cuiaba

COO-YA-BAH....yes we are here, endlich mal. It was a 4 and a half hour flight from Foz, we took off this morning at 9:45 am and did a 360 over cataratas, the falls, and then flew via Campo Grande to Cuiaba. It was a very nice flight, super clear.

Tomorrow we hope to fly to Manaus, via Porto Velho, if the weather is good that is, but reports are telling us that it isn´t that great in Manaus, so we will see.


We are now at Peter and Lydia Enns, but will stay in a hotel a little later tonight...


We need to hear from you too, we miss you all, leave messages!!! :)

Check back soon...

ps...the picture is at foz, cataratas, the falls....(more pics to come soon, NO WIRELESS!!!!!!!) :(

foz do iguacu

HEY! We are currently in an internet cafe in Foz do Iguacu, across the street from our Bavarian inspired hotel. We had very good flights today. First we flew from Bage to Santa Maria, which was 50 minutes, but then we had to spend 3 hours at the airport, making the flight plan and checking the weather etc etc...Then we flew from there to Iguacu, which took 2 hours, and was an excellent flight, except for a few hiccups in communication with the lovely Brazilian controllers. We were able to make a 360 turn over Itaipu dam, which was awesome.

Wir sind jetz in Iguacu, es war 50 minuten bis Santa Maria, dann dauerte es 3 stunden bis wir wieder weiter flogen. Dan dauert es zwei stunden bis Iguacu. Es hat alles gut gegangen, Gott sei dank!

We still can´t get pictures up, but we will try asap...tomorrow we are planning to fly to Cuiaba, which is a 4 hour flight.

Hope all is well at home....

(ps...Aiden, we´re thinking about you, and hope you feel better!)

still in colonia nova

We decided to stay another day due to weather. We plan on flying tomorrow to Iguacu via Santa Maria where we will get fuel.

We hope we can get pictures up soon, perhaps from our hotel in Iguacu as the internet here in the nova is too slow, sorry about that...

We`ve had a great time here visiting our relatives and eating lots of food, too much, our meat needs have been met. Vegetarian is a side dish...

Pray for clear skies...

pictures

On the way to Col. Nova, our camera went kaput. So yesterday Doris and I went to Uruguay and bought a new one, they were cheaper there, than here in Bage, and duty free. Anyway...for all the people asking about pictures, we will get them up soon! We just have to figure stuff out...come back soon...

we´re in colonia nova!!!!

We made it! We are half way with our big Brazil trip! We took off this morning from Blumenau about 9 am, and flew 3 hours and 45 minutes to Bage. But first we circled around Colonia Nova, about 5 times, and got their attention, then flew to Bage to land. Walter Wall and Helmuth Boschmann picked us up from the airport and drove the half hour to Colonia Nova. We are now all settled in at David and Ingrit Martens and Tante Marichen...

We´d like to thank you all so much for praying for us and sending your messages, they are much appreciated! Today´s flight went very well, very smooth and super clear skies, exactly what we wanted, especially when we were buzzing 300 feet over Colonia Nova...that was fun.

Thanks again, we will stay here for about a week, and then we plan to fly on to Iguacu...

Stay tuned...thanks again, don´t forget to come back!

blumenau update

We`re planning to fly to Bage, Colonia Nova, on Friday morning. We are staying here in Blumenau a little longer than planned because of the weather. The plane got an oil change yesterday because it already had 50 hours on it.

Today, in the meantime, we are going to the beach in Camboriu...where the Walls have 2 chocolate stores...yummmm....

Check back in a few...

only a few of our people and other stuff

our lovely cousin darlene and her son...

tia irene and julia

the penner gerber penner´s and milton...(and another julia) :)

tiny villa velha (sp?)

ponta grossa airport with witmarsum relatives


funny

blumenau

self explanatory