MayaMalkin

South America the end

2005-12-16T17:19:00.000-08:00

shalom haverim!
finnaly at home. i guess that all of u got the group e mail. there is not a lot to add. my feelings r mixed. i have to decide what i want to do with my life. i need to find a job and to see if i have to take this terrible test the psychometry.
anyway i still have time for all of this.
i want to say that i had the best time in my life in this journey. i want to thank all of u for being a part of it. i miss u already. i really hope to find my way in life now. and im sure going to comeback one day to this continent that i like so much. and especially to brazil that have a big place in my heart. the people the joy of life, the music, the dancing, acai, the parties the beaches the shapada and the men... all of it make me feel that i have to comeback...
i love u
maybe ill write here again
kisses to everyone
maya

at last at home

2005-12-15T12:04:00.000-08:00

hola! shalom!
im at home finnaly. i landed safetly and it was very excited to see my family. i was welcoming by baloons and flowers and my mom cooked for me the food i like.
im so tired ill write more tomorrow.
neshikot maya

Coming Back Home

2005-12-13T11:44:00.000-08:00

hola/ hoi/ hi/ shalom!
how r u?

unfortunately my lovely journy has come to his end. im coming back home, to israel. tomorrow i have a flight from buenos aires to madrid- IB6990 at 14:10 and im landing in madrid at 06:10. my flight from madrid to tel aviv is at 08:40 in the 15.12.05 "beezrat hashem" im landing in natbag, tel aviv at 15:40 at thursday. my flight number from madrid to tel aviv is IB6990.

it was a quite spontanic dicision, i just cameback from bariloche today after a bus of 20 hours and the first thing that i did was to go to iberia office ( ye rotem i discovered the adress) and asked for the first flight to israel... being in bariloche made me realise that the views r so beautiful but i cant enjoy them cause im too full (poor me) and i want to enjoy in some other time.

i had such a great time . i wanted so much to b in the carnaval and to experience it with my friends but im too tired of travelling. im tired of packing my muchila, of taking buses and from meeting new people. its time for me to come back home.
to b honest since i left brazil, and after saying goodbye to stella, this trip isnt the same for me. my mood is up and down and i think that i had so much fun there that i cant enjoy myself anymore in the same way.

i wanted to travel to the north east of brazil again and to see oron and my friends again and to say goodbye to them and brazil, the country which i like so much, but im just tired. just the idea of taking buses and flights made me feel tired.

really hope to comeback to brazil one day.

i want to cry now when i write this lines...

im sad but everything that is good has to come to an end ( right rafa?)

so ill write a conclusion when ill arrive home...

beisos/ beijos/ kisses/ neshikot
urs maya

Bariloche

2005-12-08T10:25:00.000-08:00

hola amigos y familia!
after 3.5 weeks in buenos aires i really had enough. i have studied spanish for two weeks too. but suprisely i discovered that even though i really wanted to leave, it was difficult. it was difficult to say goodbye to paula, my dear friend from buenos aires. i hope to see her again but the distances make it difficult. and to say goodbye to rotem after travelling together for 2.5 months was difficult too. and to say goodbye to dina whom i knew in buenos. and i even didnt have the time to say goodbye to li...
now im in bariloche. im here with anat and yafit. the driving of 22 hours was ok but we were so glad when it was over.

bariloche is fantastic. my mood is still up and down. this city is located on a beautiful lake and the views r unbelievable. but still the cold weather and this country make me feel that i want to comeback to brazil. so ill stay here for a few days and then ill comeback to buenos- 22 hours! and then ill fly to the north east of brazil. its quite crazy cause its like crossing half of the continent and it will coast me so much money but i feel that my heart is in brazil. i just dont have the mood and the power to travell in the south of argentina and chile. the views r too much beautiful in order to do it without feeling like doing this. in adittion, im quite lazy and i dont want to do hiking and travelling.

im also afraid travelling on my own. i have already done it but after so much time that im travelling with friends i forgot all about it.
but i talked about it with vavi and oron and my friend paula from buenos that i should try another place b4 i comeback home cause it might b that i just dont like argentina. anyway as u see the dicisions here r very difficult!
so my friends have fun...
miss u!
beisos maya

