Marcantilan
01-19-08, 01:51 PM
Warning 56ks - pics inside.
My holidays (remember we are enjoying summer here in the southern hemisphere) ended last wednesday, after an horrifying (a heavy-heavy thunderstorm in the last half hour of the trip - including landing!) flight from Rio (Brazil) to Buenos Aires.
Besides that, Ilha Grande (a semi vixen island 130 km south of Rio) was a wonderful trip, one that wife and me enjoyed a lot. Sadly, Iīm back for work.
Some pics with comments (I must advise that I was reading "Inmediate Action", by former SAS Andy McNab in the trip, and Iīm a big "Lost" fan too. Keep it in mind for the comments)
Letīs go.
Arriving to the island. The island hasnīt cars or big tracks. The only means to moving is by foot (small tracks into the jungle, from town to town) or by boat. As always, I spent half my maritime trips doing FC calculations (angle of the bow, speed, distance, so on). Pointless, for sure, because Iīll bet that I can disable one of those only by the flak gun, why to spend a torpedo on it?
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/1288/ilhagrande001qe5.jpg
Me on the white sands of Lopez Mendes beach, one of the finest of Brazil. This pic is photoshopped: To avoid embarrasing the sedentary members of the forum, I reduced my muscles and chest and I added some flotation devices around my belly.
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/3718/ilhagrande030zl1.jpg
One of the proof of the existence of "others" in the island. Look at the name of the boat...
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/772/ilhagrande044bq1.jpg
The islands has plenty of colonial buildings, like this ancient church. The jungle surrounded the place. The people on the background are "others".
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/4690/ilhagrande068mg0.jpg
I donīt recall if this one is Figment from Epcot Center or a bad gremlim, leftout from the movie. Anyway, the picture was taken in a track really into the jungle. The little rodent / monkey / freak creature was roaming there with a couple of friends (or I least I assume they are his friends, maybe they are relatives).
http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/8341/ilhagrande075zg2.jpg
The view from my hotel window. The brazilian mainland in the background. No more comments...
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/205/ilhagrande083kw1.jpg
One of the beaches. First, Iīm not the beached whale in the bottom right. Second, as you can guess, someone travelled a lot from Alaska. Lastly, and asking the question in advance: "No, I didnīt climb the ladder and get a coconut"
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/6848/ilhagrande096zc7.jpg
The end, hope you like it!
My holidays (remember we are enjoying summer here in the southern hemisphere) ended last wednesday, after an horrifying (a heavy-heavy thunderstorm in the last half hour of the trip - including landing!) flight from Rio (Brazil) to Buenos Aires.
Besides that, Ilha Grande (a semi vixen island 130 km south of Rio) was a wonderful trip, one that wife and me enjoyed a lot. Sadly, Iīm back for work.
Some pics with comments (I must advise that I was reading "Inmediate Action", by former SAS Andy McNab in the trip, and Iīm a big "Lost" fan too. Keep it in mind for the comments)
Letīs go.
Arriving to the island. The island hasnīt cars or big tracks. The only means to moving is by foot (small tracks into the jungle, from town to town) or by boat. As always, I spent half my maritime trips doing FC calculations (angle of the bow, speed, distance, so on). Pointless, for sure, because Iīll bet that I can disable one of those only by the flak gun, why to spend a torpedo on it?
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/1288/ilhagrande001qe5.jpg
Me on the white sands of Lopez Mendes beach, one of the finest of Brazil. This pic is photoshopped: To avoid embarrasing the sedentary members of the forum, I reduced my muscles and chest and I added some flotation devices around my belly.
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/3718/ilhagrande030zl1.jpg
One of the proof of the existence of "others" in the island. Look at the name of the boat...
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/772/ilhagrande044bq1.jpg
The islands has plenty of colonial buildings, like this ancient church. The jungle surrounded the place. The people on the background are "others".
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/4690/ilhagrande068mg0.jpg
I donīt recall if this one is Figment from Epcot Center or a bad gremlim, leftout from the movie. Anyway, the picture was taken in a track really into the jungle. The little rodent / monkey / freak creature was roaming there with a couple of friends (or I least I assume they are his friends, maybe they are relatives).
http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/8341/ilhagrande075zg2.jpg
The view from my hotel window. The brazilian mainland in the background. No more comments...
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/205/ilhagrande083kw1.jpg
One of the beaches. First, Iīm not the beached whale in the bottom right. Second, as you can guess, someone travelled a lot from Alaska. Lastly, and asking the question in advance: "No, I didnīt climb the ladder and get a coconut"
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/6848/ilhagrande096zc7.jpg
The end, hope you like it!