{"id":3189,"date":"2015-09-10T18:21:26","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T00:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/panam.whensparksfly.org\/?p=3189"},"modified":"2015-12-07T18:25:19","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T01:25:19","slug":"more-fun-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panam.whensparksfly.org\/?p=3189","title":{"rendered":"More fun in Brazil — Caves, trains and beaches"},"content":{"rendered":"

With a week left before we were due at an Airbnb rental in Florian\u00f3polis, we had a few stops left to make.<\/p>\n

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On our way south to our rental in Florian\u00f3polis we stopped to see the Caverna do Diabo (Devil’s Cavern)<\/p><\/div>

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The caves are situated in the Atlantic rain forest, and we had a nice short hike from the parking lot to the entrance to the caves.<\/p><\/div>Next we drove to Curitiba, where we were able to get tickets on a tourist train from there down to the coast. We got up early to catch the train and enjoyed a full day on the train
\nand
\nexploring a couple of tranquil port towns.

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A train ride always guarantees a smile.<\/p><\/div>

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A church in the seaside town of Antonina.<\/p><\/div>

\"Quinn<\/a>

Quinn was captivated by this quick-working street artist, so we had him paint a train picture. Hope it survives the journey home!<\/p><\/div>

\"Wait,<\/a>

Wait, are we back in the USA already?<\/p><\/div>

\"Terry,<\/a>

Terry, Sandy, and Jack of Adventure Trio were able to join us once more for a couple of days of beach fun in Florian\u00f3polis<\/p><\/div>

\"Quinn<\/a>

Quinn on the beach<\/p><\/div>

\"Jack<\/a>

Jack and Quinn shortly before Jack and his family headed for Buenos Aires.<\/p><\/div>

\"Quinn<\/a>

Quinn made the awesome train out of Legos. Check out the smoke!<\/p><\/div>

\"We<\/a>

We visited a sea turtle rescue center near our apartment and got to see lots of turtles, including this baby turtle who looks surprisingly like Quinn<\/p><\/div>

\"It's<\/a>

It’s off season here (winter) so Jen and Quinn have occupied some of the rainy days making apple crisp. Yum!<\/p><\/div>

\"We<\/a>

We got a nice sunny weekend to hike to a secluded beach at the southern end of Santa Catarina Island.<\/p><\/div>With the second year of our trip under our belts, we’ve decided it’s soon time to head home for awhile. This is mostly because we feel that it’s time that Quinn was able to make some friends and have a normal, stable life for awhile. Witt’s parents have generously agreed to oversee the construction of a house in Montrose for us, so that’s where we’ll be living. when we return.<\/p>\n

We have already bought airline tickets for ourselves, and are working on arranging to ship the van back to the US. We’ll be in the Philadelphia area visiting Jen’s family over the holidays, and depending on how long it takes our van to arrive, we should be back home in Colorado sometime in January.<\/p>\n

This trip has grown into a lifestyle, and it feels strange to know that soon we’ll be living in one place for who knows how long. Quinn is really looking forward to having a house, especially since he’ll be able to have his own model train table.<\/p>\n

That leaves us about 3 months left to finish our exploration of South America. Currently we’re staying in an apartment in Florian\u00f3polis, Brazil, while Witt works. When we leave here next week, we’ll head south to Peninsula Valdez in Argentina, then across to Chilo\u00e9 Island in Chile and onward to Bariloche and Mendoza, Argentina, before heading back to Buenos Aires to ship the van.<\/p>\n

We’re really looking forward to seeing friends and family for the holidays. Until then we have lots left to explore!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With a week left before we were due at an Airbnb rental in Florian\u00f3polis, we had a few stops left to make. Next we drove to Curitiba, where we were able to get tickets on a tourist train from there down to the coast. We got up early to catch the train and enjoyed a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"twitterCardType":"summary_large_image","cardImageID":0,"cardImage":"","cardTitle":"","cardDesc":"","cardImageAlt":"","cardPlayer":"","cardPlayerWidth":0,"cardPlayerHeight":0,"cardPlayerStream":"","cardPlayerCodec":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brazil"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/panam.whensparksfly.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/panam.whensparksfly.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/panam.whensparksfly.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panam.whensparksfly.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panam.whensparksfly.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3189"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/panam.whensparksfly.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3204,"href":"https:\/\/panam.whensparksfly.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3189\/revisions\/3204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/panam.whensparksfly.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panam.whensparksfly.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panam.whensparksfly.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}