Tulip Inn Recife

... also spent quite a bit of time at the poolside in the pousada as the beaches in Olinda, while attractive and calm, are rather polluted unfortunately (and the ones in Recife suffer from shark attacks - you are advised not to go in further than your knees - we chose not to bother).<br><br> <br><br>We decided we needed a night out and so took the bus into Recife on Saturday evening.  We didn´t realise that we would be taking our life into our own hands as the bus drivers there are crazy ...

Anderson was unable to make it to class and so Tracy myself and Manu trained together in the space. We then went and had lunch together. I really like Manu. She is building the first earthship in Brazil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthship and is a professional dancer in Indian and classical dance. She is Brazilian, lives in London and spends 3 - 6 months a year in India training. She´s a cool chick. I had my nana nap afterwards. Well deserved! and ...

... Tracy has arrived, it´s a quick entry for me today because I thought the internet cafe across the road would still be there, but it is gone, so I had to walk to the other side of town to do this entry. I best make it a quick one so as not to leave her waiting. We´re meeting Anderson at midday for our first lesson. Loy will also show us around this afternoon and perhaps give us a frevo lesson. Mwah to all. I´m home. Sooz

... is quite a sensitive subject.. please bear in mind this is camera number 3) which we managed to get for a surprisingly good price. Our second reason was to have our Visas extended (as the grumpy border official had only given us 40 days).. after a bus across town and many stops to ask directions, we found the Federal Police Station, only to be told that we had to go to the airport... something the guide books had neglected to tell us! Hoping that the man on reception was just wrong ...

... to the roomies. Took a cab to meet an airport shuttle that would cost 28 R$. Well, there was a cabbie standing outside who said he would take me and another guy in a cab for 28 R$ each. At first I refused, but then accepted since the other guy was Brazilian. It was a fun ride since the cabbie was pretty nice. Got to the airport quite fast, and checked in by about 10:30. Went through security (much more lax in Brazil...I asked the guard if I ...

... do. I like not taking life for granted having to start over... Anyway we go to Bahia in three days, I´m not going to change my ticket, but I´m sorely tempted to. Bahia is going to be hard. Olinda is gentle, kind, patient and easy going. Bahia is going to be everything but that. I think I like the gentle.... I´m going to try and load some photos on flickr soon www.flickr.com/sambasooz or here. We´ll see how it goes. Love to all Soooz

... definitely learnt lesson, and Kelly has turned into a lotion tyrant. We´d decided months back that we wanted to spend Carnival in a town called Olinda just north of Recife - we´d heard it was one of the big three Brazilian Carnival events, very authentic and where alot of Brazilians themselves choose to go to celebrate... Carnival Retrospective - Brazilians are hardcore. Anyone that can sustain beer drinking for five continual ...

... old son, Edu to have dinner at the British Country Club. Another wonderful dinner with great company. The next day, we left early with Leonardo to visit the 2nd oldest city in Brazil, Igarassu. It was interesting that they had preserved the size of the village as it was, and kept all of the vegetation around it just as it had been when the Portuguese had settled it in the ...

... encantadora, me entregou novas informacoes sobre como fazer, onde ir, com quem falar, as coisas ja eram bem diferentes. Como ja disse, so para juntar os ultimos paragrafos em uma so ideia, agora, digo, naquele momento, eu tinha o dinheiro, ou parte dele, a determinacao, ou parte dela, e o mais importante, a clareza de perceber que era aquilo que eu queria. De la ate eu estar sentado aqui digitando o inicio dessa historia se passaram mais meio ano, e como essa conta eh ...

pipa is paradise. but we are trapped here. perhaps it is the awful travel agent. yes, she does seem to typify the brazilian work ethic. i´m sorry, i really shouldn´t have used the word "work" there. that was incorrect. let´s say, she typifies the brazilian "i´ll to it later´ ethic. cause really, why would you want to get anything done now. or soon. or efficiently. you could just do it later. or really, not even at all. not if you ...