Apr 2015 archive

My take on Rio – by Karin Joan (Jnr.)

Hi everybody, I haven’t blogged in a while so I have a lot to catch up with: We were all having the most boring time at sea when we spotted the land!!!! We got all exited but little did we know that we would not get there for at least another two days that felt …

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This and That – by Sophia

Last time I did a blog, we were at St. Helena. I’m starting again in Rio. When we came here, I expected something else. The Christ the Redeemer statue looks smaller than I thought it would. (They say it is 13 storeys up). It also looks much closer to the water in the pictures. Rio …

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Photos – The Rio de Janeiro Zoo – Commentary by Marike

   

Photos – Hippy Feira in Ipanema

 

There’s life in the Bay – Franci van Zyl

I was excited about coming to Brazil, because it has one of the largest amounts of bird species reccorded in one country. Round about 1,712 species. So far I’ve seen about 40 of those. No, its not a lot, but I dare you to name 40 different bird names without using the internet or a book …

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Wind an’ the waves =) – Marike

Time to blog again . . . Hi all =) I should have written some time ago, but anyway 😉 One thing I have become very aware of since we’ve started this adventure, (well, two things) is that we are really influenced by the weather! Whether its sunny or not, if the wind is blowing …

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