deep dash into northern Brazil 4 months of sun, trees, water and... excel sheets tag:travellerspoint.com,2006-09-10:/blog/?domain=acacia 2007-01-03T17:10:08Z flavono img/travel-blog-feed.png Bye bye Boa Vista... tag:travellerspoint.com,2007-01-03:/blog/?domain=acacia&thisblog_entryid=11&entryid=37389 2007-01-03T17:10:08Z 2007-01-03T17:10:08Z We finshed our work in Boa Vista just before X-mas. We spent the christmas days on the fazenda in Caracaraí and had a very relaxed and different christmas time. Just after we started our trip. First place to see was Manaus - quite good to see a bigger city after 3 months in Boa Vista. From there we started our riverboat journey down the Amazon. First place to see and stop was Santarém for us - where we also started into ... We finshed our work in Boa Vista just before X-mas. We spent the christmas days on the fazenda in Caracaraí and had a very relaxed and different christmas time.

Just after we started our trip. First place to see was Manaus - quite good to see a bigger city after 3 months in Boa Vista. From there we started our riverboat journey down the Amazon. First place to see and stop was Santarém for us - where we also started into the new year. It is a lovely relaxed place with a beautiful beach and great environment. From here on we will continue with boat to Belém in the next days...

Greets to you all!

Glissez bien !! comme disent ces bons vieux allemands...

Frohes neues Jahr!
Happy new year!
Feliz ano novo!

see you soon

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]]> Road trippin' to the Guyanas tag:travellerspoint.com,2006-12-05:/blog/?domain=acacia&thisblog_entryid=10&entryid=33592 2006-12-05T22:50:54Z 2006-12-05T22:48:24Z On a beautiful weekend we made the close trip to British Guyana - just some 120 km or so. The boarder is that little ferryboat you see below - and that bridge we suppose will never be finished. On the guyanan side things were quite a bit different. All had that bit of carribean flavour, yeah it's not far. So we could eat curry and speak english. There we stayed for a night. Unluckily the only disco was closed, so ... On a beautiful weekend we made the close trip to British Guyana - just some 120 km or so. The boarder is that little ferryboat you see below - and that bridge we suppose will never be finished. On the guyanan side things were quite a bit different. All had that bit of carribean flavour, yeah it's not far. So we could eat curry and speak english. There we stayed for a night. Unluckily the only disco was closed, so there was not that much to do in Lehtem/Guyana. But worth a trip for sure...

01380047_red.jpg Well - that's the border

01380050_red.jpg Lethem city

see u there !

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]]> Yes, we do some work here tag:travellerspoint.com,2006-11-26:/blog/?domain=acacia&thisblog_entryid=9&entryid=32612 2006-11-26T18:25:22Z 2006-11-26T18:17:51Z Time's rushing we all know. And the fact that the time ticks a lot slower here than in Germany doesn't help to much. With the beginning of October we started our two field work project. Both took about three weeks, so that we're finished with that part now and go on with our reports. Nico measuring heights of the trees[img=http://www.travellerspoint.com/photos/71745/01380019%5Fred%2Ejpg thumb=http://www.trave ... Time's rushing we all know. And the fact that the time ticks a lot slower here than in Germany doesn't help to much. With the beginning of October we started our two field work project. Both took about three weeks, so that we're finished with that part now and go on with our reports.
01380021_red.jpgNico measuring heights of the trees01380019_red.jpgMe writing down the data

The second part of our work was a recheck of already measured data. For this we had to travel a lot through the 30,000 hectares of plantations.

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Road in the 'Serra da Lua' close to the border with Guyana
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Bar at the end of nowhere. Good place for lunch though - and a 'orelhao', too!

Now it's more the work in the office with air condition and clean clothes - a different thing.

See you there!

FLO

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]]> Stopover in Lisbon tag:travellerspoint.com,2006-10-18:/blog/?domain=acacia&thisblog_entryid=8&entryid=28021 2006-10-18T20:18:33Z 2006-10-18T20:11:54Z 18.-20.09.2006 We went straight from Lyon to Frankfurt with Eurolines of course. Time was scarce so we couldn't drop in at home once more. Monday afternoon we flew to Lisbon to spend a few days there on our way over to Brazil. Luckily we could stay at Sofías place for the three nights. Sofía is the cousin of a portuguese friend in Hamburg, so we managed to stay there. - typical Lisbon street corner [img= ... 18.-20.09.2006

We went straight from Lyon to Frankfurt with Eurolines of course. Time was scarce so we couldn't drop in at home once more. Monday afternoon we flew to Lisbon to spend a few days there on our way over to Brazil. Luckily we could stay at Sofías place for the three nights. Sofía is the cousin of a portuguese friend in Hamburg, so we managed to stay there.

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- typical Lisbon street corner

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- the ancient Lisbon streetcar is well worth a ride throughout town

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- one for the french speaking among you

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- off for Brazil!

See you there

... more pics

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]]> lets go baby tag:travellerspoint.com,2006-10-18:/blog/?domain=acacia&thisblog_entryid=7&entryid=27881 2006-11-02T19:40:11Z 2006-10-18T14:41:10Z Oi! Hallo! Saluão! bon, il va falloir aussi que je me mette à écrire maintenant que ca a l'air de fonctionner et que je sais comment ca marche. Après une semaine de folie à Salvadore de Bahia et 3 jours à Fortaleza (voir photos) nous voilà donc à Boa Vista (depuis un peu plus de 2 semaines). Boa Vista est une ville d'environ 200 000 habitants au bord du fleuve Rio Branco. On y mange beaucoup de poisson et il y a ... Oi! Hallo! Saluão!

bon, il va falloir aussi que je me mette à écrire maintenant que ca a l'air de fonctionner et que je sais comment ca marche. Après une semaine de folie à Salvadore de Bahia et 3 jours à Fortaleza (voir photos) nous voilà donc à Boa Vista (depuis un peu plus de 2 semaines).

Boa Vista est une ville d'environ 200 000 habitants au bord du fleuve Rio Branco. On y mange beaucoup de poisson et il y a beaucoup d'enfants. Partout. Et des moustiques (titre).

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"Aziza e le Rio Branco"

Nous habitons une jolie petite maison à deux pas de l'entreprise. Il y a Flo, Nico, Hannes et moi...
Le midi,à la cantine de l'entreprise, c'est toujours riz et haricots en accompagnement.
Et désolé Noémie, je n'ai pas encore vu de tractopelle.
Entschuldigung!

Auf deutsch, Zusammenfassung: Die Leute essen Bohnen und Fisch. Ich habe auch kein Traktopel (Bagger) gesehen.

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]]> Last breath of Germany tag:travellerspoint.com,2006-10-09:/blog/?domain=acacia&thisblog_entryid=6&entryid=26909 2006-10-18T20:16:16Z 2006-10-09T14:35:26Z Our weird initiary lead us from Lyon back to homely Frankfurt where we finally zipped off to Lisbon. As time was scarce we took the night bus Sunday night and arrived early Monday (Sep. 20) in Frankfurt. Thanks to my good mate Tom, we had a place to rest and got a lovely breakfast. In Frankfurt we were able to make our last preparations before head off. The plane made us wait another 2 hours and the airport ... Our weird initiary lead us from Lyon back to homely Frankfurt where we finally zipped off to Lisbon. As time was scarce we took the night bus Sunday night and arrived early Monday (Sep. 20) in Frankfurt. Thanks to my good mate Tom, we had a place to rest and got a lovely breakfast.

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In Frankfurt we were able to make our last preparations before head off.

The plane made us wait another 2 hours and the airport - very enjoyable with one of the most expensive beers i ever drank (More expansive than L.A. airport i.e.)

This so far to our last breath of Germany - luckily, because I didn't bring any warm clothes.

Our pictures / Nos photos / Unsere Bilder / As fotos

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]]> Lyon - Happy together tag:travellerspoint.com,2006-09-14:/blog/?domain=acacia&thisblog_entryid=5&entryid=23957 2006-12-05T22:40:03Z 2006-09-14T18:51:01Z The first etappe is achieved. I hit Lyon/France this morning, met up with Aziza. I already enjoyed a massive treat in morroccan food thanks to her mam :-) The beautiful flat of Aziza's sister Central Lyon [img=http://www.travellerspoint.com/photos/7 ... The first etappe is achieved. I hit Lyon/France this morning, met up with Aziza. I already enjoyed a massive treat in morroccan food thanks to her mam :-)

01120128_red.jpg The beautiful flat of Aziza's sister

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01120112_red1.jpg Street festival in Lyon

01120130_red.jpg Highway in Vénissieux

We'll stay on here till Sunday 17 Sept. an travel directly into Frankfurt to aim for Lisbon/Portugal.

c'est trop d'la balle!

Até mais

FLO et ZIZI

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]]> ha ouais... tag:travellerspoint.com,2006-09-12:/blog/?domain=acacia&thisblog_entryid=4&entryid=23626 2006-09-12T22:32:32Z 2006-09-12T22:32:32Z houhou, ... houhou,

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]]> setting it up tag:travellerspoint.com,2006-09-10:/blog/?domain=acacia&thisblog_entryid=3&entryid=23368 2006-09-12T22:35:27Z 2006-09-10T16:04:25Z So, I'm glad you can see my entries at Travellerspoint. I had some problems to get my first message on line, but here we go! The address to remeber is: [url=http://acacia.travellerspoint.com] - that's us in Brazil! To give you a rough idea on where we're going, please see the map here. We're first flying into Salvador and travel along the coastline to Fortaleza. T ... So, I'm glad you can see my entries at Travellerspoint. I had some problems to get my first message on line, but here we go! The address to remeber is:

http://acacia.travellerspoint.com

- that's us in Brazil! To give you a rough idea on where we're going, please see the map here.

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We're first flying into Salvador and travel along the coastline to Fortaleza. Then we take the plane again to get to Boa Vista/Roraima in the far north of Brazil. That's where our projects will take place. Having finished these our trip will lead us back to Fortaleza on land and water.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Aziza & Florian

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]]> Getting started tag:travellerspoint.com,2006-09-10:/blog/?domain=acacia&thisblog_entryid=1&entryid=23361 2006-09-11T21:32:53Z 2006-09-10T15:40:13Z We write Sunday, September 10, 2006. I left Hamburg/Germany already 2 weeks ago for visiting my folks back home before we go on our grand journey. That means I'm in Schlüchtern/Hessen/Germany since August 26, worked here for 2 weeks at my Dad's company and caught up with friends and family around. As Aziza stayed in Hamburg for some more time finishing her projects at work, I'm glad to see her on my first trip to Lyon ... We write Sunday, September 10, 2006. I left Hamburg/Germany already 2 weeks ago for visiting my folks back home before we go on our grand journey. That means I'm in Schlüchtern/Hessen/Germany since August 26, worked here for 2 weeks at my Dad's company and caught up with friends and family around.

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As Aziza stayed in Hamburg for some more time finishing her projects at work, I'm glad to see her on my first trip to Lyon/France on Wednesday (2006-09-13) night. I'm going to be there for 4 days until we head for Frankfurt/Germany to board the first aircraft along our route. This will bring us to our first Stopover-destination Lisbon/Portugal, where we hopefully catch up with friends from Portugal and Germany...

So let's see how steady we'll be with that thing here - you might know how hard it is at stages... there's so much other things to do out there.

Bis bald!

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