Brazil

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

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 treesMe 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.

Road in the 'Serra da Lua' close to the border with Guyana

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

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).

"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.