2002-2005 (c) GetJealous.com, All rights reserved. http://www.getjealous.com/consi/rss.xml Hey all Hope you enjoy the stories and please keep leaving your messages, love to get them and they keep me interested enough to keep writing! http://www.getjealous.com/consi http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=620468&go=consi And after all of the miles and the bumps, the buses and boats, the dramas and the laughs, I found myself back in a happy home! We were back at G´s house in Ouro Branco, Minas Gerais, a pristine area that attracts less than its fair share of tourists.We fought over our different accounts of the stories we were telling to her parents and cousin, taking ad libbing and contradicting to a whole n... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=620468&go=consi Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=617939&go=consi "Mice Happy Dough! Mice Happy Dough!"Well that's what it sounded like as the cab driver repeated my friend's instructions to get me to the airport "Mais Rapido" or 'Very Fast' and he screeched off to join the rest of the rush hour traffic. In Portuguese he asked what time my flight was and it was then I made my potentially fatal mistake...G had told me the flight was 8pm so, co... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=617939&go=consi Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=616777&go=consi It was wet and overcast as we alighted the bus after another chilly overnight bus... We got high-jacked by touts and followed one in a daze and got set up in a hostel before we set off to find Olivia, the girl from Somerset that had made Lencois home for the best part of 15 years. She ran a hostel, Pousada Dos Duendes (House of Pixies) and quite rightly asked why we weren't staying there but after... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=616777&go=consi Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=616768&go=consi I think he was trying to kill us and Snr was certainly not feeling comfortable as our cab driver flew into traffic, mumbling and cursing under his breath as we took our taxi into the city centre. Snr implored the driver to slow down and then incorporated G's help to convince him that we weren't just ready to meet our makers, particularly since we'd hadn't even a chance to make ourselves presentabl... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=616768&go=consi Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=616161&go=consi We took a frustratingly long time to finally find a place where we could stay in Fortaleza but at least all the walking around gave us a good idea as to our surroundings. There isn't much here as cities go, the city isn't as pretty as others, their beaches aren't as reknowned and they are a little light on culture.... So what had brought so many tourists from abroad? The unfortunate answer was pro... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=616161&go=consi Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=615977&go=consi We got up early and fairly whizzed along the beach towards Jeri. We had to alight a couple of times as the jeeps were ferried across waterways, one time the only volition was the drivers pushing us along with long poles, Venice gondola style. G got talking to the fabulously gay Wagner who gave us the heads up on where to eat, sleep, drink etc and we were soon settled in and decided to go out and s... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=615977&go=consi Fri, 7 Aug 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=615390&go=consi I am not sure what it is about being in Brazil, but for some reason, I am always on my guard. At times, I feel that there is a somewhat sinister undercurrent about the people and I struggle to be totally at ease. Now, there are 180 million of them so that would be the greatest of generalisations if I said that that is the case everywhere, but I felt it in Belen when I walked around.It is a nice ci... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=615390&go=consi Sun, 2 Aug 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=615154&go=consi We cast our bags aside as we boldly stood on the side of the road, thumbs arched in the direction that we were going, confident of our success. But this was to subside with every minute and each apologising wave from the motorists as they indicated they were turning off and then proceeding straight up the road which we were bound.We started to take turns in the baking sun, while the other took ref... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=615154&go=consi Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=614942&go=consi We could see French Guyana on the other side of the wide river and were about to cross it when we met Andy who told us his family were about to take a boat trip to Galibi and that we could stay with his family if we so wished. We had considered going to Galibi to see the famed Leather-back Turtles giving birth (as it was the season) but we had ruled it out as we were told that we would have had to... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=614942&go=consi Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=614937&go=consi "Jaguar" "Huh?" "I think there's a Jaguar outside the shed," whispered G in a terrified Blair Witch Project kind of way. But that was a few days away yet.A miserable morning greeted us at 3:30am as we set out with Uncle Brian to Suriname, getting the family preferential treatment as we got to sit up front as our large bags crowded those traveling in economy class in t... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=614937&go=consi Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT