Day 54: Seeing my dad in Sao Paulo — Departing South America for Africa
Day 54 was our last in South America. We hit the Tivoli buffet and then spent the morning on a few admin projects before our 5:30pm flight to Johannesburg: a...
Monthly Archive: February 2019
Day 53: Traveling to Sao Paulo — Seeing Our Boat Buddy Laura
This morning we hit the breakfast buffet at Tivoli for the last time, and rode back by car to the Salvador airport. We flew to São Paulo, landing in the...
Day 52: Last Full Day of “Vacation” Before Heading Back to “Reality”
The silly phrase “I need a vacation from my vacation” actually applies to our experience. These past few days have been a break from the trip. We intentionally planned a...
Day 51: Resort chilling — We attempt a work session — Afternoon bike tour
Chill day Slept in a bit, raced to get to breakfast before the buffet closed at…. 10am! We’ve kinda stayed on Amazonia time so we’ve been putting kids to bed...
Day 50: SUP’ing, Snorkeling and More Surfing at This Funny Brazilian Family Resort
Day 50!! It’s flying by and also moving nice and slowly. Glad we’ve got more than 300 to go. Today we started out with school again — and after yesterday’s...
Day 49: Water slides and surf lessons in Praia do Forte
Our first full day at the resort in Praia do Forte. We had very different school experiences this morning: James was engaged and determined. Willa was stubborn and defiantly anti-school....
Day 48: Teddy’s Birthday – Heading Up The Coast to Praia Do Forte
Salvador so needs to be done without kids. Had visions of setting out for a last few hours of touring — a market, a gallery, something — before heading up...
Day 47: Exploring Scorching Salvador with Two Tired Tiny Humans
It felt like we only just finished our late night room service club sandwich when — at 6:30am! — 20–person Brazilian musical troupe / marching band / alarm clock decided...
Day 46: A Big Travel Day from Amazonia to Bahia
It began with a two and half hour hair-raising cab in a rainstorm from the deep rainforest to Manaus Airport. From there we flew 3.5 hours to Fortaleza (never heard...
Day 45: Total Chill Downtime on Our Last Day in the Rainforest
We woke up still on an Amazon high, but looking forward to a full day at lovely Mirante do Gavaio with nothing to do. Breakfast included the selection of breads,...