Facing the Argentinian Police

2005-11-30T04:50:00.000-08:00

hola amigos y familia!
i wanted to tell u about a very nice experience... on monday i celebrated my 6th. muchiledet- the aniverssary of my travelling. my dear friends rotem and dina made me a suprise and invited me to come to some adress in ricoleta and they waited for me in a restaurant with baloons, flowers and signs. and in adittion to that great day i met my best friend li, whom i havent seen for 7 months! so it was so nice to celebrate my muchiledet with great friends (where were u stella) ...
and this restaurant is a night club too, of latin america music like salsa, ring tone, brazilian music etc. there were professional dancers and a contest between the tourist, who is the best dancer. i represented israel (and i didnt let u down) and luckily most of the tourist r south american so the contest was quite difficult.
we had so much fun and li and her boyfriend ram left earlier. later the waitress asked us to pay the bill. so we paid her and she told us that money is missing. so we went out of the club, cause we couldnt hear damn thing inside. the security guy speaks english so he helped us with the transalation. so we added 15 peso and in that the story was suppose to b over. but then she said that 48 pessos r missing. so we told her it doesnt make sense cause we paid everything. so she said we hadnt and on and on. so eventually i told her that she can call the police if she wants too cause its not our fault that she lost the money or cant remember that we have already paid her.
so the policemen arrived (suprisely very fast) and from the first minute they were in the side of the club. the manager arrived too and till that point she hasnt spoken to us at all...
so the policemen took me aside and told me that if a we would have a charge it will b difficult for us to comeback to argentina in the future and we will have a problems with our visa. i knew that they just tried to scared us... by the way i explained everything to the police in spanish! and then they told us that they can keep us in the police statation for 15 hours and they asked us if it worths it for 50 pessos. and the stupid security guy told us that we r going to jail, but luckily i understand spanish and i knew its noncens. so eventually they asked for our passports. rotem didnt have a copy of her passport. so i told the girls that if we dont want to b in the police station till the noon we should already pay. so eventually we paid... the damn corrupted police... but some nice guys invited us to a drink and told us not b excited about it. so eventually this place lost great costumers cause we had so much fun and we would have returned again...

love u all
maya

my mood is better!

2005-11-26T18:34:00.000-08:00

hola,
my mood is better! im taking spanish classes and i really enjoy it! my spanish is much better and everyone says that is speak much better! my professor said that she is really proud of me!!! so next week im taking more classes. on monday my best friend Li is coming to buenos! and on saturday my best friend Anat is coming too! im so exicted! i havent seen them for 6 months!
and i really like my hosel, the mil house. its very loudy and i dont sleep very well, but i have lovely room mates. i live with stepahny form germany who speak spanish better that english so we speak spanish all the time, and diana and alexandra from colombia. so eventually, its a good idea that i stayed in the hostel. i speak spanish all the time!
on wednesday me stephany dina and rotem went out to after work party. all the men worn suits and it was really formal. like a ball! but an experience to see it.
yesterday we went out to dance with brazilians friends so i was glad to speak portugize... i really miss brazil. i think it has a lot to do to the bad mood that i had in adittion to the fact that stella left me.
and im still waiting to try to dance tango. now i dont behave like a tourist, i hardly see anything of the city, but i study a lot and try to go out sometimes.
this week i also met oron´s friend alon, who works in the israeli ambassy. it was really nice to meet him.
and i have to say that there a lot of jewishes here and they r really friendly and want to help. so one of them even called me and told me that if we need anything we can just ask. so nice of them. they r really excited to speak hebrea. i met one of them in a party and i found my self talking to him in spanish, portugize and hebrew!
so tonight is saturday night, the wildest day to go out in buenos.
and its the first day this week that i havent been studying!
so shabat shalom
love u all
maya

spanish lessons

2005-11-22T17:48:00.000-08:00

hola
todo buien?
im in buenos aires. sorry that i havent written for a long time.
after 9 days that i have stayed in Marikena´s house, very generous of her, i moved to an hostel close to paula´s house. but then i realized that i spend a lot of time with rotem and dina, so i moved to an hostel close to them but its so loudy and full of people. and its so hot! i couldnt sleep cause it was so hot!
so i think ill move again, but im so tired of it cause im tired of hostels, and packing my muchila and recently im thinking a lot about coming back home. rotem said that she wont tell me the adress of Iberia, the airplane company.
buenos is great but i think that its not for me for right now. i really hope that this feeling will pass away cause i still have money to travell more and i dont want to comeback home yet. i thought that setteling down in one place would improve my feeling but it hasnt.
i really miss stella. i know that if she was here i would have so much fun...

