hi everbody....

rytz und i came back from our "5"-day hiking trip yesterday, one day ahead of the schedule ;-) much to the suprise of our guide and us ;-) first day we were starting in the middle of the day and we had to climb a mountain directly in the sun which was quite strange for us austrians who tend to climb a mountain in the morning ;-)

when we arrive the first camp ground, it did not matter anymore, because we had a pool (sort of :-)) to realx. the guide cooked an excellent meal for us and we set up the sleeping place inside a cave. next day started with a really good breakfast and late again ;-) we started to walk at around 10am and hiked to another campground (rocks all the time) next to a river, where we "celebrated" new years eve with lasagne and red wine...incredible what our guide carried in his bag. vroni had to leave the next day for recife so we walked on with only the guide. he explained a lot about the mining which altered the landscape quite a lot and braught us to some houses of the miners. quite impressive. the following night we stayed right "in" a river, basically on a rock above a nice waterfall. really cool! and so we went on the next day, quite fast and made a 2 day hike in one ;-) therefore we have another relaxing day in the pousada the prepare everything for my departure...meaning sleeping and reading in the hammock, having chats with other travelers and so on ;-)

i will leave brazil in 2 days so this will be my last entry from brazil. hope to see you guys soon and i will put most of the pics online as soon as i have them at hand!!

bye