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Brasil (Blumenau, Florianopolis, Ihla Do Mel)

Welcome to Blumenau
A German settlement of refuge from the war

The hostel gang waits for the Oktoberfest 'bea vagon'
Oktoberfest begins
bebido - demonstrating the bavarian back of the hand drinking style
the 'latvian' and liederhosen
the happy hair man
me and the Sao Paulo girls Julie and Carol
to the pavilion for the fiesta
'proisroika... proistroika... la la la laaaa....'
'eins, svei, dry, sufa!'
Ozzie Murray finds his grandparents
the dutch couple and murray find the beer queens
Camped out on Florianopolis
And into the backpackers for something a bit more social
Casting nets, Barra do largo, Florianopolis
hostel view




learning to surf (me, greece, swiss)
The Kids Day Party
kitchen staff
musical chairs
for beer bongs
the boat to Ihla Do Mel
hike across the island
on a cold windy and rainy day
to encantada
where i meet Lucas and his botanical gang
out to study the flora
and to the grota

a curious Burrowing Owl
Lucas discovers a new variety, 'the name of that plant I_m photographing is: Dyckia and it_s a bromeliad'
Did you know vanilla is actually an orchid?

Looking for...
a poisonous caterpillar
back at hostel
Paranagua, empty on Sunday