Where Are You Continues, Again.....

Arrived in São Paulo... first stop... and changed planes.... and waited 2:30 hrs to departure to final destination...
Arriving in Guarulhos International Airport in São Paulo...




Inside of a micro bus at Guarulhos airport to go to the next plane... a domestic flight from there to Fortaleza... my final destination...





Boarding the domestic flight at a Gol airplane...




Another plane... much smaller.... 3 hrs flight from São Paulo to Fortaleza... I was totally EXHAUSTED... but couldn't sleep at all....


Arrived in Fortaleza, CE, Brasil at 13:40 local time... a total of 13:30 hrs travel... but not done yet...


Someone went pick me up at the airport and drove 5 hrs to my dad's place....

 

They drove all the way to a small town and then, switched vehicles to get to my dad's place in the middle of nowhere...
Driving in Fortaleza... streets are very tight... lots of small motorcycles...


Then... on the road... highway...


I am very thankful that truck didn't decide to do the "Quebra de Asa" in front of us.... those who don't know what "Quebra de Asa" means... just do a search on Youtube.... very scary...


For 5 hrs we drove on highway and state roads... but they were 2 lane narrow roads... soooo full of huge holes everywhere.. that we had to constantly drive on the shoulder and on the opposite lane to avoid them....

 

This is my room now.... my bed is the hammock... very common in the northeast of Brasil....


This is the kitchen... had a DELICIOUS dish of brown rice, some beans, some vegetables, some pasta and some kind of salsa...

 

Hey... it's 5:30 am local time here... going to bed for a couple hrs....

 

Ms. @Rocks ... I commend you WHOLEHEARTEDLY for doing what you are, for your family. I think people in your country of origin are VERY family oriented, which I wish we had more of here. I was going through your posts at work last night at the receiver, and it literally teared me up.

My wife lost her dad in February. We were on the way to the airport to fly her to Florida, when we got the call, he'd expired. You are blessed.

I'm sorry I haven't been posting much; I miss a lot driving nights and sleeping days, but I sure wish you AND YOUR DAD and your whole familia, only the best. Keep us posted; stay blessed.

Tomcat

 

Thank you very much Mr. @G13Tomcat ... your nice words warm my heart...
Yes, it's a real blessing that I can be here while my dad is still alive... and finally he believes that I, his (only) daughter am here.... My dad is the only family that really matters to me... I have an uncle who also lives around here... and another who lives in Rio but we never communicate... I also have cousins here and there... most I don't know... never met... I know my cousins in Rio and called them several times... but they never call me and don't seem interested in staying in contact....
Thank you so very much for your best wishes sir... All the best to you and your family as well...

 

You are most welcome, Ms. Rocks... sorry I missed most of it; your pics were awesome. What an amazing person you are, for sure.

Best wishes, now and always~!!

Tomcat

ps: loved the pics~!!

 

Went to closest little town for some shopping today... the road is in pretty bad shape... holes are being patched but they just fill them up some with shovels and leave them like that.... that's unfinished work IMO but for them... that's good enough...



Road is so bad.... vehicles have to drive on both sides and anywhere to avoid the holes...

 

Internet signal here is super slow right now.... couldn't finish posting the pictures....

 

Will try again...
...on my way to the little town nearby for some groceries and other stuff...


The little town nearby.... Called Hidrolandia, state of Ceara, northeast of Brasil... middle of nowhere IMO.... very hot place... hot all year long... BTW, I am from Rio de Janeiro... but my dad was born in that region...





Fruits and vegetables are sold on the street.... and all very very cheap (compared to what they would cost in America)....