anyway i started to take spanish lessons and its very nice. the teacher is really nice and she is a professor for languages in the university of buenos aires. and she speaks hebrew!

in general the jewish comunity is very big here, like 190.000 people. so we try not to gossip in hebrew everywehere...
on friday night we went to bet habad for a kidush. there was a pray b4 and then dinner. they were really nice but i cant say i missed it... only i miss my family´s kidush...

yesterday we went to a carting race. it was so nice. we went 8 isrealis, some of them friends of mine from the army. i didnt win but i had a lot of fun.

on sutarday night we went to a night club that called opera bay. it was a blust! i think that there were like 2000 people and there were 3 kinds of music. the argentinians really care about their look so it was so much fun just to look...
it was amazing. i cant get used to the life style here. to eat a big steak in 22:00 and to go out at 02:00! to this party we arrived at 04:00!!!!!!!!!
we met jewish guys in our age and they were so excited that we were from israel. they told us that they visited israel many times and they want to do alia to isreal but its so difficult to leave ur life.

and guess what?! i met in this club efrat and liran from my paramedic course. it was really nice!

so nos vamos amigos
hope that next time i would b in a better mood...
and i still havent danced tango!
and i miss brazil so much...
maya

sorry

2005-11-22T06:28:00.000-08:00

hola family and friends
sorry i havent written for a long time. everything is ok. i have a spanish lesson soon so ill write more in the afternoon or tomorrow.
love u maya

a cell phone

2005-11-16T13:12:00.000-08:00

hola!
im staying in Marikena`s house till monday with Paula. marikena is away for the weekend. next week i need to find other place to live.
Marikena is so kind and she is boring me her cell phone during my staying in buenos aires.

i asked people and got 5 different versions of how to phone argentina So there are several possibilites
,1) 0054-115-1541793074
2) 0054-11 - 1541793074
3)0054-911 -1541793074
4)0054-911- 41793074
My best guess is still the number 4) :0054-911-4179-3074
the phone in Marikana`s house is 00-54-11-45511679

stella left today for europe. i dont get it yet...

mayush

Buenos Fucking Aires

2005-11-15T06:46:00.000-08:00

hola amigos e familia!

im in buenos aires for a few days now. this city is amazing. the people here r so elegant and good looking. they r nice too but a little bit colder than the brazilians. the food here is excelent. a lot of meet and steaks and a lot of sweets too. and u know that im weak...
the city has a really good atmosphere and its really nice just to walk around... i think that i can easily stay here for a month. i want to study spanish and dance tango. i alredy know salsa and forro...
im staying in the house of marikana whom is a friend of my friend paula that i met in salvador, brazil. can u believe that marikana spend the weekend out of buenos and me stella and rotem stayed in her house while she is away? im so glad that i have the opportuinity to learn about hosting from the latins-americans.
paula and marikana r great.
tomorrow stella is leaving for europe and im so sad. its very difficult for me. i wished that i could import her to isreal...
we watche a tango show a few days ago and it was amazing. the strong emotions in this music r incredible. its very sensual and difficult kind of dance but i still want to learn it.
i dont know where im going to live yet in buenos..

and i wanted to tell u two funny stories!
the first one is that rotem saw a cute guy in the metro so she asked him what time is it? and they talked and they didnt notice that the doors r closed so me stella, paula and a french guy were inside the train and rotem and the american guy missed it... i couldnt stop laughing. eventually we cameback to pick her up and the american guy went with us to the tango show.

the second story is that yesterday me and rotem came to her apartmant and we went down the staris when all of the sudden she started to scream. i really paniced and ran towards her when i realized that Tomer, a friend of mine from the army is staying in the same building. and not only him Eran and Reshef too. and guess what? Bini is coming on wednesday! so the world is so small

love u all
mayush

Buenos

2005-11-12T08:18:00.000-08:00

Hi guys
I am in Buenos Aires. The weather is good, and of course i met my absoloutly lovely, wonderful, funny, cute and charming friend Stella again which makes my more happy than you can imagine.
Ciao Maya

