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Thursday, December 5, 2013

10:00 AM

On the road to Illa Grande
Thur 5 dec 10am
Hey! So i never kept writting on the plane that day when I finally started blogging. It's been about 4 days so far, 2 location changes and we're onto our third. TBH yesterday was so awesome that I'd rather recap that first instead of continuing with Chile/Argentina.

We spent the last two days in Paraty which is a beach/port town. We took a short plane ride to Sau Paulo and then a 5-ish hour bus ride to Paraty. We had to share a bus and van with another G-Adventure group, that didnt seem to go down too well with a few people which is just dumb. We were alll going to the same place and we all signed up to be shoved around with a bunch of strangers to begin with. Either way I got to go in the van which only had a few people and all from our group, not the most comfortable ride and I was feeling sicker so not really a pleasant experience. We made it and I hated life, and then had to go for a walking tour of the town and couldn't have cared less. The town looked a lot like Trinidad, Cuba except not as pretty or cute and sans awesome friendly people. Same cobblestone, slave/sugar/european thingo happening there too so realllly similar. I napped for an hour and then we all went and got seafood which was finally the first good meal I had in Brazil. I got crumbed prawns with cheese and a creamy rice. Deeeeelicious, I'm still craving the prawns and would totes have campaigned for more last night had I not been drunk.

So yesterday! I had finally slept properly, my gigantor feet had deswollen a little and I was feeling better. At 10:30 we had a boat cruise that would take us to beaches and also provid lunch...AND OPEN BAR capiinhas. AMAZING. I wasn't expecting it to be as nice as it was, sureee theres always room for improvement, there was no dancing and we shared the boat with olike 50 other people BUT it was heaps good. We also went with the other GaDVENTURE group but no ones really been mixing. We made 3 stops all up I think, potentially 4 it's a little blurry. It would stop near the beach and then you would jump out and swim to shore and if you were a pussy and lame you could get a little boat to shore. We had 30 mins at each stop and the beaches were pretty, nothing ridiculously amazing, Australia does afterall have spectacular beaches. Greenish waters, yellow sandy beaches, deserted apart from us =) Lol at one beach me and melissa fell asleep, I woke up with a mouthfull of sand and freaked out because we were the last ones left on the beach and I could see the last few people climining back up the ladder haha.

So many caipirinhas XD we were all tipsy by 11am, drunk by midday lol. Lunch was suprisingly good for food made on a boat, chicken schnitzel with rice and salad. By the time it was over it was around 5pm and we were all giggly and you could see the burns showing up on everyone. Even I got burnt a little XD THERE'S COLOUR ON MY BOOBS. I'm happy haha. We walked the 5mins back to the hotel and jumped straight into the spa in the hotel ccourtyard, lol the day previously I was thinking how there was no way I would go in there =P That's when things get blurrier because I remembered I had smirnoff Ice in my room and went to grab it. Next thing I know, Im dressed and ready for dinner. o.O Most of the group went to get Italian but me Matty and Sandra went for thai food, I have no idea how that happened really, I think Sandra wanted to try it and I'm always down for thai so there we go. It was really tasty! That helped sober me up despite having another drink there too haha and then we went for ice cream XD

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Español.

So one day I was hanging out with Kurt and we realised that there are some pretty wacky sayings in the spanish language. Each Spanish speaking country has their own sayings, metaphors and similies but these are a few that I have collected over the last year or so. Every time I hear my mum or grandma say a new one I text Kurt XD It has become somewhat of a little tradition for me now =]

Saying: La negrita astuta vende fruta.
Direct Translation: The (Astute, cunning, sly, crafty, fraudulent) cute/little black girl sells fruit.
Meaning: This saying is said as a sort of warning that you are/someone else is a cocktease

Saying: No calientes el agua (si no vas a tomar té)
Direct Translation: Don't heat the water if you're not going to drink tea
Meaning: This is also a sort of warning to someone who is being a cocktease. Kind of like, don't flirt and lead someone on if you have no intention of hooking up with them. It is also a play on words because in Spanish (Chilean at least) the word calentar (to heat) is also used informally as a way to say 'make horny'. So 'estoy caliente' = I'm hot BUT it means I'm horny. If you wanted to say I'm hot (because of the weather) you would say 'tengo calor'

Tongue Twister: Tres tristes tigres trigo trillaron tranquilos tragaron
Translation: Three sad tigers, wheat they threshed (To separate the grain from the straw or husks by mechanical beating), calmly they swallowed.

Tongue Twister:Pedro Pablo Pérez Pereira pobre pintor portugués pinta paisajes por poca plata para pasar por París
Translation: Pedro Pablo Pérez Pereira poor Portugese painter paints landscapes for little money to pass through Paris.

Saying:Buscarle la quinta pata al gato
Direct Translation:To look for the 5th leg of the cat
Meaning: Looking for problems when there clearly aren't any in that situation, so you're over thinking it and overcomplicating yourself.

Saying: Para ser bella hay que ver estrellas
Direct Translation: To be beautiful you have to see stars
Meaning: I'm guessing this is a fairly old saying because my grandad said it to me once, I kind of fell in love with this little rhyme/mantra. It means that no pain is too great to endure in order to look your best, this particularly refers to women having to wear painful shoes (stilettos) because it makes their legs look hot, wearing tight clothing to show off curves, waxing, plucking, dying hair, and I suppose nowadays you could extend that into getting cosmetic surgery. Just to clarify, my grandad wasn't a dick, I remember the saying coming up because we were watching a show with really attractive women and I was in awe of them and he explained that constructed superficial beauty comes at a price =) Oh and if you don't get the imagery, it's based on seeing "stars" when you hit your head/get dizzy, like if you've ever seen the cartoon representation of stars around the head when they get hit.

*To be continued