Florianopolis

After a remarkably short 18 hours spent traveling on the long and winding roads of South America, we arrived in Florinopolis, refreshed after sleeping most of the night on the most comfortable bus ever. Floripa, ( as us locals refer to it... lol )is a relatively rich area of Brazil off the east coast of the mainland which is made up of small picturesque towns and villages. We headed for the more secluded south of the island to try and recharge the batteries after the hectic week in Rio ( you don't know how easy you have it back home lol )

We arrived at the hostel, and decided that the first thing to do was to walk along the beach at the end of our road ( 200m max )which was amazing, powder soft sand, warm clear water, and only 20 others on the beach. We settled down for the day and were just dozing in the afternoon sun when i was attacked by 2 sand crabs... well they ran over my foot...i sh*t myself (and Arlene nearly did cause of all the laughing at me )



In terms of nightlife there isn't that much to do, but we are still enjoying each others company, and the company of the others in the hostel. There has been a good mix from Argentinians, French, Americans, English, Spanish, and Swiss, but thankfully most speak English. A typical night has been. Freshly caught fish, shrimp and oysters BBQ'ed, washed down with 80p litre bottles of Brahama (lager) followed by swimming in the sea( or at least paddling ).

So it has been a relaxing week, of sun bathing, trying to find the secluded waterfall which is seemingly only 10 mins away from us but impossible to find, watching dolphins swim up the bay 150m from the shore, and not much else. We booked our tickets today for Foz do Iguacu the next part of the trip and are leaving Sunday :(((