Ilha Grande, Brazil, South America I got up this morning after a terrible night’s sleep last night. There is a German girl staying in my room who was a little cold last night, so she turned off the A/C. That meant that within a half hour it was absolutely roasting. It also meant that mosquitos had a perfect place to hang out and come bite me. So I was up for most of the night sweating and swatting mosquitos away…
Ilha Grande, Brazil, South America I got up this morning, got some breakfast and then packed up my stuff. I really enjoyed my time in Paraty, but it was time to move on. I checked out of the hostel at 11:30am and had to wait for the transfer bus to come pick me up. They came at 12:20pm, and I was the last one to get picked up. I paid the R$135 (£35) for the whole transfer from Paraty to…
Paraty, Brazil, South America I got up this morning, had a few minutes to grab some breakfast at the hotel, and then my driver showed up. His name was Romulo and he is a tour guide in the state of Rio de Janeiro, although he spoke almost no english at all. We had to go pick up another diver before heading to the marina, but Romulo had no idea where this other pousada was. We drove all over the town…
Paraty, Brazil, South America I had a great day in Paraty today, and it was aided by some absolutely beautiful weather. My hotel serves a very good buffet breakfast, so I went up there and filled myself up for the day, and then headed out. I was going to wait for the bus to get into the town, but it was such a beautiful day I thought I would just walk. I’m glad I did because it was only about…
Paraty, Brazil, South America I got up this morning, and even though I had a slight hangover headache, I had a huge smile on my face. The New England Patriots are the world champions again! That seemed to make the pain go away pretty quickly. I got my stuff packed up and called a taxi to pick me up and bring me to the bus terminal. I knew the company I had to go to for the trip to Paraty….
Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America Today is Super Bowl Sunday!!! And to make it even better, the Patriots were playing in it! I get so excited on Super Bowl Sunday. It’s such an awesome day. My day started out with a relaxing morning at the hostel, and then I went up to MASP, the Art Museum of Sao Paulo to meet Graeme and Hillary. We decided that we would go to O’Malley’s tonight for the Super Bowl, but we wanted…
Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America I had a pretty good day in the city today, even though this city isn’t much to look at. I left the hostel and walked about 25 minutes down to Parque Republica for a free walking tour. This walk was the most uncomfortable I have been for a while, because I had my camera with me, and it was not a nice neighborhood I was walking through to get there. I made it there safely…
Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America I spent most of today at my hostel planning for the rest of my trip in Brazil. It’s getting harder and harder to do things at the last minute because I have certain dates where I need to be in certain places, and it’s a pretty busy time in Brazil, so places are filling up. I was able to get a lot done today though, so even though I didn’t see any of Sao Paulo,…
Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America I woke up this morning and I was just outside of Sao Paulo on the bus. I got a few hours of sleep, but not a lot on the bus last night. I’ve definitely had worse nights on a bus though, so it wasn’t all that bad. I got into Sao Paulo around 9am and had to get a taxi from the bus terminal to my hostel. I felt like I got screwed by the…
Barra da Lagoa, Brazil, South America Today was a bit of a wasted day due to a miscommunication, but it’s not the end of the world. I hung out at my hotel until check out time at noon, and then had to get out. I had been in touch with Graeme and I thought the plan was to go meet him and Hillary at their hostel and I could leave my bags there for the day. He thought I was…