Isla de Santa Catarina

Trip Start Sep 15, 2006
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Monday, November 6, 2006

After Foz do Iguazu we took the night bus to Florianopolis! Floripa, as the Brasilians call it, is a city that lies on the continent and an island. The island, Isla de Santa Catarina, is the part worth visiting if you want to see beautiful beaches. The island, which stretches 52 km from north to south has about 42 beaches.
Dave met this girl on the bus from Iguazu and decided to invite her to hang out with us (which would have been fun if she was normal). It turned out to be cheaper BUT she was freaking crazy!!!!! Like seriously has MANY loose and missing screws. I noticed it right after we got off the bus and Dave did not see it until the second day.
The first day was MISERABLE!!! It was raining, cold, and hazy. Despite these conditions crazy girl wanted to go see a beach on the ugly north side of the island...I said no but was overruled. So we went, got off the bus, and got lost...so we tried to hitchhike because we were like 20 minutes away from the beach with no taxis or buses around and it was raining Barra de Lagoa
Barra de Lagoa
. We finally arrived and it looked like any other beach on a rainy, cold and hazy day!!!! I wanted to kill crazy girl! I was so pissed and Dave was in a bad mood too but he did not show it as much. So we eat lunch and the crazy girl is getting worse (she was harassing the wait staff...see the pic), so I downed a couple of 40īs to make it better. She got better but not too much.
The next day Dave had finally realized how crazy she was so Dave and I set off to see the southern part of the island ALONE! It was great! The southern beaches are little fishing villages and have spectacular beaches! It was not sunny but we still enjoyed the afternoon.
Crazy girl had a huge crush on DAve and had already freaked him out but nonetheless gave him her email...I hope Dave learned his lesson...I am now the official screener of all people we invite to travel with us!
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