Feliz Ano Novo!

To everyone reading the blog.

It is still a bit early, not even 11 am, but as I don´t know how I will feel tomorrow after a night out I won´t take any risks and pass on my wishes today.

The last two weeks I have traveled from Belem to Ilha de Marajo (as big as Belgium and in the middle of where the Amazon reaches the Atlantic) - a relaxed place with buffaloes, small villages, beaches, red (really red - as red as can be)Ibisses (birds) and a great place to discover all that by (crappy old) bike (with a chain that fell off at least 20 times on my way back from the beach one day).

Then back to Belem for a night and on to another island - a small one this time - known as Algodoal. I was there for 5 days hanging out with the Spanish/Italian/Dutch from before. Sleeping in hammocks as there were some on a very tight budget - ending up with a face and arms covered with insect bites.

The others are still there but as I am starting to run out of time I continued to São Luiz where I am now. The bus that got me here deserves to get the price of most crappy night bus of Brasil! Most long distance busses in Brasil are very good but this one....??? Was it because they needed more busses because of the busy holiday season? Or because some days before they lost a bus (driver falling asleep - 7 people killed) - I don´t know.
I got a seat all the way in the back as that was all there was left - next to the toilet that smelled (even with the door closed) as it hadn´t been cleaned for a very long time. The seat I got was humid from water (from rain? or the airco?) dripping in but luckily the seat next to it was still free and dry.
Arriving in São Luis - very tired - it has been great to sleep in a bed again! After 6 nights of not sleeping good.

Tonight the plan is to head to the beach for New Years parties, together with a Walloon couple that I met here. Aftet that I plan on going to the national parl of Lençois Maranhesis and then on to Fortaleza and Canoa Quebrada. That´s all for the rest of the trip before I´ll head back to Lima for some days and then back home.

So again, everyone have a great party tonight and a great start of the new year and I´ll see, read, hear you soon!