May 2007

Sunday, May 27, 2007

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The Final Curtain

Deutsch
Die fetten Tage sind vorbei. Ein letztes Mal noch den Coolen raushaengen lassen, das suesse Leben kosten, den Neid heraufbeschwoeren. Morgen fliegen wir nach Hause. Das ist dann auch das quasi-Ende unseres Blogs. Es war sehr schoen, es hat uns sehr gefreut!

English
... and now, the end is here and so we face the final curtain. We are flying home tomorrow. Obviously this brings to end to our blog. So long and thanks for all the coconut.

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Brazil is Wild

The Brazilian side of the Iguazu Falls was at least as impressive as the Argentinian one and staying in Foz do Iguazu already gave as an idea of the wildness we would encounter in Brazil: a stunning variety of people and animals - some friendly and tame, others dangerous and wild.
Thus we waited for more than two hours (instead of 20 minutes) for our bus at the Brazilian border and we ended up living in a neighbourhood of houses surrounded by high walls and electric fences (apparently they fear each other more than we do). However, we dared to leave our fort and once again explored the beauty of the falls, this time surrounded by thousands of butterflies.
Somehow similar were our experiences when we travelled on to Campo Grande, the gateway to the Pantanal. Our bus broke down, we had to change bus twice and we finally arrived four hours late. Once there, we were warned that the bus station is no place to hang around at night, but also the hassle from dubious travel agents during the day persuaded many travellers of leaving the place on the same day they arrived and most of them moved straight on to the wetlands of the Pantanal. Unfortunately, our tour company pretty much offered the opposite of what they had promised, but nature made up for all the trouble. There's so much wildlife in the Pantanal that you can see some rare, some dangerous, some pretty and some irritating animals when simply lying in a hammock, walking along a lake, watching the sunrise or sleeping under a mosquito net that is more holes than net. It's weird how fast you get used to it, though, and after two days walking past a group of caimans is no big thing anymore.
Rio de Janeiro lacks the variety of wildlife of the Pantanal, but life is wild when gangs shoot each other in favelas and people party from dust till dawn. However, standing on Pão do Açúcar (Sugar Loaf) or at Christo Redentor's feet you will forget about anything frightening and simply appreciate Rio's spectacular setting, the view of its morros (bigger than a hill, smaller than a mountain) and its beaches. Indeed, from a distance favelas seem to be the prettiest parts of Rio and they sure do have the best views!
In Rio rich and poor people live side by side (of course, many of the rich make sure there is a high electric fence guarded by cameras and security personnel around their villas), between black and white and so do all the colors in. Thus the atmosphere in (most parts of) Rio is great and you can easily spend a week on sightseeing, shopping and sunbathing. Unfortunately, we had quite some rain, but after twelve months of summer we will not even think about complaining. You can not control wilderness.
Michi

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My Brazil Top Ten

10 observations, which were not necessarily in the guide books:

first is no country in the world there are so many Saftlaeden as in Brazil. At almost every corner you can find them. Sweetened, this in itself is sweet by the fact that a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice costs about 70 cents.

second Brazilians are often described as cosmopolitan, hospitable and tolerant . Gepriessen Nevertheless, most of them live in "fortresses" with alarm systems, surveillance cameras and meter high - with electric wire secured - fences.

third The Brazilian television is the stupidest far and wide. "Runners" are ill-made dome shows, game shows, stupid, naive televangelist, blockbusters like "The Parent Trap" and Soccer in empty stadiums.

4th skin color in Brazil seems to play less role than elsewhere. The Separation (White only associate with whites, blacks with blacks) is as common in so many supposedly equal society is commonplace in Brazil less pronounced.

5th Brazilian Portuguese sounds funny. Kinda like Ladin with holding one's nose. For example, one speaks Futebol (Portuguese for Soccer - nona) Futschibou "from (nose forget to keep it).

6th In many Brazilian restaurants to eat at kilo price. They burrowed through a huge buffet of salads, appetizers, meat, etc., and invites all on the plate tastes one. At the end there is a balance and you pay - depending on the quality of the restaurant - from 4.5 to 12 € / kilo (crucial is the weight of the food, not your own mind you!).

7th The fact that in Europe long ago discarded former Super Star the age of 41 years, well in the Brazilian league still all these goals is the level of mastery evidence here. Recently, a Kunststueck Romario, which was before him only a handful of players (the great Pele, the legendary Gerd Mueller, the first black superstar Arthur Friedenreich and of course our Franz "Bimbo" Binder) - he scored his 1000th Hit!
you should not send all their best players to Europe, because their league is sorely needed. But as long as money does not stink ...

8th Brazil is not the cleanest country in the world. Rio is to tag and graffiti strewn on the roadside and is already found one or the other Plastic bags. In the U-Bahn stops from Rio or Sao Paulo in the bus station but you could eat off the floor so spotless cleaned as they are. And the gleaming beaches and promenades like a gold tooth. Even the public Muellkuebel inwaendig be wiped with a cleaning rag. Interestingly priorities!