Ps actually this is STella writing this, Maya is taking an hour long shower (brings me back to the days of traveling with her, i had to wait for her a bit sometimes) . But i know she loves me, so.

fou do iguazu

2005-11-11T17:00:00.000-08:00

hola amigos!
im taking the bus of 17:45 to buenos aires. ill arrive at 11 am and im going to meet stella! finnaly!
fou do iguasu was amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it was the most beautiful place that i have ever been to. its so powerful! the watterfalls r just incredible. the wate doesnt stop coming!
i have to admit that the brazlian side is much more impressing.
so i dont have time i have to catch a bus...
love u all
im really excited about buenos...
maya

Argentina

2005-11-10T16:38:00.000-08:00

hola amigos!
im in argentina..............
i visited today fou de iguasu in the brazilian side. its amazing!
tomorrow im going to visit the argentinian side and in 17:45 i have a bus of 18 hours to buenos aires. ill arrive at sutarday at 11:00
i dont have a lot of time now so ill write about fou de iguasu in another chance,
im very excited to b in argentina but very sad to leave brazil
kisses
maya
gudny- mazal tov!

Curitimba

2005-11-09T12:00:00.000-08:00

hi amigos
im in curitimba now. i arrived here after a journy of 13 hours. we just spent here the day and in the night we take the night bus to fou de iguasu. i hope that tomorrow we will take the tour of the brazilian side and the day after tomorrow we will take the tour of the argentinian side. i hope to b in buenos really soon. im really sad to leave brazil...
Curitimba is a really nice place. it doesnt look like brazil. the people here r much less nice than in the north. the weather here is quite chili and raining sometimes. we just walk around and trying to pass the time.
im sending some pics.
mom- im going to call soon. send me an e mail!
urs maya

leaving rio

2005-11-08T12:11:00.000-08:00

hoi amigos e familia!
im leaving rio tonight for Curitimba. ill arive there in the morning spend the day over there and tomorrow night we (rotem and me) will take the night bus for fou de iguasu. so the day after tomorrow im in argentina! its very sad to leave brazil. my only comfort is that i might comeback after argentina.
so love u all
i know that i need to send pics. ill do it soon.
maya

rio de janiro

2005-11-07T16:46:00.000-08:00

hoi todos!
im in rio, i arrived around 9. i think that now the time differnce between here and israel is only 4 hours but im not sure. its raining as usual and after taking the bus and the flight im really tired and upset. im with rotem in the same room but i dont know where she is and im hungry!
i really want to leave cause i have already have been here for 8 days b4 so i think i want to leave for fou de iguasu tomorrow. and maybe to b with stella in her birthday... dont count on it stelush...
but i still need to talk to rotem.
by the way i called my friend tarso today and he is planning a big birthday party for me in february... so i think this is a big temptation for me to celebrate my birthday in salvador in the carnaval in brazil....
im already miss my friends from aracaju. and i start feeling very sad about leaving brazil in a few days. another reason to comeback for the carnaval...
love u a lot maya

rio

2005-11-07T07:36:00.000-08:00

hi...
thank u ben for the help. i have a flight from salvador to rio at 15:10. ill arrive at 18:10 to rio de jeniro. im suppose to meet rotem. i hope that she would still b there. and maybe we will leave to sao paulo.
urs maya

leaving for rio

2005-11-06T13:57:00.000-08:00

hi
im taking tomorrow the bus from aracaju at 5:am to salvador. i suppose to arrive to salvador at 9:00 am. then ill go to the airport and buy a ticket to the flight of 11 or 15:00 or at 17:30 to rio. i dont know yet which one im going to take. ill know when ill arrive. ill try to take the one of 11. its about 3 hours flight.
im suppose to stay with rotem´s family in ipanema, rio.
so ill keep update...
maya

aracaju

2005-11-05T17:35:00.000-08:00

hi my dear family and friends!
i left itakare after hardly four days. i would stay there forever learning to surf and dance kapuera and being there in the perfect beaches and parties. in the last night we went to a ragaui party with all the surfers...but what can i do.. argentina is waiting for me...
i went spontanicly to aracaju with my friend rafael for this weekend. today we went to his friend´s farm to train vacajada. i mean that he trained and i watched... its like rodeo just without the rope. u need to surround the animal between certain lines and its very dangerous and violence. so this farm is like in the movies. with cowboys and cowboys women... ill send pics really soon i hope.
so ill probably leave on monday for rio. im not sure yet...
love u all maya

