Brasilia

Day 13+ 14: (7 - 11 -2008 & 8-11 -2008)

first thing: José, Si usted lee esto, la felicitación en sus cumpleaños. he tratado a le contactó por email. pero su email no trabaja. de todos modos, bom dia amigo.

here in the central plain of brasil is not much of the entertaintment. in Goiania shops are closed around 21.00 and it´s dead, which kinda creepy. yeah it´s been 2 weeks already. time goes fast isn´t it. and i´m actually started to exceed my limit here in brasil (the one i was planned, not my visa) so i kinda need to make a cut in deals, go to cuiaba to see Pantanal or Emas national park to see the bio- illumination of the termites. I really want to see Emas because it´s really amazing (from reading on my handbook and on internet) and pantanal is also in Bolivia so i could visit it later anyway (but the weather at this time is really good, dry not alot of rain). so yeah i´m having dillema right now. anyway, here is short summary of my 2 hours visit in the capital of Brasil: Brasilia.

maybe you know maybe uyou don´t know, but Brasilia is the succesor of Rio as the capital of Brasil (yes, Rio de Janeiro used the be the capital). Anyhow because they need a more central place to reside the federal government, they have established brasilia. The city of Brasilia is really nice, it´s really clean and well maintained. the touristic attraction of the city is also on a walking distance which is really good because the onibus cost like R$ 3 (way to expensive). the most beautiful place i´ve seen is the Cathedrale metropolitane. it´s a church designed by brasil top architect, i don´t remember his name, but it´s a really beautiful building. shape like the thorn crown, full of lights and really modern and artsy. there is one monument that´s kind of bumped up, that was the monument national. it was nothing inside it only some cultural activity about mozambique, a good intention of the government to be aware of the origins of the peple in Brasil (the only nice thing were the chicks at the entrance ;). anyway walk down the arrow (Brasilia is build like bow and arrow) were the senatorial centre and the palace of justice. modern and artsy buildings. a couple hunderd meters more there was the palace of Lula ( the presidential palace) too bad i didn´t saw Lula himself. Brasilia is similar to Jakarta for the ones who have been in Jakarta. Searing heat and alot of cars. but Brasilia is much more clean. the most spectacular view is the trip to Brasilia. the rodoviario goes through the heart of cerrado. really amazing landscape. I love Brasil because of the landscape.



Continuing the cultural interchanging of idea, i went to the museum de goiania. the museum houses several fossils and some arts of the indegenous people who live here in goias. when i saw those pictures and arts and handycrafts of the india people i really want to visit one of the villages. but not here in brasil, i want to go to ecuadorian amazon. speak of which if you remember the girl from ecuador, who ive met in SP, she resides here in Goiania for a while. and it´s kinda hard to meet here because we only have e-mail as contact. Anyhow, kinda want to see her because i need someone to speak with and practice my espanol, no.