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Brasil (Chapada Diamontina: Mucuge, Igatu, Capao -> Pati, Lencois)

The boat to Camamu
Camamu
Churrasco Espeto De Ouro
The typical brasilian road to Chapada Diamontina
as if the holes weren_t enough
The Itaete window kid
Service Station man excited to map me my route through the Chapadas
First stop, the impressive Po_o Encantada


The road to Po_o Azul
with the passing sun
shit does splatter
The very clever automatic ferry
drifts across in either direction using the tilt of the boat
Po_o Azul
Mama Alisi prepares lunch
not bad at all for 8r
the road back


and onward to Mucuge
quiet songs in the plaza on arrival
and alot louder songs in the plaza at night
looking down on Mucuge from the rock above my hotel
interesting plant, pineapple i think
The Bizantine Cemetary
a walk to waterfalls of the the Sempre Viva municiple park
along a trail with alot of never before seen plants
mostly very very small




termites



an optimistic lizard
nice catch, now what?
the old stone road to Igatu
Warm and unexpected welcome in by Fernando (from way back in Torres Del Paine)
Fernando_s pad
the front step kids also do their best to welcome me


Igatu
an absolutely bustling village of 400
tour the diamond mine with some friends of Fernando
the diamond mine po_o
Beautiful scenery of rocks
Perfect to live under
Together we off to Capao


Tour of Gruta Torrinha
'The most complete cave in Brasil'
Is it Bob Marley or Jesus?

very rare volcanoes
and the typical stalags
and some not so typical ones
flowers
the only of its kind in the world (i should have snapped it off just for kicks)
Waterfall near Capao
the lady just wouldnt leave
The 5 day trek to Pati Valley and back with Andrigo & Kalasa
Day 1 - Climbing out of the Capao Valley



The Blue House where we stayed for a couple nights
Day 2 - Some nearby waterfalls


Day 3 & 4 - Hiking around the Castle
Day 5 - Hiking back
To the famous Fuma_a waterfall (accidently erased the picture showing it from the front)
looking down on Capao (it weren_t very impressive anyways)
Len_ois
the major hub of tourism in the Chapadas
Hiking to more waterfalls

Merry Christmas - Turkey (Peru) dinner at the hostel with the owners and Cesar and Milho
More daytrips to waterfalls and whatnot

The dirt road direct to Andarai
waterfall enroute to Andarai
Me, back at Fernandos, rough after 2 weeks without shave
Cleaned up, colored up and ready to go again
The search for some land of my own to buy finds me this 4000 m2 for 40,000r
the possible site of my future house (under the rock)
Crusty road to Salvador
The shovel is to lean on while waiting for handouts
Outskirt favela of Salvador