Quick Update

Dear all,
it's been a while since the last update and I admit that I have been somewhat lazy, but I had lots of other things to do and to see, so this is going to be short.
There are a few things I have to let you know, though:

First, I am going to the Northeast of Brazil tomorrow, which means that I will almost certainly not be able to post before two weeks from now. Our plan is to fly to Sao Luiz do Maranhao and then go backpacking all the way down to Salvador da Bahia, from where we scheduled our flight back. Therefore - no pics now, a whole lot afterwards.

Second, I seriously escaped from death yesterday by a hairs breadth. In was walking in my street with my German buddy Justin at about 7.40 pm, when suddenly a huge tree of some 20m of height was falling right towards us - and there was not even any rain or wind! We started running immediately and no more than one second behind us the tree crashed across the street, blocking it completely, crushing a car and tearing down the steel fence of the building in front! I think I was never so close to die. We were REALLY lucky!

Third, there are elections here next Sunday for the president, State Governor and Federal and State Parliaments. However, it's very likely that Lula wins again, so the atmosphere is a little strange. I wish I could write more, but I have to prepare the trip for tomorrow, so all I am posting today is a pic from my rooms window at night and one pic of the tree that almost killed us!