A Colourful vibe

White sand, sunshine and holidaymakers made for a colourful vibe in Alter de Chao. This was not what we expected to see on The Amazon. We had a super time in this lovely spot yesterday.

I wish I would have taken my swimsuit. Robert, who is sometimes smarter than I, took his and enjoyed his dip in the river.

Amazonian Culture

When we were in Parintis, a port on the Amazon River in Brazil, today we were treated to a spectacular Boi Bumba show.

A Menagerie in Manaus

 5 December 2014

The Zoo in Manaus was underwhelming with very few animals living in ordinary surroundings.

The telephones had better houses than the animals

Nos and Nots

Going over some old holiday snaps from last year's visit to Recife in Brazil. I found this picture from a Monastery (Museo Franciscano de Arte Sacra) that we visited.

At the Museum we found this quite impressive list of Nos and Nots.

A clean state

30 November 2012

Today our ship pulled up off Porto Belo in the smallest Brazilian state, Santa Catarina.

We  were delivered by the ship's tender to Porto Belo one of three towns we visited. We noticed that the infrastructure in PB, Itapema and Cambirou was of a higher quality than we had seen anywhere else in Brazil. The towns were clean and the roads and footpaths were in good order; the beautiful beaches were also clean and I didn't notice the herds of wandering dogs that we had observed in other areas.

Dock in Porto Belo

Porto Belo Beach

Cambirou Beach - sea level

Cablecar guy

Rainforest transport

Cambirou Beach from on high

Rainforest traffic

In the rainforest

Rainforest inhabitant

Above the rainforest

Friendly Brazilian schoolgirls

From the forest to the beach

Brazilian Beach Belles

Christ came out in Cambirou