itakare

2005-11-02T16:12:00.000-08:00

hoi amigos!
im in itakare, and its like heaven! ill send pics soon i hope. its a small town with a lot of surfers all over the world, and suprisely there arent a lot of israelis but a lot of scandinavians (stella ur blond brothers and sisters r here!)!
me refael and rotem r having fun. we were in parties for the last two days so we havent been in the beach proparly but we r planning to do it tomorrow. yesterday we were in a trance party, like rave. it was ossum! and then we watched at the sunrise, which was the most beautiful sunrise that i have ever seen.
the atmosphere here is really special. todo tranquila. everything is calm and the people r surffers or artists. and there a lot of brazilians tourist too.
the food is excelent and i dont want to leave. i want to stay in my private heaven. today we r going to a forro party which is good, cause i like to dance forro. a lot of people stay in itakare for a long time cause they take surfing lessons and kapuera lessons.
i hope maybe to take surfing lesoon myself...

by the way now i can share with all of u that i did piercing in my ears in aracaju. relax its the normal holes that everyboday has... but my dad didnt alow me doing that so im telling u only after he knows..
so take care...
i love u all...
mayush

going to itakare

2005-10-30T18:43:00.000-08:00

hoi amigos!
im about to leave maceio for itakare. we decided unfortunately to give up the north of brazil and start going down to the south of brazil. itakare suppose to b one of the best places in brazi. we gave up the north cause we dont have time. i want to take spanish lessons b4 anat is coming. but im thinking seriously about coming back for the carnaval.
the weekend in maceio was great. i havent slept a lot cause we were in an huge party but for some reason there were a lot of young people. frances beach was beautiful. but maceio was a disapointment. it wasnt that good. and now me rotem and refael r going to travel for almost 24 hours till we will get to itakare. i cant wait to b in the beach instead in buses. im really tired so ill write soon...
love u all!
maya

leaving aracaju

2005-10-27T17:01:00.000-07:00

hoi amigos!
im in aracaju and tomorrow we leave with our friends from aracaju, liberio and refael for maceio.
its suppose to b a beautiful city with nice beaches. and there is a big party on saturday that we can miss avcourse.
it was very nice to be in aracaju. liberio is hosting us and he and his mother r really nice. we met his grandmother and his father too. yesterday we went to dance forro, my third time! i really like to dance forro and my friends said that im quithe good at it too!
and guess what? today was my first surfing lesson! and im going to learn more in maceio! so im really glad. i hope that i can surf propartly really soon!
so beijos and have fun!
urs maya

aracaju

2005-10-25T17:52:00.000-07:00

hoi amigos!
im in aracaju, staying in the house of liberio, my friend. salvador was great as usuall but enough is enough. we met our friends- diego, katy fabricio.
yesterday i was alone in salvador but not really alone, i met diego and we tried to go to the museum but it was closed. and in the evening i went to an italian restaurant with tarso. so im never alone in brazil...

shapada diamantina

2005-10-23T11:24:00.000-07:00

hi friends and family!
hag samech!
im in salvador now after we visited the shapada. it was great! we hiked and saw beautiful waterfalls and great lakes.
we did a tour of 5 places and it was amazing. and we did omega!
we met a nice israeli couple whom we made friends of.
and in one day we hiked alone to some closed waterfall and natural swimming pool. there is waterfall like miglasha that u can slide on.
i really hope to leave salvador soon and to start travelling in the north of brazil.
im sad to b with out stella. but rotem is really nice and we r having fun
we want to visit aracaju again where we have been in the costume party cause we have been invited by out friends.
i think that i dont want to comeback only to do the psychometry. i think that i want to stay for the carnaval! but its still early to know and i need to think about it

urs maya

leaving to lencois

2005-10-18T14:55:00.000-07:00

hi....
today stella left me... its very sad i didnt realize that till she left. i asscored her to the airport cause she had a flight to sao paulo, and the saying good bye was like in the movies.
she is a great person!
now im travelling with a friend from the army- rotem.
i might convinced stella to come to israel in the summer!
and tonight we r leaving salvador for some national park, im really lazy nowdays 4 doning hiking but is suppose to b beautiful! its in lencois and we want to visit the shapada over there
so xxx maya

