Boituva

Boituva is the town next to the DZ. I believe its actually classed as a city. Its very different from home. First of all the sun seems to shine all of the time and its warm, so the people dress accordingly, its seems quite a busy place, more down to earth than posh. Visiting here, I feel very much a foreigner, as I have said earlier very few people speak English. However I have managed to make myself understood most of the time, one way or another. I even had my hair cut yesterday, considering neither of us, that is the barber and I could understand a word of what each of us were saying, the end result turned out ok. I even found a local restaurant to eat in and got by with some help initially from a customer who spoke English. Its been a bit of an adventure really. The people you meet are friendly enough, lots of smiles, no doubt thinking stupid gringo.

I have attached a few pictures and hope you find them interesting. One of them is of my gardener friend who looks after the grounds of the hotel at the DZ, he can't speak a word of English, but he always has a smile for me and helps me where he can .I am off to Sau Paulo to-morrow to go to the US. Wish me luck !. John 23/7