The final Week! From Fortaleza to Porto de Galinhas/Recife

CANOA QUEBRADA

Paraglider...not me this time!

Sunset over Canoa Quebrada

PORTO DE GALINHAS

choose your lunch...

these are just for looking!

Seahorses

just nice!

beach buggy - not the fastest vehicle

RECIFE

Bye Bye, Brazil!

I am already back in London and did not have the time to finalise my blog. Working life has caught up with me, but I must admit my mind is still somewhere in Brazil...

So here a few pictures of the last week in Brazil which mainly consisted of beach, sun and sea and caipirinhas.

I flew from Manaus to Fortaleza. But since it was a big city I did not stay there long but made my way down to Natal via a a nice small fishing village called Canoa Quebrada. It was very relaxing and had a hippe-feel to it, so I stayed there a few days in a Danish-run pousada. Big sand dunes lining the beach, a very tranquil village.

Then moved on to Natal, from there to Recife, all by bus. My last long bus journeys, thank god! Recife is quite nice, but again a big city so travelled from there to Porto de Galinhas (only 2 hours) for my last week. There you can spend your days snorkelling, beach buggy driving, bathing in the sea, eating and just relaxing.

It was a great end to a fantastic 6 months and I wouldnt have wanted to miss a single minute of it.

My message to the world: Go out there and explore!

Amazon jungle adventure

Rainbow over Rio Negro

cute little frog

can you see the sloth?

piranha teeth!

piranha fishing

evening meal in the jungle

meeting of the waters - black rio negro and muddy Amazon river

I flew from Salvador to Manaus which lies on the footstep of the jungle in order to explore the fantastic Amazon region. I booked a 5-day tour with Eco Discovery to the Mamouri Lodge on the Rio Negro.

Instead of buses we were now using small boats to get about. The activities included Piranha fishing, alligator catching, jungle trekking and spotting several animals like sloths, monkeys, birds, poisonous frogs, snakes, spiders (!) and pink dolphins. I was luckily spared the sight of a tarantula since it didnt want to come out of its hole, it was raining too much!

Our excellent guide Antonio showed us several medicinal plants and explained about the use of these trees and plants.
We stayed 2 nights in a camp in the jungle which consisted of a tarpaulin and hammocks to sleep in and a campfire! The mosquitos loved us!
It was a very nice experience but I wish I stayed a bit longer to be able to go deeper into the jungle and see more wildlife. Who knows, I might be back one day?