When it Rains it Pours!! Waking up this morning I was greeted with a huge downpour of rain that lasted about 3 hours. The rain was a welcome occurrence as it meant I didn't need to stress about rushing out to visit one of Natals famous outer beaches and instead take it easy and hopefully workout how I can get to the airport tommorow. I started the day again with some Brazilian coffee with a little sugar and salt (a tiny bit of salt is used to take out the bittern...

Safe Or Not. After lastnights conversations with Walter I am a little nervous about wandering around the city by myself. Walter didn't have to work until the afternoon so in the morning we hung-out and had breakfast together. I don't usually drink coffee but as the Brazilian coffee is quite famous I tried it and was quite pleasantly suprised with the taste and the amount of energy it gave me. I spent most of the morning in the Internet trying to work out how to g...

The Not-so Short Trip to Natal. I had planned to take a bus as early as possible to my next stop in the North of Brazil; Natal. However upon checking my email I heard from my new hosts in Natal and they had informed me they would not be home until after 7:30pm - meaning there was no real need rush. I got up early anyways and gathered my things and helped Rachel with cleaning-up. I headed to the bus stop at 9am and had a very long and confusing trip to the bus ter...