Thong??

jos, that´s me at Brotas, a city in Brazil´s interior which is famous for radical sports (rapel, canoying, rafting, etc...)

i just love making all kinds of sports and adventures... skidiving is in my list and will be the next after i came back from paradise.

by the way: 9 days to go.. ;)

It does look like a thong. hmmm

This one looked like nothing! (not to self, never wear light pink in front of the bongo's cam.)

martine,

you will be most welcome back here! Rio is a wonderful place to visit. Unfortunately in the city the dive is not THAT awesome, but worth a try.

Other places to go (diving) are Arraial do Cabo, Buzios and Angra dos Reis.

In Brazil there are some fantastic spots that are MUST GO. Fernando de Noronha, Abrolhos and Bonito are fine examples. Recife and Salvador if you like shipwrecks.

If someone ever need advice on diving in Brazil feel free to send me a message: danielaccioly@ig.com.br.

PS - In all these places they serve capirinha (with cachaça) and caiporoska (with vodca). Variants and experiments with other sources of alcohol are also worth a try...

i don´t know, but i feel i will not be able to meet interesting single ladies at bonaire... most of the people here at BT are married! :/

Kathy. OMG!! LOL. Annie B.

;) I had to look REALLY close. lol

Finally, a fish! Flying!

Kathy LOL

another note , never wear white when entering the water ;-)

Daniel ; I 've "heard" some rumours about some pier where dutch stewardesses seem to have their habitat.

sjoss

Daniel, you also will understand papiamento, as this language has brazilian roots. Convenient :o)I visited Brazil 64 times ( I had a brazilian boyfriend for years hee, hee, and working for airline helps... )
The pier Sjoss is talking is at Divi Flamingo hotel. You can't miss them ( stewardesses )and they all speak english :o) You definitely will enjoy, believe me :o)

well... i understanding this talk about the pier are just rumors, but i´m starting to like it!

sjoss,

can you draw a map to get at the habitat as well as make recommendations on how to capture one of these "specimens"? LOL

Daniel, you, a BRAZILIAN nao sabe paquerar ?

Daniel - Martine is correct on which pier and no it is not just rumors. Just ask anyone where the Divi tanning pier is and you will get directions!!LOL!!!

BTW - I visited your country once - and loved capirinhas - drank them every day for 9 days. I visited Flourianoplis(sp?) can't remember how to spell it and Sao Paulo - it was for a meetings.

Kathy great flying fish!!!

Quite crowded all of a sudden.

Mary, São Paulo is our biggest city. It´s cold, polluted and has lots of traffic. It is as big as NY and Mexico City... really a place for meetings only...

Florianópolis is in the state of Santa Catarina (south of Brazil). "rumors" says that u can find the most beautiful women in the country there.

just a question: how did you manage to do your meetings drunk? tell me because i need to repeat this strategy at work! ;)

martine,

do you have any doubt?

btw, u were married to a brazilian and u know what i´m talking about.

wow, this fish was close!

Dan, I was in Florianòpolis to see the 1994 eclipse :o)
Mary, I can tell you ( and all other ladies on BT ) that brazilian guys are ab-so-lu-te-ly handsome. Sigh !
I wish JO won't read these lines :o)

Daniel - I spent most of my time at Florianópolis - which was quite beautiful.
We flew in to Sao Paulo for a one day meeting - luckily I had someone from my company come pick us up and take us to the hotel for the meeting and then take us back to the airport. My company has an office in Sao Paulo and I had a team working on a study there. The local airport was very confusing for us Americans who could speak no Portuguese!!! At least I was not alone - I had 2 clients with me.

Drinking was in the afternoon after all meetings were done - it was a scientific conference that I attended - so you needed the drinks to unwind. Luckily the client I was with felt the same way too. We spent the afternoons looking out over the ocean - it was great!!!

Boy I wish I was back here right now!!!

Oops, I really do not know who I had in mind, of course you had to read "Jean Paul" :o)

Front and back :o)

I think the fish are staying away because the u/w cam is dirty. ; ) I feel like emailing Wannadive to see if one of them can hop in the water and clean it!

Playing with pics. For Barbara.

