Hola from BRAZIL!
Hey all!! I am currently on the streets of Salvador, makin a lil pit stop in an internet cafe so you all know im still alive..(we went through a "shadow" near the equator and everyone was unable to use the internet, phone, etc for 5 DAYS)!!! it was insane. Anyways, im having the time of my life in Brazil and its only been a few hours. Its absolutely georgous here. The people are awesome, the food is incredible, and luckily most speak a bit of spanish so we are having no problems getting around.
Each night before we arrive in port, we have whats called a "pre-port" lecture, and they basically said that if we dont die from malaria, dengue fever(which they call broken bone fever, in that, if you contract it, it feels like all the bones in your body are breaking), or AIDS, we will likely get mugged, shot, or raped! Everyone was friggen scared out of there mind, they wanted to scare us and they sure as shit did a good job of it. We almost had to laugh, because they made it sound so damn dangerous, and literally had on the slide("these are all the things you can die from" and should stay away from). Anyways, needless to say, we are all off the ship, having the time of our lives, and no one has gotten in trouble yet.
We had 6 days at sea in between puerto rico and brazil, it was a loooooooong time, but we layed out on the deck, had some classes, and just enjoyed the boat. When we crossed the equator, (its a reaaaaaaaaally big deal), we had a day off of classes and had a day called "neptuno day". The entire crew dressed up, our deans dressed as king and queens, and the tradition goes, you get fish guts poured on you, jump into a pool to wash off, kiss a fish, and can get your head shaved by the captain. That commemerates going across the equator, and gives you good ship luck for the rest of the voyage. I did not participate, but took video and had an awesome time. There were like 10 girls that shaved their hair, it was so cool to see everyone get so involved.
Anyways, we are in brazil for 6 days. Today Im just chillin in Salvador, then for the next three days im hiking in these beautiful mountains about 6 hours west of salvador. I come back on the last day(sunday), which, and this is AWESOME... THERES A SOCCER GAME!! There are over 300 of us that are going to watch, were all so pumped. Its going to be insane.
P.S... its 98 degrees right now. Enjoy the snow biatches!! :)
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxoxoxox
Sara.
Each night before we arrive in port, we have whats called a "pre-port" lecture, and they basically said that if we dont die from malaria, dengue fever(which they call broken bone fever, in that, if you contract it, it feels like all the bones in your body are breaking), or AIDS, we will likely get mugged, shot, or raped! Everyone was friggen scared out of there mind, they wanted to scare us and they sure as shit did a good job of it. We almost had to laugh, because they made it sound so damn dangerous, and literally had on the slide("these are all the things you can die from" and should stay away from). Anyways, needless to say, we are all off the ship, having the time of our lives, and no one has gotten in trouble yet.
We had 6 days at sea in between puerto rico and brazil, it was a loooooooong time, but we layed out on the deck, had some classes, and just enjoyed the boat. When we crossed the equator, (its a reaaaaaaaaally big deal), we had a day off of classes and had a day called "neptuno day". The entire crew dressed up, our deans dressed as king and queens, and the tradition goes, you get fish guts poured on you, jump into a pool to wash off, kiss a fish, and can get your head shaved by the captain. That commemerates going across the equator, and gives you good ship luck for the rest of the voyage. I did not participate, but took video and had an awesome time. There were like 10 girls that shaved their hair, it was so cool to see everyone get so involved.
Anyways, we are in brazil for 6 days. Today Im just chillin in Salvador, then for the next three days im hiking in these beautiful mountains about 6 hours west of salvador. I come back on the last day(sunday), which, and this is AWESOME... THERES A SOCCER GAME!! There are over 300 of us that are going to watch, were all so pumped. Its going to be insane.
P.S... its 98 degrees right now. Enjoy the snow biatches!! :)
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxoxoxox
Sara.
posted by Sara at 2/01/2006 10:40:00 AM
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