The other day Dani came round and we all went for a walk north along the lakeside. Its a wierd place a very long walk through the jungle where at the end there are some very isolated settlements that are only in contact with the rest of the island by this long path or by boat. So on the way we called off at dani and djangos bit of land but my slip on sandals werent the best for climbing in so after walking through SNAKE INFESTED UNDERGROWTH we had to turn back...phew.....
We saw a bit of snakeskin and a humming bird aswell as a very old colonial house that was built for a local cachaca distillary. Anyway we eventually after about 3 hours arrived at the settlement where we had brasilain fish stew and waited for the boat to bring us back.... dani asked in portugese and the woman in the restaurant said that there would be a boat in an hour and that we had just missed one so we settled into having a free espresso and just as we took our first sip the water taxi plied by our jetty...either the restaurant clock was wrong or the woman was batty. so we really did feel stranded because the next boat wouldnt be for ages! so as dani and suze hung around and panicked i took some pics. eventually however a boat appeared and dropped some bloke off who proceeded to hail us another passing boat who agreed to take us back for free! bonus..so we managed to survive the strange isolated colonies and made it back...phew.....
Wednesday, 6 May 2009
Saturday, 2 May 2009
The Magic Isle
Barra de Lagoa beach where we went surfing
View from the hostel!!
At the head of this canyon there was a really high waterfall that plunged like hardrow force in the dales.
The cloud view as we heading back to the lowlands....theres max there too!
Well Florianopolis, been moving around places quite alot here trying to get the balance between beachlife and seeing django and Dani. So we ended up for a few days in a place called Barra..now i~m not sure if im repeating myself here but here are a few images of the island. We went for our first surf lesson the other day, was really cool although i dont think i was one with the wave quite long enough to stand up for more than 0.3 of a second and then spectacularily plunged into the drink! Was lots of fun but i~ve got chaving on my knees and sandy hair now.
Following this, as if spending a morning being battered by the South Altantic wasnt enough we went with some other people to the local sand dunes where we did sandboarding!! Just like snowboarding except on sand! Was really cool, very hot and very soft sand but very very steep!! I tried to go down standing up a few times but then fell over and my neck made rather unhealthy cracking sound so i ended up sledging down for the rest of the time!! Anyway have pics so when this pc enables me to upload i will!!
In the meantime here are a few more shots of one of the view from one of the hostels, (quite plush but ponsy...actually the hostels here are more expensive than the poussadas!!)
Other pics are the remnants of our trip into the interior. When we were coming down from the mountains there was a huge escarpment that was so high we were eye level with the clouds! was quite amazing and pretty chilly, then a widing mountain road took us (and Max) down back to the lowlands and we heading back to the beachlife.
Thinking of moving on from here soon now, just planning a route....bolivia is my new country of paranoia so must face my fears!!!
Friday, 1 May 2009
We left Curituba last Thursday on another 6 hour bus drive south to Florianopolis. Picked up by Django in his little VW beatle car called Max. Photo below. Was still a bit of a rotten day rainy so we didnt see much of the ´Magic Isle´ But he lives in a cool little place called Lagoa. Lots of cool nice little cafes etc and loads of surf shops. Its stiuated on a lake and very near the coast aswell.
Anyway first couple of days we didnt do too much but then on saturday we all went for a drive into the mountains with Max to try to find an apple festival. Just to explain its autumn here now and although its still warm on the coast inland up the hills its a bit more like september...although to us it was still like May. So, chugging along at barely 20mph most of the time (even less uphill) it was refrshing to have a slow drive in the country. As the weather began to clear we stopped off in a tiny little village where there was a cool bridge and found this roadside place selling all the produce of the region. Now because this is brasil lots of places here were colonised by Germans. So we were in what could easily have been an alpine village in a shop selling amazing cheese german sausage, honey and apples!! Amazing! THEN we learnt that in the next town...a place called Alfredo Wagner no less, there was being held a Rodeo!!!! Yes real cowboys etc!! But before then we had to go to see Papau Noels house!!!! Crazy i know but this guy has turned his house into a little wooden shack where he builds model houses and model vilages!!! Amazing!
So we finally found the rodeo, all cowboys and horses and cowgirls and beer and Cascasa (the local tipple)! And amazing views!! really was one of the oddest days i can ever remember!!!
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