the weekend in vilo do atlantico

2005-10-17T08:29:00.000-07:00

hi guys!
im in salvador now and i dont know if im going tomorrow to lencions to see the shapada which suppose to b amazing or to continue to the north of brazil to b in some more beaches.
my money is running out but i still think that ill stay here 4 a while cause im having fun!
tomorrow stella is leaving us and im really sad cause she is a good friend and i love her and we have been traveling together 4 2,5 months! im glad that rotem is with me and we r planning to continue travelling together in brazil.
i plan to b in buenos aires, argentina in the middle of november cause i want to take spanish lessons 4 3 weeks and im planning meeting my friend ana and to travel with her and her friend yafit 4 the south of argentina and chile.

i wanted to tell u about my lovely weekend in vilo do atlantico. juliana, which is a friend of alemao which is a friend of my friends thiago and alixandre from brazilia invited us to celebrate her birthday with her and her friends in her beach house-= 30 min from salvador.
so on friday we were like 10 people and we ate japanese food and danced and talked and all of her friends r really nice. her house is fantastic and it has a swimming pool and barbique and a lot of rooms 4 her guests.
sabrina was with us too, our brazilian friend from brazilia.
in the morning we ate breakfast and then there was a pool party with a lot of people. there was churasco- a brazilian barbique and feijoda which is like hamin. we drank a lot of alcohol and in the evening there was a nice party in her house. i danced forro 4 the second time and im getting better. i have to admit that there isnt a lot of space between me and my partner.
afterwards we went to a costume party. i was indian and the party was really wild. it was less impressing thna the party in aracaju but it was still a lot of fun!
yesterday we ate breakfast together and in the evening we ate dinner and then we cameback to salvador...

so hag sameh!
love u all
maya

prhia do forte

2005-10-12T19:18:00.000-07:00

hi all of u
im in prahia do forte , brazil.
its a beautiful place with a gorgeus beach! and the most important thing is that its quiet here so after a long time without sleeping and only parting we have the chance to rest. we needed a vacation from our vacation.
we r invited for the weekend to a beach house party including a costume party of our friend juliana! so its very cool. we need to buy a costume... its the second costume party in 1 week!
and sadly im trying to get used to the fact that stella is leaving us probably on monday...
so gmar hatima tova everybody and som kal!
xxxx
maya

aracaju

2005-10-10T18:18:00.000-07:00

hi dear family and friends!
On friday we came back to Salvador and spent one night here. For the weekend we planned to go with our salvador friend Tarso to Aracaju, a city in the north, for a costume party. They are very popular in Brazil. He couldnt take us in his car so on saturday we were picked up by a friend of a friend of a friend of his brother! he drove us to Aracaju, and there he took us to a birthday dinner at his friends place. Brasilians are so amazing, they welcomed us, that is 3 gringas who are friends of the brother of a friend of a friend of a friend, and helped us with costumes and to buy tickets. I love brazilians, they are the friendliest people in the world. So we had a cool dinner and then Tarso picked us up and we got dressed for the party. I was a hipi. then we went to one of the biggest party i have seen, with thousands of people. And aparently the comstuem competition was to wear as little as possible but still look like you have a costume. one guy costmue was to be naked!Today i am back in salvador, i plan to leave for a beatiful beach for couple of days either itacare or praia de forte tomorrow. then we will return to salvador for a big 2 days birthday party in a beach house close to salvador. A friend of mine Juliana, a girl from here, invited us.Big kiss everybody
maya

aracaju

2005-10-10T18:10:00.000-07:00

hi my lovely friends...
On friday we came back to Salvador and spent one night here. For the weekend we planned to go with our salvador friend Tarso to Aracaju, a city in the north, for a costume party. They are very popular in Brazil. He couldnt take us in his car so on saturday we were picked up by a friend of a friend of a friend of his brother! he drove us to Aracaju, and there he took us to a birthday dinner at his friends place. Brasilians are so amazing, they welcomed us, that is 3 gringas who are friends of the brother of a friend of a friend of a friend, and helped us with costumes and to buy tickets. I love brazilians, they are the friendliest people in the world. So we had a cool dinner and then Tarso picked us up and we got dressed for the party. I was a hipi.. then we went to one of the biggest party i have seen, with thousands of people. And aparently the comstuem competition was to wear as little as possible but still look like you have a costume. one guy costmue was to be naked!Today i am back in salvador, i plan to leave for a beatiful beach for couple of days either itacare or praia de forte tomorrow. then we will return to salvador for a big 2 days birthday party in a beach house close to salvador. A friend of mine Juliana, a girl from here, invited us. by the way, we were invited 4 3 different parties in the weekend and we needed to choose...
Big kiss everybody
gmar hatima tova
p.s. u can write a common in the bottom of my message. just click common
maya

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2005-10-06T10:21:00.000-07:00

u can write me some message in the guest book if u want too. just click sign guest book and not only guest book.

