Belem, Brazil
What do you get when you take a young female mochilando through South America and put her in Belem ("the mouth of the Amazon"..and not much else) ?
You get Nicole spending her night in a hostel completely ALONE! That might just give you a hint as to how lively the city is. Luckily I only had to spend 1 day there and well I am so excited about seeing my family that you could have put me in the dodgiest hostel in Haiti and it would have been fine.
Arriving in Belem was easy compared to leaving Rio. I left Rio having slept 3 hours in the last 48 hours and seeing two sunrises on Copacabana. Rio will now forever be associated to the Mellow Yellow hostel and the crazy Irish that just so happened to be staying there with me. I met up with three Irish girls who I had met (and got drunk with!) in Rurrenabaque (Bolivia). One of them (Ursula) had actually travelled through Australia with Chez (the scottish girl I travelled with through Bolivia)... the travelling world is extremely small !Anyway these gals are the best and I was sad to see them go.
Back to Belem. Belem is the starting place of many boat rides through the Amazon. That is the only reason I can think of why the Hilton would have a hotel here. I know this because I thought it would be the ideal resting place with free a/c. I didn´t especially like the city. It´s dirty and crowded and lacks the charm of more rural towns. It does have an interesting market with people trying to sell you magic potion for this and that...unfortunately my friend Harry Potter has retired from the profession so the best thing I could do was to take photos instead.
I am now in the airport waiting for my delayed flight to Cayenne (Guyana). Given this delay I will have to stay the night in Cayenne (i am assuming the airline are forking the bill as no one has been able to provide any information on the matter... I am keeping my fingers crossed for a Hilton or something similar!!! How naive am i?) . Tomorrow hopefully Point A Pitre (Guadeloupe).
I could bitch about my delays but having just spoken to my parents who were supposed to fly in from France today ... but due to STRIKES my parents are flying over on Sunday night (yes in two days!). I don´t deserve any sympathy. Give me Brazil anytime!
PS: I take the last sentence back. I have had a frustrating "conversation" with the desk man re: any update on flights. The end result is that after many manic hand movements up - down - sideways and very little understanding (on both sides seen as I don´t speak portuguese and they don´t speak english, french or spanish...) I think the flight has been delayed for another 3 hours, or was it all night..either way I think my theoretical new connection tomorrow from Cayenne is full. I was given a food voucher ... Humpf... f***ker...I have already eaten !
Pissed off me ?
You get Nicole spending her night in a hostel completely ALONE! That might just give you a hint as to how lively the city is. Luckily I only had to spend 1 day there and well I am so excited about seeing my family that you could have put me in the dodgiest hostel in Haiti and it would have been fine.
Arriving in Belem was easy compared to leaving Rio. I left Rio having slept 3 hours in the last 48 hours and seeing two sunrises on Copacabana. Rio will now forever be associated to the Mellow Yellow hostel and the crazy Irish that just so happened to be staying there with me. I met up with three Irish girls who I had met (and got drunk with!) in Rurrenabaque (Bolivia). One of them (Ursula) had actually travelled through Australia with Chez (the scottish girl I travelled with through Bolivia)... the travelling world is extremely small !Anyway these gals are the best and I was sad to see them go.
Back to Belem. Belem is the starting place of many boat rides through the Amazon. That is the only reason I can think of why the Hilton would have a hotel here. I know this because I thought it would be the ideal resting place with free a/c. I didn´t especially like the city. It´s dirty and crowded and lacks the charm of more rural towns. It does have an interesting market with people trying to sell you magic potion for this and that...unfortunately my friend Harry Potter has retired from the profession so the best thing I could do was to take photos instead.I am now in the airport waiting for my delayed flight to Cayenne (Guyana). Given this delay I will have to stay the night in Cayenne (i am assuming the airline are forking the bill as no one has been able to provide any information on the matter... I am keeping my fingers crossed for a Hilton or something similar!!! How naive am i?) . Tomorrow hopefully Point A Pitre (Guadeloupe).
I could bitch about my delays but having just spoken to my parents who were supposed to fly in from France today ... but due to STRIKES my parents are flying over on Sunday night (yes in two days!). I don´t deserve any sympathy. Give me Brazil anytime!
PS: I take the last sentence back. I have had a frustrating "conversation" with the desk man re: any update on flights. The end result is that after many manic hand movements up - down - sideways and very little understanding (on both sides seen as I don´t speak portuguese and they don´t speak english, french or spanish...) I think the flight has been delayed for another 3 hours, or was it all night..either way I think my theoretical new connection tomorrow from Cayenne is full. I was given a food voucher ... Humpf... f***ker...I have already eaten !
Pissed off me ?
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