Derek and Ann’s Travels in Brazil
November/December 2005
S
ome
time
ago
our
friend
from
London
Joan
brought
a
young
Brazilian
girl
to
stay
with
us
for the weekend – this made us think of going to Brazil for a holiday.
We
had
a
very
full
on
holiday
with
lots
of
interesting
places
to
see.
We
started
our
holiday
in
Salvador
in
the
North
where
we
hired
a
car
to
drive
to
the
town
of
Lencois
(10
hrs
away).
We
have
never
ever
driven
on
such
a
dangerous
road
full
of
potholes
and
huge
lorries.
Ann
thought
several
times
we
would
die
and
Derek
thought
he
was
a
Schumacher!!
The
scenery
around
Lencois
was
amazing.
Lencois
is
in
the
Paque
Nacional
da
Chapada
Diamantina,
it’s
a
beautiful
part
of
Bahia
in
the
North
East
of
Brazil.
Pretty
little
town
with
virtually
no
tourists.
Luckily
we
met
a
English
speaking
Brazilian
who
told
us of a better road back to Salvador .Lencois was famous for alluvial diamonds
Local
flight
to
Manaus
the
main
town
in
the
Amazon.
Booked
a
few
days
on
a
boat
up
the
Amazon
with
5
others
–
no
beds,
just
hammocks
on
deck.
We
walked
in
the
jungle,
slept
one
night
(or
tried
to
)
in
hammocks
on
trees,
swam
in
our
clothes,
fished
for
Piranhas
with
odd
bits
of
meat
and
enjoyed
our
experiences.
Manaus
is
not
a
particularly
nice
town,
but
the
Opera
House
is
wonderful.
Near
Manaus
we
saw
the
meeting
of
the
two
rivers, the Rio Solimoes (white river) and Rio Negro (black river).
Our
next
stop
were
the
Foz
do
Iguacu
Falls.
These
are
simply
amazing.
We
stayed
at
a
very
nice
hotel,
a
change
after
the
boat.
It
was
nice
to
get
some
clean
clothes.
We
have
seen the Victoria Falls but the Iguacu Falls are as good, if not better.
Onto
Curitiba
to
meet
our
friend
Giselle
who
had
stayed
with
us
in
the
UK.
It
was
lovely
to
see
her.
We
drove
the
5
hours
to
her
home
town
to
meet
her
mother
(her
parents
are
divorced)
it
was
an
interesting
drive,
lots
of
mango
trees
and
sugar
plantations.
Later
we
met
up
with
her
father
and
he
took
us
to
one
of
his
farms.
Walking
around
a
Brazilian
farm
with
Giselle,
her
father
and
the
two
of
us
seemed
almost
unreal.
Pedro
had
several
farms and travelled about 52,000 miles a year.
Back
to
Curitiba
to
get
our
things
together
as
Giselle
had
arranged
for
us
to
go
with
her
sister
and
husband
by
train
to
Paranagua
and
ferry
to
Ilha
Do
Mel.
It’s
a
small
island
with
no
cars
and
very
few
Europeans.
We
just
relaxed,
swam
and
walked
along
the
sandy
virtually disserted beaches. . We were sad to leave but had to get a flight back to Rio.
We
stayed
at
a
well
situated
hotel
in
Rio,
went
up
to
the
cross
on
the
train,
watched
the
sunset at Pao De Acucar and walked on the famous Copacabana and Ipanema beaches.
Flight
back
to
London
after
another
wonderful
holiday
full
of
experiences
and
funny
stories.
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November/December 2005
S
ome
time
ago
our
friend
from
London
Joan
brought
a
young
Brazilian
girl
to
stay
with
us
for
the
weekend
–
this
made
us
think of going to Brazil for a holiday.
We
had
a
very
full
on
holiday
with
lots
of
interesting
places
to
see.
We
started
our
holiday
in
Salvador
in
the
North
where
we
hired
a
car
to
drive
to
the
town
of
Lencois
(10
hrs
away).
We
have
never
ever
driven
on
such
a
dangerous
road
full
of
potholes
and
huge
lorries.
Ann
thought
several
times
we
would
die
and
Derek
thought
he
was
a
Schumacher!!
The
scenery
around
Lencois
was
amazing.
Lencois
is
in
the
Paque
Nacional
da
Chapada
Diamantina,
it’s
a
beautiful
part
of
Bahia
in
the
North
East
of
Brazil.
Pretty
little
town
with
virtually
no
tourists.
Luckily
we
met
a
English
speaking
Brazilian
who
told
us
of
a
better
road
back
to
Salvador
.Lencois
was
famous
for
alluvial diamonds
Local
flight
to
Manaus
the
main
town
in
the
Amazon.
Booked
a
few
days
on
a
boat
up
the
Amazon
with
5
others
–
no
beds,
just
hammocks
on
deck.
We
walked
in
the
jungle,
slept
one
night
(or
tried
to
)
in
hammocks
on
trees,
swam
in
our
clothes,
fished
for
Piranhas
with
odd
bits
of
meat
and
enjoyed
our
experiences.
Manaus
is
not
a
particularly
nice
town,
but
the
Opera
House
is
wonderful.
Near
Manaus
we
saw
the
meeting
of
the
two
rivers,
the
Rio
Solimoes
(white
river)
and
Rio
Negro
(black river).
Our
next
stop
were
the
Foz
do
Iguacu
Falls.
These
are
simply
amazing.
We
stayed
at
a
very
nice
hotel,
a
change
after
the
boat.
It
was
nice
to
get
some
clean
clothes.
We
have
seen
the
Victoria Falls but the Iguacu Falls are as good, if not better.
Onto
Curitiba
to
meet
our
friend
Giselle
who
had
stayed
with
us
in
the
UK.
It
was
lovely
to
see
her.
We
drove
the
5
hours
to
her
home
town
to
meet
her
mother
(her
parents
are
divorced)
it
was
an
interesting
drive,
lots
of
mango
trees
and
sugar
plantations.
Later
we
met
up
with
her
father
and
he
took
us
to
one
of
his
farms.
Walking
around
a
Brazilian
farm
with
Giselle,
her
father
and
the
two
of
us
seemed
almost
unreal.
Pedro
had
several
farms
and
travelled
about
52,000
miles
a
year.
Back
to
Curitiba
to
get
our
things
together
as
Giselle
had
arranged
for
us
to
go
with
her
sister
and
husband
by
train
to
Paranagua
and
ferry
to
Ilha
Do
Mel.
It’s
a
small
island
with
no
cars
and
very
few
Europeans.
We
just
relaxed,
swam
and
walked
along
the
sandy
virtually
disserted
beaches.
.
We
were
sad to leave but had to get a flight back to Rio.
We
stayed
at
a
well
situated
hotel
in
Rio,
went
up
to
the
cross
on
the
train,
watched
the
sunset
at
Pao
De
Acucar
and
walked on the famous Copacabana and Ipanema beaches.
Flight
back
to
London
after
another
wonderful
holiday
full
of
experiences and funny stories.
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