part 2

The next stop was a big rock that we climbed. Such a nice view from there! And two really nice portraits we made
That's the rock and below the gas station where we had lunch and switched car and guide again!

The trip with the 4 cars and at least 5 guides

The second day in Lencois we decided to take another tour with the office next door. We started early in the morning with a little car. First we had to pick up two French girls which took some while 'cause they were still sleeping when we picked them up. After maybe 20 minutes in the car our driver stopped. We were not sure why but soon it was clear:
For some reason the closing for the cooling water has not been closed and all the water evaporated and the engine got really hot...
It took some while to fix that problem but with the help of two truck drivers and two police men we were on the road again.

The first stop was a nice swimming place at a river.
On the way to the next attraction of today we stopped again to switch car and guide. Seemed like our car was still not fully repaired.

Walking tours Chapada Diamantina

What a nice town Lençois is. The decoration was still there from festa de Junina.

After a really nice breakfast we went across the street to our tourist office where we had booked our first day trip. First we went to a place quite close to the city where the kids go swimming. The really cool thing is the natural water slide. Here Lovisa is going down. Might not look fast on the video, but I tell you, it feels fast when you go down there!

In the afternoon we went up a track that led us to a nice clear pool

another swimming place where the local kids meet
That's us

Rio-Salvador-Lençois

This was just a traveling day. We took the super delayed flight from Rio to Salvador. Then, our first plan was to take the 2 o'clock bus from Salvador to Lençois, but of course we were late for that so we rented a car. It was a very small place were we got the car from and the employees were kind of surprised when we told them we would like to rent one of their cars.

We were driving around 5 hours and arrived in the evening. So there are not many pictures from that day. Just two curiosities that we saw on the way. One guy transporting his huge swimming pool an a rather small trailer.

And we thought we were in Sweden when we saw Volvo Gotemburgo next to the road

UFOs in Rio

The second and unfortunately also last day in Rio was very busy.First we went took the ferry to Nitéroi to visit the museum of contemporary art. It looks like a UFO. Soo cool with the sugar loaf and corcovado in the background (not on this pictures though but still looks cool)!

The next stop was Copacabana beach which was really amazing! I have never seen such a long and broad beach before. Would have been so nice to go swimming but the water was definitely too cold! Would have been fun with the really big waves though...

Instead we played a scene from Bay-watch

What a busy day... Next we went up the sugar loaf (the mountain where Homer was released when he got kidnaped).

It was getting dark already and we had an amazing view!

After the sugar loaf we went out to a really nice bar that is stuffed with curiosities and antiques. It's called Rio Scenario and absolutely worth a visit! And we were lucky, there was a band playing bossa nova, the traditional Brazilian music.

Rio de Janeiro

One night in the plane and on airports we reached Rio de Janeiro. The home of Jesus, the sugar loaf and Rosario.

Ok, you know the first two, Rosario is a Orchid lover who has her own magazine on Orchids. Lovisa got to know her during the time she was working at the University and we could stay at their place.

After a nap to regain strength after the long night, there was not much left of the day, so we decided to give Jesus a visit. That guy is huge!!!

And he has a gorgeous view over the town