVING, feeling miserable, and walking all over the place, looking for something to eat but without luck. I ended up going back to my hotel, where I was told about a restaurant in 10 minutes walking distance. FINALLY. So I went there, gulped down two glasses of pure, tropical fruit juice which I have no idea what were, and a Coke Zero, along with a ...