Can't believe my dog actually managed to accidentally turn off my computer. LOL. Annie B.

Fish face

The tree is really on fire tonight. Annie B.

Nice colors, and time for me to go to bed... Annie, Ramses used to switch off the puter :o)

Haha haha haha, this only could happen with you gal :o)

OMG, Martine, we did the same thing again at exactly the same time too. GMTA. Annie B.

Looks like an Massaï dancer. LOL

That's what is called telephaty !

Oops, I dropped the "H" at the wrong place :o)

LOl Martine. It looks a little scarey like this though. Annie B.

Mmmm ! I love the sunset in the palms. I also can feel the cool breeze...

Pretty colours Martine.

It's wogga time now, maybe they appear at Bongo's before dinner...

Maybe night divets too.... Are you sipping a beer Annie ? I have a nice Cointreau :o)

Pfew, time is running too fast! I was there at dawn, and now it's sunset...Time must be running faster for those on the beach :o(

whoops, double again, but deleted just in time.

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Sailboat passing.

Watercolors and skycolors. Beautiful colors tonight...

I don't know how to delete ! I tryed but never succeeded :o(
Annie, we both are genious !

Kathy, you too are a genious, I love your paintings

Martine. If you are quick enough you can click on edit post, then delete. It has to be done within the two minute time allowance. Annie B.

Kathy. Nice watercolour. I don't think I can achieve that effect with my psp. Annie B.

Looks like Kathy's painting, but I swear it's all natural :o)

Beautiful, ladies! What a way to wind down a long day. : )

ps (my program is too easy so I can't take any credit - I just intensify the balance of color and click watercolor, oh, and smear out that timestamp). : )

This only thing I regret on these cam is we can't see the sun sink in the sea, but maybe it will be possible in autumn or winter when it will be lower on the horizon. I never saw the monlight too. Who knows, wait till winter :o)

Think I will take a look at that programme Kathy. I like that effect. Annie B.

I would love to be able to see the moon, and moonlight here... will be happy to see not just full moon, but a blue moon Saturday night, in person, FINALLY! lol

A variation Martine. Telepathic powers are still working. LOL. Annie B.

Kathy, why do you say such unpleasant things !
Will you see Barbara ? I think Babs is staying around 10 or 12 days... Enjoy as much as you can and of course just prepare a special sign to show up on the cam ;o)

Annie, I think we have less panos options with the new cams location. We have to me more creative, and you just proved it :o)

Martine. I keep wondering just how many pano's we can make of the same trees. LOL. Same with the animation too. Did you see the night divers going in? Annie B.

Girls, it's about 2 AM here and I need to go to bed now. No, no Annie, I won't swap for MSN :o)
I wish you a nighty nite and see you tomorrow for breakfast. Bonne nuit, good night, boa noite.

No, I didn't see them, that means I have to stay a while more.... with you !

Night night Martine. I am off now too. See you tomorrow morning sometime. Sweet dreams everyone. Annie B.

Nighty nite Annie, see you tomorrow, sweet dreams to you too, and thanks for the flicky.

Whoops! Was checking dinner and may have missed you Martine. Yes, Barbara and I are meeting Sunday afternoon and we will do some dives together for a few days, and we will make appearances on the cams as well, lol.

PS - ALSO, Wally and Eva arrived either tonight or will tomorrow.

Well, aren't you gals having a good time!!! Great pictures everyone! Wow, very cool!

Kathy, Wally and Eva are on island...they have been there for a couple days

I am still waiting to se Wally's jig at Bongo's as he promised. LOL. Ok. I am going, going, gone. Annie B.

Good Evening! All the neighbours were outside tonight, lots of fun, lots of crying babies! Beautiful panos. Kathy love your watercolour! Annie B, your flicky. I love the Annie's towel by her tree. Time for bed for me too, seems like a long day today.

Annie, u can achieve a similar effect as Kathy's cool watercolors in PSP.
Go to the "Effects" menu, click "Artistic Effects", click "Brush Strokes". In the "Presets" dropdown list click on "Water color". The effects are better (to my opinion) if u set the "Softness" to 5 and the "Brush" "Width" to 1, but u can experiment with the settings

Thanks Igor, I will give that a try. Annie B.