Morro de Sao Paulo

2005-10-06T09:58:00.000-07:00

hi dear family and friends!
first of all i wish u all happy new year! sahna tova vemetuka!
i wish u all to have a sweat year like my last 4 months of travelling!
we left salvador after spending 6 amazing days over there in the sun and in the beach and in a lot of parties.. i know that u r tired of me saying that but im just inlove in this country! and with this people.
we r in morro sao paulo now. this is an amazing island. its very beautiful here. i sent u some pics.
and i met here my dearest friend Rotem, a friend of mine from the army that i was suppose to fly with to s. america. so she decided to join me and stella and now we travell the 3 of us. and i convinced stella to travel with me 4 more time in the north of brazil. thats means that she wont have a lot of time in argentina but who can leave me ... by the way me and stella r travelling toghther 4 2 months already!
so in morro sao paulo the scedule is really diffucult. we r going to the beach every day and then going out in the evening. i even have some tan!
i celebrated the new year eve here with other 30 israelies. it was really nice. i thought that im gonna celabrate it only with my `goya` friend but appearntly there a lot of israelies here. it was nice we ate apple with honey and there was music in hebrew and we drank and danced and the whole island came to watch the crazy israelies. but after that i felt that it was good 4 the holiday but i dont want to b with israelies any more- accept of rotem avcourse. cause its not really fun to hear hebrew all the time and the locals say to me shalom and sababa egozim (words in hebrew). yesterday we went to an amazing concert of african music with drums and a very good music and atmosphere. we had fun- u can see that in the pics.
by the way the brazilians r dancing all the time. im already used to that that in the beach some locals dance Kapueera and playing music and singins. cause Bahia is the state of africam music. by the way the Samba is origanaly from bahia but Rio de Jeniro stole it from them...
and i really want to take some lessons in dancing Forro and even maybe to learn how to surf.
so i wish u all shana tova
love u
take care
maya

The Brazilian way

2005-10-06T09:53:00.000-07:00

hi dear family and friends...
today i want to tell u about the brazilian way of living
In my journey through Brazil i have met and made friends with many Brasilians, they are just amazing people. For exemple Leo in Sao Paulo hosted us, spent all her time with us and showed us the city. All her friends took us with open arms. She really made us feel welcome. Then after Rio we flew to Brasilia where we were hosted by my friend Thiago , and Alexandre, Juliana and Syu, and all there other friend also spent all the time with us, showed us around, thought us forro, and were so welcoming. When we went to Salvador a friend of them Alemao phoned his friend in Salvador, Juliana and she took us out. These people are just the friendliest people I have met in my life. They really know how to make you feel welcome.Also when we are lost or having some problems someone will walk up to us, without us asking, and check if we need help. For exemple the other day we took a bus and didnt know where to get off so we asked one guy to tell us. When we came to a busstop 5 different people that we hadnt asked for help told us: you have to get off here.People here are also generally in shape and good looking. They are also happy, laugh all the time, dance and takecare of their friends.
Then there is the flirting, when you go out here it is very normal to kiss somebody in the club, and some people kiss more then one in the evening. The brasilian men in general act very fast, they invite you to dance (and here the man can really dance, normally great hip movements) sometimes they talk a little, and usually after 2-3 minutes they try to kiss you. If you dont kiss them they usually leave and after a little while you see them dancing or kissing another girl. This has happened a couple of times to me and Stella. One time a guy had been flirting with me, and i refused to kiss him after exactly 4 sentences of talking, then he left and kissed another girl in front of me, about 9 meters from me, then came back to me 5 minutes later to flirt with me again, i dont think so buddy. When i talked about it with some male friends here they say, ah its the brasilian way, if a guy does that just kiss somebody else, or even better kiss his friend. Hum, very interesting. Aparently in the carnival it is normal to kiss 20-30 people in one evening. It goes like this: somebody loooks at you,if you look back you want to kiss him so he kisses you. So if you dont want a kiss you have to walk with men all the time or dont look at anybody.

