Michael in Brasil from 29.1 to 28.2.1988
Friday 29.1.1988
We start for a 4 weeks honeymoon in Brasil.
Outward flight :
Zurich (ZRH)
-
Madrid (MAD)
with
Iberia
(IB583), in DC-9.
Departure 16:50
Arrival 18:55
I was on seat 18F. Short and quiet flight.
Madrid (MAD)
- Rio de Janeiro (GIG) with
Iberia
(IB995), in DC-10.
Departure 00:05
Arrival on saturday 30.1.1988 at 07:05
I was on seat 31J. Good flight.
Transfert to our hotel, the Excelsior Copacabana. We will stay 3
nights.
From saturday to tuesday, we will see:
Wednesday 3.2.1988
Bus : Rio de Janeiro - Coronel Fabriciano with
Auto Viação 1001
.
Departure 11:00
I was on seat 5.
We have 600 km road before us. mais à cause d'innondations et
de glissements de terrain à Petròpolis,
il nous faut faire un grand détour.
We are arriving at about 21:00 in Coronel Fabriciano.
We take a taxi for Acesita. Maria's grand-parents live here.
Friday 5.2.1988
Bus : Coronel Fabriciano - Rio de Janeiro with
Auto Viação 1001
.
Departure 21:00
Arrival Sunday 6.2.1988
I was on seat 1.
Out hotel is the Excelsior Copacabana.
We stay 2 nights. Enough time to take our tickets and reservations
for the next 2 weeks.
With the Brasil-Pass, we pay only 330$, for all our flights in Brasil.
We got some discounts on the
Tropical Hotels
(Varig has some parts of the actions).
Sunday 7.2.1988
Flight : Rio de Janeiro (GIG) - Manaus (MAO) with
Varig
(RG204).
Departure 09:15
I was on seat 15A.
Our hotel is the
Tropical Manaus
.
From sunday to wednesday, we will see:
Thursday 11.2.1988
Flight : Manaus (MAO) - Fortaleza (FOR) with
Varig
(SC301).
Departure 03:00
I was on seat 25L.
Our hotel is the Praia Centro.
In Fortaleza, we make a guided city-tour with some hours on the
beach of Praia Combuco.
Saturday 13.2.1988
Normaly, we must flight today to Salvador de Bahia.
No luck, it's carnaval time and the employees of Varig stopped to work.
Back to our hotel. while we are here, we explore all the city.
Monday 15.2.1988
We can flight to Salvador de Bahia.
Flight : Fortaleza (FOR) - Salvador de Bahia (SSA) with
Varig
(SC301).
Departure 15:35
Our hotel is the
Tropical da Bahia
.
Tuesday 16.2.1988
A cause de la grève, nous sommes déjà obligés de
repartir.
Evidemment, nous n'avons vu que le minimum de la ville et un peu de carnaval.
Vu la désorganisation qui règne encore, notre vol est en retard.
Flight : Salvador de Bahia (SSA) - Rio de Janeiro (GIG) with
Varig
(RG361).
Departure 15:30
Nous partons plusieurs heures plus tard. Le but de notre vol était Foz
do Iguassu via Sao Paolo.
In Rio de Janeiro, no connecting flights to Iguassu.
Nous prenons contact avec l'agence Varig de Rio.
Ils nous conseillent de prendre un taxi et de venir à l'agence.
Eux nous organisent, pendant ce temps, une chambre à l'hôtel
Rio Othon Palace
aux frais de Varig.
Notre personne de contact vient avec nous jusqu'à l'hôtel.
Wednesday 17.2.1988
Notre personne de contact vient nous chercher à l'hôtel, pour nous
amener à l'aéroport.
Elle nous rembourse les jours perdus à cause de la grè et les
frais de taxi.
Nos billets ont eux étés décalés d'un jour.
Merci pour ce super service à la clientèle.
Flight : Rio de Janeiro (GIG) - Foz do Iguassu (IGU) via Sao Paolo (GRU) with
Varig
(RG345).
Departure 07:00
Our hotel is the
Tropical das Cataratas
.
In Foz do Iguassu we will visit:
Friday 19.2.1988
Flight : Foz do Iguassu (IGU) - Belo Horizonte confins (CNF) via Rio de Janeiro (GIG)
(GIG) with
Varig
(RG165 + SC456).
Departure 06:00
From here, we change the airport by bus.
Flight : Belo Horizonte pampulha (BHZ) - Ipatinga (IPN) with Nordeste (JH006).
Departure 11:30
We go back to Maria's grand parents.
Tuesday 25.2.1988
We go back to Belo Horizonte by bus. An uncle of Maria live there.
he live in Ribeirão das Neves. It's in the nord-west of Belo Horizonte.
We stay here until the 27.2.1988
Saturday 27.2.1988
Flight : Belo Horizonte confins (CNF) - Rio de Janeiro (GIG) with
Varig
(RG459).
Departure 15:45
Flight : Rio de Janeiro (GIG) -
Madrid (MAD)
with
Iberia
(IB990), in DC-10.
Departure 22:45
Arrival sunday 28.2.1988 at 12:05
I was on seat 23J. Quiet flight.
Sunday 28.2.1988
Flight :
Madrid (MAD)
-
Zürich (ZRH)
with
Iberia
(IB582), in DC-9.
Departure 13:35
Arrival 15:55
I was on seat 20F. Short and quiet flight.
A view on the beach of Copacabana from our hotelroom
Our hotel in Rio de Janeiro
The beach of Praia Combuco in the north of Fortaleza
The fountain of the continents in Manaus
The slams of Manaus
The encounters of the Rio Negro and Rio Solimoes. From here it's the Rio Amazonas
A crocodile on a Victoria Reis leaf
A floating restaurant near Manaus
Maria with Indios childs near Manaus
The waterfalls of Iguassu
A great view on the waterfalls of Iguassu
Maria with her grand-father and a cousine