Another good trip
Trip Start
Sep 01, 2009
1
Trip End
Ongoing
Natal, State of Parana, Brazil
Monday, September 7, 2009
So, after a four-hour bus ride, I made it to Natal. A short Taxi ride later and I arrived at the hostel. The Halloween themed castle. Anyway, I shared a room with 4 Brazilian guys. It was kind of weird because there were many Brazilians there. Normally, the people in hostels are not from that country. I ended up spending two days with Fabio. A 26 year old guy that wanted a girl worse than me. He also had a girlfriend. Interesting guy. He and I and our other roommate went on our sand dune buggy tour together. We had an incredible time. The best $35.00 I spent after I left Sao Paulo. The trip went out to this area where there were many sand dunes and great beaches. We had several stops along the way. See the pictures!!!
During the night, there was a bar next door to our hostel. It was a mid-evil pub. There were also about 10 bars in one complex right down the street. The funny thing about that place was that all the women in the place were hookers. All of them!! I sat in there for 3 nights, smoked a cigar, drank a coke, and went to bed. I did not get approached by any hookers. I guess that is a good thing but a blow to the ego. :o))
During the day, I hung out at the beach with some people from the hostel and went on long walks. It was a good group of people to hang out with.
My last night there we watched the Brazil/Argentina soccer match. Brazil won.
The next day I headed to the bus station to head back to Recife, to catch a flight to Bogota. While I was at the bus stop, I had an crazy time because some guys put a necklace on me and I could not take it off. It was tied to tight. So, when my bus came the guy demanded money. I took out my knife and cut it off. He then yanked off my other little cheap necklace. When he stepped off the bus, about 6 taxi drivers jumped him and started going to town on him. I stepped out of the bus with my knife to go after him but my stuff was on the bus and the cabbies were taking care of him.
So, I took a long bus ride back to Recife, went to the airport, and sat from 8:00pm until my flight at 6:05am. Nothing like sleeping in an airport.
A long time later, I woke up in Bogota, and that is where I pick up later!!!!