salvador

2005-10-01T19:19:00.000-07:00

ok so we r still in salvador. we r spending our days in the beach and usually we r going out every night so we dont sleep a lot... the breakfast syndrom... the paying 4 the hostel include breakfast so we have to wake up 4 it cause we paid 4 it no?
the brazilians r amazing! every day we r hanging out with brazilians! today we met on the beach two amazing brazilians guys who invited us to come with them to a queer party. but then some guy who we met in some party called and asked us to come with him to a party cause he has 2 free female entences. so its nice that we had a lot of offeres and we had to decide! life is really difficult in s.america.
about rosh hashana ill probably b in morro sao paulo which suppose to b an amazing beach! so ill make a toast with my "goya" friend stella. but who cares if the next year is going to b amazing as the last 4 months i cant really complain.
so i need to go... the guy need to pick us up....
ill write soon...
love u all
and happy new year- shana tova!
maya

salvador

2005-09-29T14:36:00.000-07:00

Brazilia
hi dear family and friends
Me and stella had a really good time in Brasilia, we stayed with Thiago and his mother Ana. The brasilians really know how to be hosts and how to make you feel welcome. We spent most of the time with Thiago, his girlfriend Juliana and Alexandre and Sue. They are really sweet all of them and took us out most of the time and showed us around. The have alot of friends that are lovely.The first night (thursday) we went to a pub called UK-Brazlil and then to a Forro club. Forro is a type of music from north Brazil that has a great rythm but allows absolutly no space between people, but personal space really isnt an issue for people here.The second day we went swimming in a nice park, Parke de Cidade. In the evening we went to Maiugo bar and ate Brazilian food, carne seca]The third day we ate tradiciional food, feijoada and did a tourist tour and saw the tower, cathedral, the parlament and supreme court. Brasilia is the capital and has a lot of organisation and all the goverment buildings. We also saw Lulas house (the president)and a very beautiful bridge.On sunday we went to a place in the national parque, it is called Pocco azul, and has a beautiful waterfal. We jumped from like 7 meters into the water and it was great. Poor me i didnt lend very well, i landed on my ass and i still today have a great bluemark on my ass. It is very funny.We then went to a Brazilian barbeque at Julianas house and the food was great.On monday we did a lot of reading and used the internet and in the evening had a last dinner with everybody. We ate pizzas at a great place, where you eat as you can for one price and the best part was in the end when we ate pizza with chocolate (believe me it is excellent) The food in Brazil is so GOOD.We were very sad to leave.Now we are in Salvador and the weather is great and so are the beaches. but we still miss our friends in Brasilia.

Salvador

Hello my friendsI am now in the North East of Brazi, Salvador. I had a fabulous time in Brasilia.
its very nice here in salvador. in the first night we went out with 2 guys to see the center of the city. the city is devided to 2 parts. if u want to go to the downtown u need to take the elevator! its very funny! we have seen a live shows of samba in the street and a nice show of drumbs. we tried to dance with the locals.
in the second day we went to the beach! finnally im in the sun! and brazil is brazil- people r dancing in the beach and practising capuera- a kind of brazilian dance. and a 9 years old boy tried to hit with me... they sure learn fast. and everyone tell me- bonita and bella and i get a lot of atention. the funny thing is that they think that im brazilian! they think that im from the south of brazil (when they have a lot of white people).
our brazilians friends from brazilia talked to their friend Juliana who lives in salvador to take care of us and to show us around. when we didnt call her, they wrote me an e mail and they asked why dont u call her she is aspecting to ur call! but this is brazil im not suprised anymore...
so tonight we r going out with her and an argentinian girl that we met in our hostal- hostel barra
and another brazilian girl that we met in the flight from brazilia to salvador.
so i love u all and im inlove in this country...
xxx maya

My webjournal

2005-09-26T14:48:00.000-07:00

Hello my friends

This is my new webjournal. In the future you can always read about my activities here so no more group emails.

I am still in Brasilia but tomorrow i will fly to Salvador with Stella

I will write more later

Love Maya