We feel a bit as though we are running away. Mainly from the heat which we both find intolerable. For this reason we plan to miss French Guiana and go straight to Grenada, which we hope will be fresher.
We weren't entirely impressed with Brazil. Very dirty and inefficient with hours of waiting, often to be told to come back next day to do the official paperwork. But the Brazilians are friendly happy people and we had memorable night at carnival events in Joao Pessoa and Recife.
It is not a cheap place, especially after South Africa and as the infrastructure and general state of care of everything was so much worse we found this rather surprising. To sum up: First World prices in a dirty third world country.
We had no problems with robbery or violence and felt safe, though were cautious. We have no pictures as the cameras stayed at home - people in our Carnival parties lost cameras, phones and money.
One result of carnival crowds is that we both have colds. Not the best way to start a voyage but preferable to baking anymore in Jacare.
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