Beach Holiday

Feiticeira Waterfall, Iha Grande

It was my birthday two weeks ago. By coincidence, a friend from the UK, neenaw, happened to be visiting my boyfriend and I in Brasil. She spent a few days with us at the guesthouse before we traveled together to an island in the state of Rio de Janeiro.  We ended our trip with a wander around São Paulo and a good amount of caipirinhas and beers.

I REALLY needed to get out and let my hair down.  It wasn't long enough (I needed at least two weeks on the beach to properly loosen up) but I'm not complaining - I'm currently taking anything remotely positive that comes my way.

neenaw wrote five LJ entries about her trip to Brasil - here they are:

Part 1
She arrives in Brasil and discovers that there are hills everywhere, people eat strange things and parrots are hard to come by.

Part 2
We spend the day in a nearby town, Cambuí, drinking beer at a gas station and riding perulous buses.

Part 3
We travel by bus to Angra dos Reis, take a boat trip to Ilha Grande, make friends with a smart dog called Zé and drink cornershop beer while watching the X Factor on a laptop.

Part 4
My friend gets attacked by the island's mosquitoes, some sunbathing is done and an overnight bus is taken to São Paulo (where a suitcase falls on someone's head.)

Part 5 - The End
Visit to an art exhibition in a disused hospital, beer, caipirinhas and more caipirinhas.  Oh, and a terrible hangover.