9th Although hardly ever lost police in areas controlled by drug lords favelas of Rio, the crime rate there is not necessarily higher than elsewhere in the city. Innterhalb the favelas namely provide the agents of the Drug Bosses for law and order. Gangster play so police - a contradiction? Not really! The drug lord is in fact least interested direct crime and anarchy that the attention of police or city leaders to "his neighborhood". However, he played police officers, he can pursue peace in his profitable business and the residents of the favelas also trust him more than the authorities or the state authorities.

10th Brazilians a shower three times a day, always wear - for their taste - beautiful clothes, her beach wear is minimal, but never without, they play good volleyball, men are tanned and have washboard or beer belly, ...

your HHK

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Rio de Janeiro - die schoenste Stadt der Welt!?

From the logbook of MIHA TREK Stardate 27.05.2007-17:00
Can it be a city that Located so unspeakably picturesque is about the most famous four and a half kilometers of the planet disposes sand and throwing the most infamous of all parties, actually take ill that she sometimes difficult at the Heinz Prüll suffers syndrome *? At Rio seems much to be mad, but seems much more than it is. Rio is therefore really one carnival. The only what is in the carnival is to pretend to be someone who is not.
And so are the inhabitants of the favelas (slums) that celebrates the joy of life with samba and dance by as queens and kings of Rio to the "rich neighbors in the stands. Funding for the spectacle of the kings of the favelas - the millionaire drug lords. This is as much a fact as the existence of the carnival itself, because in fact it should it not possible - because there is no favelas. At least they can be found on any tourist map of Rio. Strange - according to the map this is a wooded hill, but it is surrounded by houses, markets and narrow streets. And what a view! At least as beautiful as the Sugar Loaf.

Only Cristo Redentor (Christ the Redeemer statue) is all about looks and kind down on his city - and, hopefully, sometimes over Maracana away. Brazil, football is art, this is pure enthusiasm. Brazil, which is also standing football before 6000 visitors (97 000 men in the synthesis Futebol Temple of Rio). And as there are still people like Herbert Prohaska, the adamantly on the myth of the Brazilian Magic football hold, so there are people who "Rio is the most beautiful city in the world," the stereotype expired. Both have some truth prey, but the reality is usually a little different and always lies somewhere in the middle. This principle applies, however, even for the "Rio is so dangerous," disciples. Just as the whole Prada, Dolce & Gabbana and Gucci clothes at the Copacabana are real, everyone outsider who enters a favela, the same shot (we are the living proof).

is primarily Rio just big city like so many others: There are lots to see and do even more. The People are friendly, colorful and busy. There are rich and those who try to be. Some areas we would rather avoid, while in other Omis their pooch for a walk and the greatest danger it is to rise to one of the legacies of the little darlings. The architecture ranges from flashy to ugly, from elegant to pseudo-sophisticated. The traffic flows slowly but in the underground's running smoothly.
... and only seen from the Corcovado from Rio is actually the most beautiful city in the world. There goes over there the subway!
the HHK

* things that happen just before my eyes I can not - yet kann, wird - ja muss - alles super sein. Tudo bem auf portugiesisch.

Sunday, May 20, 2007

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To Wild To Be True

This goes out to our English speaking friends and all those who might consider a trip to the beautiful Pantanal region:

This is what 'Green Track', a company that offers tours to the Pantanal, 'boldly' says about themselves. The italic comments in between are what we really experienced staying four days and three nights at their accomodation in the wilderness.

With 18 years experience in the Pantanal, Green Track offers unmatched expertise in exploring the region and its wildlife.
It's unbelievable how they can still be that bad after 18 years! Completely unprofessional, utterly irresponsible and simply life threatening!
The Original way of visiting the Pantanal starts when you are looking for quality programs ...
It actually starts at the bus stop where you are harassed by several operators who try to convince you to follow their call right away.
... and experienced and enthusiastic people ...
I can vividly remember the enthusiastic comment of the guide when seeing the sunrise: "Look sun, you see? Sun is up, let's go back!"
... to show you and teach not only about the animals and plants ...
"Look there, bird! Look, this tree!"
... but to make you understand also about the local history, ecology ...
???
... and the high light: The local skills of understanding and feeling the amazing nature that only the Pantaneiros can show you.
I'm still wondering what these skills actually are. But nature is truely amazing!
Green Track crew is formed by local people that are also trained to give a greater view of the Local environment ...
Would be good fun to join one of their trainings.
... making your visit unforgettable.
We thought we'd die!
With our carefully organised trips ...
One man run over by a truck, two out of three canoes capsized and people had to swim in waters full of piranhas, caimans and anacondas, 6 hours from the closest hospital and no first aid kid available ... to mention only a few. I wouldn't wanna be with them if they organise a trip without care!
... and expert guides ...
And Michaela will be the next pope
... you will have an unforgettable time exploring the Pantanal with us.
True!!!
Green Track can design tours to suit your individual tastes ...
Taste of masochists? Definitely not ours!
... and requirements, ...
This guy really needed a first aid kid, man!
... including specialist guides for bird watchers ...
As I said before - "Look there, it's bird big bird!"
... and photographers ...
"No time for photo, let's go!"
... and tailor-made fishing trips. No comment was

