Bought Tickets To Brazil

[DrJones]

^ Basically!!

[NIGHTLFEphantom]

if your wife's brazilian that means she has a 90% chance of being hot.

[Graham]

Originally Posted by DrJones

Graham... I know what you mean... last time we were visiting I pulled a wad off cash out to buy something at a local store... her friends and family were with me and basicallly told me never to do that again because I would get jumped!

Yeah, my dad found a group of American guys down there and they basically all just band together to watch eachothers backs. They take group field trips to the ATM. One guys grabs his cash, and the rest stand out on patrol. He always has a fake wallet and keeps the real stuff in a thigh holder under his clothes.

But just everything, a girl jumped from an apposing balcony about 6 stories off the ground to his balcony just to steal a crappy point and shoot camera. This was my dads cleaning lady, they don't think down there. My dad paid her about $50 bucks every two weeks, which is a lot for them, and she blew it by stealing his $80 camera. So lets think about this, in 1 month of cleaning she would have made enough to buy the camera, now she has just one camera worth $80 retail, in brazil its next to worthless considering she didn't grab the charger, and now shes out of a $100 month job, and she doesn't clean my pops american friends places anymore either. so for a $80 camera, she had to have lost out on at least $500 a month. STUPID!!! I can go on and on with stories like that I hear from him.

[Blackjack]

Nice, Doc! I went about 9 years ago and was in the Campo Grande in Mato Grasso do Sul. Had a great time. Enjoy!

[Mid-Life Crisis]

Originally Posted by Mid-Life Crisis

There is a very special island called FERNANDO DE NORONHA that is about an hour flight east. Tell her you want to go there. Famous for snorkeling and scuba. Look it up on the internet.

So Dr. Jones, the islands are now famous for being the closed place for the downed Air France flight. One of the prettiest places on the planet I'm told.

If you get to Natal, you can go dune bugging on the sand dunes created from the constant winds (across the new bridge to the north). These are huge dunes that you could hide a multi-story building between. You have to rent a driver as too many people were rolling the buggies on the 50 degree slopes. I have some pictures if you want. It was a real rush.

BTW - I'm off to Rio tomorrow...

[DrJones]

Have a safe trip MLC.... feel free to PM those photos or at least a link....

[DrJones]

**Woot* leaving on the 24th of December... not much longer to go. They've completely changed the way Americans obtain a Visa to get into the Country now. It's kinda' a bitch and they charge $130 fee for the Visa itself.

[Mid-Life Crisis]

Originally Posted by DrJones

Have a safe trip MLC.... feel free to PM those photos or at least a link....

I looked high and low for pictures of the huge sand dunes just north of Natal and can't find them anywhere. I'll look again today.

My wife went to Rio this week for a month and told me it was 39 Celcius on the beach - too hot. Time enough for me to get some mods installed.....

[Mid-Life Crisis]

Doesn't it figure, looked and found a few of the pictures easily today on a memory stick. Here are some places to go dune buggy riding (ask for "with motion" so they take the steeper dunes and hang on).

Dunes with Natal in distance:



Some dunes that are marked with warning flags:




And some that aren't marked:



And just for laughs, here is the new bridge just before it was completed:



Let me know if you go dune riding (they also have sand skiing but it's pretty weak). Enjoy the sun (and wind in Natal).

[DrJones]

Thanks for posting Mid Life.... I have to go next week for my Visa.... man time has literally flown by