Varanda Das Bromelias Boutique Hotel Gramado

... boot filled with water and we all had wet shirts when we stopped for lunch.

At a service station where we fuelled up, the many young staff were taking lots of shots of the four bikes, the number plates and our packs. We were getting used to this by now, but I thought I'd make it a bit more fun. I lined up all the staff with us, in front of the bikes and took some animated shots. The owner of the Service Station gave us each a St Christopher ...

Drive to Salto do Jacuí. Full day guided visit and visit to two different types of agate mines: open pit and underground mine. Geodes, chalcedony and enhidros, as well as a variety of mineral specimens are featured. Overnight in Salto do Jacuí.

September 21st - Decided to take a break today, from all the damage I probably did to my legs yesterday. I knew they would be hell-of sore and thus decided to sleep in and rest. Glad I did. It rained all night and all morning. Talk about a good nights sleep. Such a beautiful thing when it rains in South Brazil. It´s always heavy and continious. Around noon, I finally was up ...

These photos are of me preparing to start heading North ... Update: November 12, 2008 - How could I ever say goodbye. Not going to happen. These are pictures of my family in Brazil. Never will I ever say goodbye!!! I will see them again!

... was always to be the instrument. And so I find myself here again, and this place is stronger and more real to me than ever before; and I am still an instrument that sits awaiting to be played. How long will I wait I wonder and is there the ONE to play me? Will IT play me or will (be the very act of survival in this world) I will have to create a new song and play myself once more. My songs or creations ...

... o. Chimarrão is huge in RGDS (Rio Grande do Sul). Chimarrão is a kind of tea, but its culturally so much more than that. It's actually really good, but more than that, the social aspect of the drink it what makes it so wonderfully interesting. It connects the people of RGDS. Chimarrão, by design (the mugs, the metal straw, the mix) is a form of sharing with one another. It's like passing the peace pipe, only the pipe is a ...

... a group of wild monkeys came out to play. At first there was just one coming out of the trees. My first thought was that he had escaped from the park and was the only one living in the trees nearby, but then 1 turned into 5, and then 5 became 15. There were babies with their moms, the works, all coming out to find an afternoon snack in the trash. It was obvious that this was not a first time thing, either. It was almost closing time in ...

... South Brazilian BBQ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churrasco at the Centenario this Friday night, for the second time. For about $11.00 dollars American you can have a selection of a buffet and 20 different "all you can eat" meats that are brought to your table by the chefs on a spindle right out of the fire. Crazy, crazy good! It's like a meat buffet. There are also other, more healthy selections of food, but trust ...

... for me it's wonderfully different and a little more exotic than what I'm used to and that alone makes it cool. I and my teacher were attempting to walk this rough trail in the wilderness up to the top of the waterfall, but chickened out when it began to get really steep and a little dangerous. The ground was super slick from an earlier rain. I plan on going back later. One of the English classes that I participated in ...

Hi! Er paa hotellet i Santa Maria. Bor har sammen med 112 pensjonister fra Norge. Ikke saa mye aa fortelle egntlig. Eller, er jo det, men orker ikke skrive - er toerst;) Saa det faar bli med stikkord: Det er 36 grader. Vi loper orientering i Jungelen. 9min/km! Santa Maria er en kjedelig by, men ikke saa veldig kjedelig - bare helt normal. Brasil er varmt ...