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Ich bin ein Star, holt mich hier raus

From the logbook of MIHA TREK Stardate 17.05.2007-5:30
Wilder than the wilderness, even our last big experience in the Pantanal. While the nature of a never-before-seen species richness offered, provided the tour we had booked for an experienced, well-read and perfect English speaking Pantanalfuehrer so much incompetence, irresponsibility, lies and deficiencies as we had experienced before and never! Our 'English speaking guide' spoke neither English nor English and knew little notice, another leader was run over by a truck and everything else for our accommodation was ready emergencies were Harald's first aid kit and a tourist who was randomly nurse, and for activities such as piranha fishing, rumors of six meters long and Anacondas daily walks past the hundreds of caimans, finally capsized zwei der viel zu alten, undichten Kanus und die von Panik ergriffenen 'Stadtler' aus unserer Gruppe mussten ohne Schwimmweste eine Stunde lang im von Gefahren verseuchten Wasser schwimmen bevor die Boote vom Grund geholt und ihre Hilferufe nicht mehr nur als reiner Spass verstanden wurden.

Schockiert ueber die beaengstigenden Zustaende und enttaeuscht ueber unsere Wahl wollten wir das Camp bereits einen Tag eher verlassen, aber dafuer haetten wir zusaetlich bezahlen muessen und so blieben wir halt bis zum Ende, wo alle ziemlich aufgebracht aber erleichtert climbed into the truck for the city.
offers this nature in the Pantanal so much incredible and it would have only little used to make a great experience from it. Most animals we saw namely if we just quietly lay in a hammock (an armadillo we came pretty close, various parrot species, Greifvoegel, kingfishers), or sat on a bridge and the sunrise waited (tens jabirus, an anteater, groups of storks, rare giant otters, monkeys, caimans and of course, and, and).
'Wild Life', which could not be guaranteed, we saw so en masse, the interesting statement as to for which we had paid, we will probably have to raise themselves. Wild!
Michi

Sunday, May 13, 2007

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My Butterfly

Even if you have butterflies in your stomach, you have to chase them but not like disturbed! I think this was certainly the beginning of our visit to the Iguazu waterfalls.

Was it the Perito Moreno glacier in Patagonia, two condors, it attracted about a dozen Iguazu king of the air in circles - Adler I mean, not butterflies. A majestic sight. Unreal.

my dearest Mujer however, had nothing better to do than follow her camera with the thousands of butterflies that fluttered around there too, and every single one of them as often . To scan

amused me how to start it herumhuepfte on the ground, face import indirectly proportional to the zoom and continuously press the shutter. In time, it bugged me. When she still wanted to take a later bus because she had not caught a big blue, I was not really understanding for them. How could they. No one wants to have butterflies in the blog when he can see the Iguazu Falls. Or maybe ..?

I entschludigt me and I think she has forgiven me.
the HHK

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Iguazu und Itaipu

From the logbook of MIHA TREK Stardate 12.05.2007-15:52
last entry, we have learned that the Iguazu waterfalls are great. They are so great that we have considered us again, this time from the other - the Brazilian - side.

Not with Argentina but Brazil with Paraguay is divided, however, the biggest hydropower plant in the world (the Three Gorges Dam Kraftwerkl need a few more years to run it Itaipu is the rank). In contrast to conform in the Iguazu Itaipu bare facts and figures to describe it, because you'd have to be Betonfetischist, nice thing about this monster to find. Impressive are the dimensions of this "modern wonder of the world" but all.

It is the world's largest man-made structure of the 20 Century.

The amount would Concrete used for 219 Maracana stadium, those rich in the used type of iron & steel for 380 Eifeltuerme.

During the construction work more than twice the volume of the Sugar Loaf in Rio has been moved.

The construction speed of Itaipu would be about as if they would build every 55 minutes, a 20-story building.

The "exhaust" is 62 200 m3 / s water management (40 times as much as flows over the Iguazu Falls). All the water of the Iguazu Falls would be sufficient only for two of the 20 turbines operate.

The dam is up to 196 meters high and 7.76 km long.

And who's saying what: the plant produces up to 93.4 billion kWh / year! (For comparison, this is exactly 120 times as much as the much-debated group Kraftwerk Sell Rain / Silz creates).

the HHK