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Saquarema, small town of happiness

Saquarema, Brazil


Heelllooo everybody,

Here we arrive by the bus from Rio to Saquarema.... oups... it feels a bit strange to be in a town where you dont know anything... we were at first a bit scared as it was our first time travelling into the country...BUT the feeling is completely gone!!! After sometime looking for a place to stay, we found a very nice pousada (hotel in portugese)... and the owner is french!!! Must be the only one in the whole town and we found him!!! well, he is very nice and dropped the price of the room for us to stay... so we are now enjoying a double room, with TV, shower and swiming pool for less than 7 pounds per person per night!!! LIFE IS HARD!!! ;)))

So here we are, discovering this beautiful little city, with long beaches, a nice center and a lovely little church on top of the hill, looking out on the whole town, giving an impressive view on the city....


we finally enjoy the pleasure of the country side, that is what we were looking for and that is what we get...

we love it!!!

Agnes and Ola

permalink written by  agnesola on July 1, 2007 from Saquarema, Brazil
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last day in rio

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


Our last day in Rio. We went to see some of the most famous beaches in the world... the copa, Copacabana and ipanema. both big beaches, ipanema a bit smaller. Palmtrees, the atlantic, sand and beachvolleyball... they are very nice but it is in a very big city and you can feel it, it is not really what I would consider a perfect beach, still cool though.

When we got to ipanema we realised that Rio really is a dangerous city, we walked right into a hostage situation, with a guy robbing some cafe along the beach and lots of police with machineguns and reporters around...


just kidding, we walked into a movieshoot...hope we did not scare you... it was quite interesting actually...

well our last day in rio was all about seeing the beaches, we also went to a big lake in the middle of the city. and the next stop is a little town called Saquarema.

love and kisses

Ola and Agnes



permalink written by  agnesola on June 29, 2007 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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rain, strange weather, sunshine and a big christ

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


So, we are in Brazil, finally. It is the start of our big trip and it started with rain, rain and a bit more rain. It stopped during lunch though and we went out for a little walk, it took just around 6 hours. we live in a part called botafogo and we started by walking towards another part called centro. On our way there we got sidetracked and walked towards santa teresa, it was quite a walk, very steep cobblestoned streets but is was very beatiful and bohemic with colorful houses and a very stunning view.

we continued towars centro from this part because there was not very much people and we wanted to see life and movement. We were looking for the right street to take us down from this high place and spotted a gang of monkeys running on the phonewires, our first wildlife experience in Brazil!

We thought the walk up was steep, but going down was harder on the feet, After struggling not to roll down the streets we arrived close to centro. We spotted the ugliest cathedral I have ever seen, we did not even take a photo from outside, but it had stunning glaswork on the inside.

after strolling around centro for a bit it was time to walk to the hostel, we picked the scenic sea route. By this time it was dark outside, we walked along the beach and there was quite a breeze. It felt like a big storm was coming or something because the sky was cloudy and dark, it was strange but it had a certain serenity to it, a calm somehow.

Well once home we took some cold showers(warm was not an option...) and went to eat, we had a very good but cheap buffet dinner where waiters came all the time with meat on a rotisseri skewer and carved at the table, it was great!

All that was yesterday, today we went to see Christ the Redeemer, we walked to catch a cog train up the mountain through the jungle! no animals along the way unfortunatly but flowers and big trees. We arrived on the top and it was very cloudy, we decided to wait for better weather and after a while we were rewarded with a great view of the statue and of Rio from all directions. it was strange to actually be standing amongst the clouds as they rolled by...

well, thats it for these 2 days, we are going to go and make some dinner and the maybe go down to the beach that is 2 minutes from our front door...life is hard...

lots of kisses to everyone, we miss you!?

Ola and Agnes



permalink written by  agnesola on June 26, 2007 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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A little bit more than two Weeks to go...

Chartres, France


Hello everyone...!

We are in France driving around everywhere seeing friends and Agnes Family, it's great to see everyone and I spend a lot of time sleeping in cars :). France is a beautiful country and I spend some time seeing the countryside when I am out running, next saturday in Sweden I am running against my brother, it's gonna be a struggle!

It is only 2 and a half week left until we leave for Brazil!!!!!!! and our adventure.

Here in France Agnes' sister, Delphine and Husband Manu have started another little adventure, her name is Clélie and now they are a little family!

5 days left until Sweden, elk and lingonberrys...mmmmmm...nice. can't wait to see everyone there!

Love, Ola

Hi.....!!!!

As you can imagine our excitement grows day after day and we can't wait to leave, first for Sweden and then for the big trip!!!
But i am extremely happy that I could see my lovely Clélie, my niece, before the travel.... she is the cutie on the pictures and she is a little angel... I already miss her!!!

lots of kisses to all of you guys...

Agnes

Salut les gars!!!

Allez un petit texte en Francais juste comme ca... alors la on est encore en France, on decolle dans quelques jours pour la Suede et apres nous partons vraiment pour la grande aventure... le stress et l'excitement commencent a monter!!!
En attendant, on a bien profité de notre petite nièce Clélie qui est née il y a un peu plus de deux semaines et qui est un ange, une petite beauté...

Allez j'embrasse tout le monde... (et surtout Manu et Delphine!!)

Agnes




permalink written by  agnesola on June 7, 2007 from Chartres, France
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A little bit more than a month to go!!!

London, United Kingdom


Hi everybody...

We are still in London, getting ready to leave for the big travel... So what's the plan...???
Well it would be cruel to leave for about 9 months without saying bye to everyone. SO: we say goodbye to all our London friends very soon as we are leaving the town in less than two weeks now. Then France, where we have to see all of my family (Agnes') and it is a big job I promise you!!!
And then Sweden, where we are going to say byebye to all our favorite Swedes and to Ola's family...).

And after that.... well we are going for 9 months of adventure, starting from 24 June and covering South America and Asia!!! We can't wait...

See you!!!

Agnes and Ola


permalink written by  agnesola on May 7, 2007 from London, United Kingdom
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