So here is finally the weekend report. After Cathleen told us last week that it will not be on her birthday in Fortaleza have Vani and I also decided spontaneously Driving away. This was initially even so spontaneous that we would have had almost no accommodation more. We then had a pousada (hostel) Call to 6 minutes have made my entire balance empty, 6 € simply gone. But it has indeed paid off.
So was our trip to Ubajara no more obstacles. 6:30 Saturday morning we met already with Manuel, Peter, Cindy 2 and Mara at the bus station and made our way inland to the mountains. I think it's always a pity that in general I always sleep in vehicles must, here you can somehow always look so much if you stay awake, but unfortunately I do that never last long. It is really amazing how the people here to live in the hinterland, Sun and completely sealed off by itself, is simply unthinkable for us Europeans. After nearly 8-hour drive we arrived somewhere in nowhere. At the bus station in Ubajara there was really nothing except for 2 taxis, which we have been longing for. Vani and I went then at random m
it to the Pousada of others, in the hope that maybe we can also get there and it has worked. In the "Sitio do Alemão" we were greeted by the German owners Herbert and there were absolutely no problems. Vani and I've just shared a hut with Manuel and that has passed. The Pousada was in the woods and isolated total, So we first have to run nearly 2 km to find a restaurant. When we were back at Herbert, it was only at 6 and we did nothing really to do with us. So we borrowed a flashlight and made a night hike. It was really so funny, like on a school trip in the 4th Class. :-) The road has paid off, however, because we came out on a really nice view point and had a view over the entire valley. The rest of the evening we all spent playing cards with old school. Sunday morning we got up very early to take us for a super tasty breakfast (with homemade bread) on the way to the Parque Nacional de Ubajara. There we have then a 5-hour hike through the forest made. Up and down, from vantage points over, waterfalls seen and observed for the first time monkeys in the wild. The final piece was then only a steep hill, but we were rewarded with a great cave. A cable car has brought us again all up and then we finally made our highly deserved Eispause. But this has not been enough and we decided to eat right nor correct. At half past 5, we were then in the restaurant and there we were sitting forever, for what else it did not even do. The way back was again funny because it was pitch dark and only the stars have lit the path. :-) The day then ended with a frog-shower, there were just so many frogs in the shower, it would have made no sense to chase all.
Monday morning we met up with Herbert and two Brazilians, for Herbert wanted to take us on a trip to another waterfall "Cachoeira do Frade. We have held only briefly at a dam, whose name was once again "O Alemão" and then we started our next hike. We all had no idea what to expect, but Herbert said that we must go about a mile. That it is much more and even a real climb, we could not guess so. The first piece was relatively pleasant, but at some point we are on such narrow paths long run, that all the legs were scratched. Then we had even through water and the shoes were already wet. Once we climbed a bit then we have made the first stop for swimming in the waterfall. That was just really fantastic, because there were absolutely no people in sight. The day before we were really in a great tourist-force, but there was the whole time no one but us and that was great. After the first break, the climb was also more extreme. Eventually we had to hand over hand, swinging from a rock face down and then just before the end I was sent at the end of my tether and I have prayers to heaven. The last part was just 90 degrees downwards and Herbert before us, no matter how telling a beautiful story that is as crashed 2 weeks ago someone a leg and an arm broken and sustained a concussion has. It took a whole day until help got there and then came the fire and the injured party was somehow hoisted with a stretcher because again, I have no idea how, abe
r, there has hardly worked. So we have all the girls protested, but then I got me a jerk and given up on the 2 Brazilians, who have given up, we have mastered all the last part. And we should be rewarded. We are then climbed behind the waterfall and just have peace on earth found. :-) So I could really relax, but unfortunately, because of the way back, I still worried. But that was then only half as bad and even though it was uphill all the time, it went very fast and exciting adventure was already over. All this has taken again 4 or 5 hours and we needed in any case directly back to strengthen our favorite restaurant, "Maria Bonita". The last evening was again spent with a variety of card games and on Tuesday morning we had 7:30 Good bye again. All in all, but it was really a great trip, I would not hesitate to recommend them. It was just nice again to see something other than the beach and a little to move. The sore muscles and the completely wet, stinking, new shoes were worth anything. And in the morning and evening, it was even so "cold", that took a long time things finally back. So, mastered a super nice change and the dress rehearsal for the Amazon with flying colors!
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