The weekend of cars
This weekend was all about cars. First very early on Saturday morning at 6:40am we set off on the two and a half hour walk along the Vaca Velha track …
Mechanics come to visit Nivinha!
We’ve always noticed another Lada Niva whenever we visit Canela, and last time we went there for supplies a couple of weeks ago we decided to stop and ask the …
Finding water on our land
Most of the water we use is for plants and washing clothes and dishes, and for these purposes the river water is fine. But we also need about 20L per …
Offroad hitch-hiking adventure!
Today we got up early and walked for a couple of hours to the bus stop at Vaca Velha to go into Canela for some groceries and to meet Barry …
Canela & Gramado
The drive to Canela and Gramado from Porto Alegre is about two hours, the first hour is quite boring as it’s all through the industrial outskirts of Porto Alegre, but …
Fixing Nivinha’s ignition barrel
Poor Nivinha was stuck in the forest again for over a month at the start of the year when we were carrying some wood from the field to the house …
Week fifty one
Tomorrow is 11/11/2013, our two year anniversary here in Brazil! we’re going in to Canela the next day to celebrate (there’s no buses on Monday so we have to wait …
Week fifty
This week Beth went to Porto Alegre and I stayed at the land by myself. She went to do a course at the Buddhist centre there and I would have …
Week forty two
It’s Tuesday now and the rain has finally stopped – we even had a half hour of sun! we’ve heard these rumours of snow ever since we first arrived in …
Week thirty nine
Most of this week was spent back in Canela as we needed to stock up on supplies and arrange with Tonho to come back with us in his truck to …