Between a rock and a hard place
Neu and I had to go back to see his kidney doctor last Friday, we were apprehensive about this visit …
Category Archives: Village life
Capoeira classes have at last started up again in the village
I first came to Canto verde back in January 2002 with Amazonas Capoeira, the school with whom I trained in …
Saint Peter
Every year in Prainha the villagers celebrate the day of São Pedro, the patron saint of fishermen. After the service, …
A not so routine trip to the health centre
On Friday My daughter and I were to go to Parajuru for a routine woman’s health check. We were told …
Pinging frogs!
We have a host of tiny frogs all over the house, literally in every room. They are up to an …
Been away for a bit
After staggering around like a drunk in a field for a bit, my good old laptop finally keeled over, it …
And it’s still raining!
Yes it’s still raining. Amazing as it seems to me, having got used to virtually year round sun, there has …
Water, water, everywhere.
In the North East of Brazil, in as far as the time of year is concerned, winter corresponds to winter …
More rubbish
(It is the same site, though I realise that it would have been better had I taken the second photo …
Rubbish, more than just an unsightly problem
We have a weekly rubbish collection, most people have their rubbish collected from the front of their homes, for those …
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