Ants Know How To Torture Me
Hmm so, on Friday i got up at 4.20am and caught the 6am bus to Congonhas, arriving at 7.30am and looked around there until 10 and caught the 10.10am bus to São João de Rei arriving there at nearly midday. After difficulty in finding a place to eat (there seemed to be a particular lack of restaurants in the town and even less that sold veggie-friendly food) i found a "by the kilo" restaurant. After taking happy snaps of such beautiful churches i made my way to the train station to catch the old steam train, Smoking Mary, to Tiradentes. This was my favourite part of the day, as the experience was lovely. However this was the part where the tropical climate decided to turn against me and it TIPPED DOWN with rain. Meaning that i had to folk out a little bit more for a horse and carriage ride tour of the village in the pouring rain. This disappointed me a little, not just because of the cost of this, but because it is meant to be the best of the three and i felt it had been a little spoilt for me.... but nethertheless, i had a good time and took lots of photos for you all to see! I returned that night, catching the 7pm bus and arriving back home at midnight, in time for bed.
Last week i managed to get my photos of Rio de Janiero and Belo Horizonte onto Facebook. Click and take a look.
Tomorrow i should get some more photos up, and i will post the links on LJ as soon as i can.
On Wednesday i was going to go to the south but today i was having second thoughts and think maybe i will go to the north instead. this is because i want to go there far more than the south and if i dont get time to go to the north i will be much more dissappointed. I was mainly going to the south to see Xavi but then he quit Portuguese and returned to England. I decided if i go to the north on Wednesday instead it is possible to do most of the southern cities over long weekends. The other thing is, its HOT HOT HOT in the North. :D
ALSO, i dont know for certain that i will extend my trip from returning on the 8th to the 28th July, as i dont know how much it costs to change the flight, etc. and might have run out of money by then anyway... so i decided to get the most out of my stay but probably in my order of preference. Saying that i might just change my mind again - i seem to do that quite a bit.
Theres are shit load of ants in my house and i dont like it, and am looking forward to my 3.5 weeks of travelling partly to escape them. They are in the food, in the kitchen, the bathroom, my room, everywhere!!! On Saturday i got out of the shower and wrapped the towel round me and there were dozens of ants crawling all over my wet body, drowning. some were biting me and i had to turn the shower on quickly and wash them off as quickly as possible. it was HORRIBLE. They have taken over my room too. so not only do i have termites, but ants now. GRRRRR!
Last week i managed to get my photos of Rio de Janiero and Belo Horizonte onto Facebook. Click and take a look.
Tomorrow i should get some more photos up, and i will post the links on LJ as soon as i can.
On Wednesday i was going to go to the south but today i was having second thoughts and think maybe i will go to the north instead. this is because i want to go there far more than the south and if i dont get time to go to the north i will be much more dissappointed. I was mainly going to the south to see Xavi but then he quit Portuguese and returned to England. I decided if i go to the north on Wednesday instead it is possible to do most of the southern cities over long weekends. The other thing is, its HOT HOT HOT in the North. :D
ALSO, i dont know for certain that i will extend my trip from returning on the 8th to the 28th July, as i dont know how much it costs to change the flight, etc. and might have run out of money by then anyway... so i decided to get the most out of my stay but probably in my order of preference. Saying that i might just change my mind again - i seem to do that quite a bit.
Theres are shit load of ants in my house and i dont like it, and am looking forward to my 3.5 weeks of travelling partly to escape them. They are in the food, in the kitchen, the bathroom, my room, everywhere!!! On Saturday i got out of the shower and wrapped the towel round me and there were dozens of ants crawling all over my wet body, drowning. some were biting me and i had to turn the shower on quickly and wash them off as quickly as possible. it was HORRIBLE. They have taken over my room too. so not only do i have termites, but ants now. GRRRRR!