Dynamically flexible beauty..

Dynamically flexible beauty..

Friday, March 29, 2013

Rio de Janeiro Macaè bus ride

Travel started 5 in the morning from Foz do Igacu. We landed in Rio 0900lt. Two hours in Rio followed by a 4 Hour bus ride to "The beach" (Macaè) in Nort Easterly direction.
Not many nice shots here but, the ride was quite nice with regards to the scenery. Comfort wize it was a bummer.
 
Resan startade klockan 0500 fraan Igazu. Vi landade i Rio 0900lt. Efter tvaa timmar i Rio foeljde en 4 timmar lang bussresa till stranden (Macae') I Nord Ostlig riktning. Inte naagr a fina bilder haer men resan bjoed paa maanga vackra vyer. I oevrigt var resan jobbig.
 
 City life Rio Sub
 Housing in suburbia
 Place for the dead as well
 Harbour
 again...
 "The man on the rock..."
 Loose horses walking bye the road?
 Laid up vessels
 My Hotel shot from afar in Macae'
 Afar shot from my hotel room..neat print on the balcony glass door






Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Devil's Throat "Garganta Del Diablo" Iguazu National Park

Brazil / Argentina travel..
Had a couple of days to kill before crew change so why not travel a bit?
Had a chance to see the Devil's Throat, massive falls in the national park of Cataratas. Some forces I must say. End of rainy season Contributing.

(Links below for short snippet...wet wet wet...)

Balcony view Devil's Throat film

Balcony 2nd film 


Brasilien / Argentina resa..
Hade ett par dagar paa mig innan paamoenstring, saa varfoer inte resa lite?
Fick en moejlighet att se Djaevulsgapet, vattenfallet i Cataratas national park. Enorma krafter maa jag daa saega. Slutet paa regnperioden som saekert bidrog.


 Morning Coffee..
 Strolling
 Very calm and laid back little town
Lunch break
 Cataratas Hotel
Hearing the falls 
The falls are comprised of 275 drops with the deepest of 82 meters at
“Devil's Throat “(Garganta Del Diablo) making them second in height to the Victoria Falls.
Niagra Falls have a drop of 50m but are first with regard to the amount of water passing
over the falls. Iguazu Falls are again in 2nd place
 
 Seeing the falls
Most of the falls are in Argentina with the border dividing Devil's Throat. They can be reached from Puerto Iguazú in Argentina, Foz do Iguaçu in Brazil, as well as from Ciudad del  Este in Paraguay.
 
Throughout the park there are notices warning against feeding the Coati's. These large Raccoon-like rodents have been encouraged in the past by tourists feeding them and now can be quite aggressive in their quest for food.
 "Peekaboe"!
 Massive
Nice pic for using only my Galaxy Note II.
  Soaking the atmosphere(and moist)
 Yes, they had to walk the board and now they're drenched
 But happy..
                                         
 Sharing a beer with, and feeling very close to nature.
(photo curtesy Chief Electrician Mikael Johansson)

One of the first things you will notice is the profusion of butterflies in the national park. It is quite common for them to alight on you - I have been told that this is due to your body salt. One of the most frequently seen of the butterflies has the nickname '88' because of the markings on its wings.

88’s pigan fm Kungen.
 

Saturday, March 9, 2013

Venezuela La Guaira bureaucracy

Chavez gone

I'm hoping for a new start for the people of Venezuela.
Less political and better social reforms. Reminded about one of my visits to the Port of La Guaira.
Luckily I asked the agent if it was OK to launch our life boat(sea side) while alongside. He came back the following day after one day of visits to various offices for to collect approval and stamps from Ruel, Manolito, Pepe', Harry, Dick and Tom.. a total of 5 stamps of approval for us to lower our life boat into the water and release it(see attached).

Nu när Chavez är borta,
hoppas jag på en ny start för Venezuelas folk. Mindre politik och mera sociala reformer. Kommer ihåg ett av mina besök i La Guaira. När jag väl förtöjd, frågade jag, turligt nog agenten om det var OK att sjösätta livbåten(på sjösidan). Han återkom nästa dag, efter en hel arbetsdags jagande av tillstånd på olika myndigheter, med mitt unika "livbåtssjösättningscertifikat" "signat och stamp'at" av allsköns dignitärer, 5 stämplar.(se bifogat).
Life boat launch certificate a la' Caracas La Guaira

Maria Plot fm Mona Passage South bound
 Maria all made fast SB-side alongside, plot'n all
 View fm top mast
 Along key side, loading paper(side loader)
 Photo of the port, Google
 Housing
 Warehouse roof efficiency
 Houses ok from a distance
Local dump, maybe sliding in the rainy season? 
 Decent view from afar
 Coffee break..