Slaviero Full Jazz Curitiba

Man Alive- it`s been busy here since I last wrote!! On the move every fews days!! So, we left Rio de Janiero (waving goodbye to the mother and Susan) and headed for Ilha Grande. The journey was probably one of our worst so far! We left late because we were all feeling so hungover after are many caiparinhas the night before, and then the really crowded and bumpy boat took fooorever to get back to Angra! When we finally did arrive it was to ...

... how good the breakfasts are, usually included in the room price, in contrast with the rest of S America where its usually a simple continental breakfast. This morning - fruit (melon, water melon, pineapple, papaya, orange, banana), eggs and hot sausages, cereals, cakes, ham, mortadella, cheese, various fresh fruit juices, and other goodies ... Shame most of the main meals tend to be meat + rice + chips (yes, rice plus chips) !

Thename ..Do Gostoso.. should be enough to intrigue you to visit this place...Gustoso in Portuguese means delicious.. normally used for describing food (and sometimes cheekily people) but here used to describe the place... Sao Miguel is indeed a deliciosuly tranquil place ... we fly from BA to Natal where we are met by our cheery Brazilian taxi driver for the long 100 km transfer to this small town only known to those making the effort to trek north from the hustle and ...

... the people in the world are good people. Yesterday (2nd) I booked the ticket to Santa Cruz through an agent because otherwise I must go to Bolivia to book the ticket. So I give him the money and he goes over the border to the train station to pay. He says to me "There are no spaces on the train today I will put you on the only train tomorrow it is not as good but it is the only option is it ok?" I say yes I need to go so I will go on the train that is ...

... of mist, and knew that if it wasnīt there, there would be some fantastic views! So, being incredibly sleepy, sitting on seats with the bare minimum of padding, seeing not much but mist and a few trees, I was kinda wishing the train would pick it up to more than 30kph! Seriously, thatīs about how fast it went. It kind of felt like just being on the West Coast of NZ - cool, lots of trees and water, ya-di-ya. (donīt get me wrong, I love the ...

... and an old time friend from a travel experience from a long time past. Parents are in a dire financial crisis as I type, the guys from Australia and Canada both offered too help (i say help but itīs more of a `can you bail my dumb white ass outī) but could only afford a couple hundred bucks a piece and would have to wait over a week until they got paid. And the old friend didnīt even mail back. I went out that night resigned to my fate with the few Brazillian ...

Our journey to Curitiba didn't get off to the best of starts when we nearly missed the bus. It was an early start and a few people had slept through their alarms. Jono, our tour leader, was really stressed out. We piled into cabs and had to run through the bus station but we made it with about a minute to spare. We got quite a few looks from the locals as we found our seats in the bus - it was total chaos. Having heard a few horror stories about ...

... also nice, refreshing. But then, we went to another waterfall and he took me an hour up the river to another waterfall. We stopped and relaxed but on the way back I was really tired and hungry and thirsty and I kept falling on the big slippery boulders and into the river. By about the 10th time falling and him saying ītudo bem?` (no, everything is not okay, why did you take me here? My legs are still bruised) Anyways, I got ****** off and took off on him ...

Last night I drove up to the lookout point with my family to watch the sunset. I had to keep myself from laughing as we 4x4īd our way up in their brandnew little car, I think we dropped the engine a couple of times, eeps. Then we drove into Alto Paraiso for supper, which they wouldnīt let me pay for. Cool little outdoor restaurant with live music. I thought dad was going to kill us with his crazy driving but after a few beer I decided it wasnīt that bad of an idea to ...

Today was one of those days when I thought to myself, īlife really doesnīt get any better than this`, as I was eating fresh goiaba while swimming under a waterfall (yes at the same time). Except of course if I had some family or friends here. But Iīve adopted a new family. I have two younger brothers, 18 and 19, and very sweet parents who seem very much in love. Theyīre from Brasilia and theyīre staying at the same pousada. You have to visit the national ...