Florionopolis, Brazil
So we arrive in Florionopolis at 1am in the morning. We made an impulse buy of a cheap flight to Florionopolis. We didn't have any hostels booked and didn't really do any research. This really is the best way to travel. After, figuring everything out at the airport we were able to find a very nice hostel close to Barra de Lagoa called Ancorra. The owner of the hostel was incredible. At 3am in the morning he made us a bunch of Kipirinas turned on the hot tub and let us enjoy the rest of the night. Now that's service!
The beaches in Florionopolis are amazing! We checked out Mole beach the next day which is a famous surfers beach. They get some pretty big waves there and some really good surfers. We even managed to captivate the beach goers with a new game we made up called coconut bowling. I'm sure the locals thinking, "What are these gringos doing now?"
That night we went to a favourite discoteque amongst the locals called El Devino. This place had amazing music and incredibly beautiful Brazilians. The catch is they give you a card and you are required to spend atleast 60 reals. It's a smart business idea but it doesn't work well if you get kicked out early. After Julio's three kipirinas at a time antics and him decorating the floors of El Devino we were kindly escorted out of the bar. Unfortunately that wasn't the end of the night. The taxi driver dropped us off in a favella instead of our hostel. Nice guy! So after wondering a round the favella for hours trying to figure out where we are {Not a good idea} we managed to make it back to the hostel. Good first night out, haha...
The next couple days we rented a car to check out the beaches around the island. Man, this island is absolutely incredible. I have not seen such sirene beaches in my life. The Southern part were the best. They were secluded tropical beaches with the green see through water. Man, I would love to live in a place like this. The scenery doesn't stop at the views and the beaches. Florionopolis is known as the meca for beautiful women. Naturally, we decided to extend our stay in Florionopolis.
We were able to hit dunes and do some sand boarding. Sand boarding isn't nearly as fast as snowboarding and it's much harder to turn. However it's pretty fun. It would be way more fun if they let us go down the steep slopes and take them off of jumps. I think those Brazilians need to try to snowboard for a little perspective. We also went out surfing in the huge Florionopolis waves. We borrowed surf boards that were way to small for us. The surf board sank two feet when I tried to sit up on it, haha. Sooooo, I wasn't able to stand up. Still it was good to try it out there and watch the awesome surfers there.
The last three days of our stay we decided to couchsurf with a student named Caren who studies at the local University. We were there during the University's frosh week so were able to enjoy some amazing concerts and street parties on campus. It was really cool to meet the local students and see what it's like to go to school in Brazil. We all pretended to be exchange students as well. This allowed us to use all the university's facilities for free. Maybe one day I'll try to become a real exchange student at this university. One could only dream...
The last night in Florionopolis we decided to make a return to El Devino. This was a great idea and a terrible idea. We all had an incredible night until the place closed. This time the bar waas charging a straight cover rather than giving you a minimum on your bar tab. The girl at the front failed to tell us that. So we were faced with huge bills that we didn't bring enough money for nor did we plan on paying. So after half an hour of hilarious broken Spanish/English arguments they took our Australian friend Matt into the back room. The bouncer head butted him and tried to steal his camera. It was a good thing the bouncer didn't know what he was doing. Matt grabbed his camera back and was forced to pay with credit card. It's amazing how such a well known bar can be run by criminals. Either way it was a memorable story.
Overall, Florionopolis was an amazing place! I could have stayed another week easily. I will definitely come back. It is still the most beautiful place I've been too. If you go to South America this is a most go. period.
The beaches in Florionopolis are amazing! We checked out Mole beach the next day which is a famous surfers beach. They get some pretty big waves there and some really good surfers. We even managed to captivate the beach goers with a new game we made up called coconut bowling. I'm sure the locals thinking, "What are these gringos doing now?"
That night we went to a favourite discoteque amongst the locals called El Devino. This place had amazing music and incredibly beautiful Brazilians. The catch is they give you a card and you are required to spend atleast 60 reals. It's a smart business idea but it doesn't work well if you get kicked out early. After Julio's three kipirinas at a time antics and him decorating the floors of El Devino we were kindly escorted out of the bar. Unfortunately that wasn't the end of the night. The taxi driver dropped us off in a favella instead of our hostel. Nice guy! So after wondering a round the favella for hours trying to figure out where we are {Not a good idea} we managed to make it back to the hostel. Good first night out, haha...
The next couple days we rented a car to check out the beaches around the island. Man, this island is absolutely incredible. I have not seen such sirene beaches in my life. The Southern part were the best. They were secluded tropical beaches with the green see through water. Man, I would love to live in a place like this. The scenery doesn't stop at the views and the beaches. Florionopolis is known as the meca for beautiful women. Naturally, we decided to extend our stay in Florionopolis.
We were able to hit dunes and do some sand boarding. Sand boarding isn't nearly as fast as snowboarding and it's much harder to turn. However it's pretty fun. It would be way more fun if they let us go down the steep slopes and take them off of jumps. I think those Brazilians need to try to snowboard for a little perspective. We also went out surfing in the huge Florionopolis waves. We borrowed surf boards that were way to small for us. The surf board sank two feet when I tried to sit up on it, haha. Sooooo, I wasn't able to stand up. Still it was good to try it out there and watch the awesome surfers there.
The last three days of our stay we decided to couchsurf with a student named Caren who studies at the local University. We were there during the University's frosh week so were able to enjoy some amazing concerts and street parties on campus. It was really cool to meet the local students and see what it's like to go to school in Brazil. We all pretended to be exchange students as well. This allowed us to use all the university's facilities for free. Maybe one day I'll try to become a real exchange student at this university. One could only dream...
The last night in Florionopolis we decided to make a return to El Devino. This was a great idea and a terrible idea. We all had an incredible night until the place closed. This time the bar waas charging a straight cover rather than giving you a minimum on your bar tab. The girl at the front failed to tell us that. So we were faced with huge bills that we didn't bring enough money for nor did we plan on paying. So after half an hour of hilarious broken Spanish/English arguments they took our Australian friend Matt into the back room. The bouncer head butted him and tried to steal his camera. It was a good thing the bouncer didn't know what he was doing. Matt grabbed his camera back and was forced to pay with credit card. It's amazing how such a well known bar can be run by criminals. Either way it was a memorable story.
Overall, Florionopolis was an amazing place! I could have stayed another week easily. I will definitely come back. It is still the most beautiful place I've been too. If you go to South America this is a most go. period.
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