Example of Portuguese/English language barrier: I hear ¨boat ride. islands. forts. swimming. lunch.¨.
What was probably said in Portuguese: ¨Come on board our pirate themed ship ¨Pirates of the Carribean (Pirato do Carribeo)¨, complete with deckhands dressed like pirates, very loud pirate songs for which your interaction is compulsory, and samba samba samba (doesn´t fit with the pirate theme, but give it a go anyway), and you must participate in our samba competitions¨.
Men should never, ever samba in speedos. My innocent eyes will never, ever be the same again.
So yes, I spent the day on a pirate ship. And, pride must come before a fall, because after bragging about the weather, it pissed down all day. So, my pics look like shyte, but, I´ve posted them anyway....
What was probably said in Portuguese: ¨Come on board our pirate themed ship ¨Pirates of the Carribean (Pirato do Carribeo)¨, complete with deckhands dressed like pirates, very loud pirate songs for which your interaction is compulsory, and samba samba samba (doesn´t fit with the pirate theme, but give it a go anyway), and you must participate in our samba competitions¨.
Men should never, ever samba in speedos. My innocent eyes will never, ever be the same again.
So yes, I spent the day on a pirate ship. And, pride must come before a fall, because after bragging about the weather, it pissed down all day. So, my pics look like shyte, but, I´ve posted them anyway....
Anyone who knows me knows I love a good military installation - so I wasn´t disappointed to visit an old Portuguese fort.
It was actually a lot of fun. I hung out with a half German/half Brazilian guy and girl, and one of their friends (below). And, thank God, because they helped rescue me from a group of very persistent Brazilian lads . Their opening line was ¨you are so very beautiful¨, and it only got better from there.
One of th Brazilian lads insisted that I should go and stay with him in Porto Alegre - I resisted the urge to ask him how his parents would feel about that - they were about 17. LOL.....
On the plus side, everyone so far thinks I´m from Argentina - no one has guessed I´m a foreigner until I open my big English-speaking flapper so I´m hoping that will work as camouflage in Rio. Every traveller I meet has a Rio story, and I´m starting to get more than a little nervous. Today´s Rio story was how you shouldn´t stay in Copacabana, because when the gangs in the favelas shoot each other up on the hills, it´s in the middle of the crossfire..... Great, here´s hoping my hotel windows in Copacabana are bulletproof. Brown knickers for Rio, I think.
Four more sleeps until I hit Rio for Carnaval. Then, seven nights of dodging thieves and bullets by the sounds of it. Oh, where´s a strapping lad when you need one!
On the plus side, everyone so far thinks I´m from Argentina - no one has guessed I´m a foreigner until I open my big English-speaking flapper so I´m hoping that will work as camouflage in Rio. Every traveller I meet has a Rio story, and I´m starting to get more than a little nervous. Today´s Rio story was how you shouldn´t stay in Copacabana, because when the gangs in the favelas shoot each other up on the hills, it´s in the middle of the crossfire..... Great, here´s hoping my hotel windows in Copacabana are bulletproof. Brown knickers for Rio, I think.
Four more sleeps until I hit Rio for Carnaval. Then, seven nights of dodging thieves and bullets by the sounds of it. Oh, where´s a strapping lad when you need one!
I felt like this at the end of the boat ride too. Knackered. It was a big day out.
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