It is now winter in Brazil. During the months of June, July and August we do not expect to have more than a day or two of rain. And the temperature will sometimes be down to 10 Celsius during the night. This is VERY cold here!

Last week Eni and me were in Brasilia. She was attending a conference for English teachers and I could go to play golf. Nice :-)  This week and the next week we are in Porto Nacional to relax and enjoy the beach. Yes, even if we are far inside Brazil, there is a beach.

But before reaching our destination, we stopped in Alto Paraiso. This small city is at 1200 m above sea level and the night temperature was under 10 Celsius. We stayed at a very nice pousada before going on. The garden was wonderful and was a bit like the one I am dreaming about - full of trees with fruit. they had several types of oranges, bananas, figs and a lot more. You can see pictures from the pousada and more in the gallery. If you need the password just send me a mail.

The road to Porto Nacional was interesting for me. I am used to the roads in Norway. It is not often you can go for more than a few seconds before you have a new turn. But here we could go straight for 30 minutes, then a turn or two and another 30 minutes straight. Or more! The trip from Goiania to Brasilia is about 2,5 hours. From Brasilia to Alto Paraiso is 3,5 hours and from there to Porto Nacional takes 10,5 hours. All these times assume an average speed of 80 km/h.

It is hard not to like Porto Nacional. The lake it is next to used to be a river, but there has now been built a dam, so I guess the proper term is lake. I brought my fishing gear and really hope to catch a piranha just to have a picture of it. There has been no reports of piranha here, but a bit further north in Palmas, the capital of Tocantins, there has been several piranha attacks over the last few weeks.

This is a city I could spend a lot of time in. The pace is slow, people are friendly and life is easy. And as long as I have an internet connection so I can do some work, I am quite happy.

As soon as I have caught a piranha and have a picture of it, I will post it here. In the meantime, enjoy the new pictures in the gallery. Do you think I am crazy trying to catch this fish?