From: Ankur Shah To: brazil-pro@gotog.net Date: Sep 13, 2004 - 12:35pm mid september on the island 1. we have an address Pousada "O BIGODE" Poste Restante Correio do Mar Grande Vera Cruz CEP 44470000 BRAZIL 2. we still dont have a phone 3. kevin and amanda arrived, somewhat safely. maybe they~ll tell you about it. 4. we had our first guests last night and woke up _sem cachaca_ 5. the painting has begun. 6. photos to come as soon as we reconcile coconuts and technology. - captain bigode {{ and then }} From: Ankur Parsons To: brazil-pro@gotog.net Date: Sep 13, 2004 - 12:36pm can you guys, for just a moment, restrain from tendencies toward cryptic lyricism, and let me know what the fuck is going on down there? are you guys running an inn? wtf?!? and what's with NYE? confused as always, Alex {{ and then }} From: Chris Holmes To: Alex Parsons Date: Sep 13, 2004 - 12:38pm I'll take this one, Alex. I lack the ability to write in any lyricism, let alone the cryptic style. We have managed to rent a pousada. An 'inn' if you will. It has 8 full bedrooms, all with baths. Four each on the middle and top floors. There's also an office on the middle floor. There is bed space for about 25 people. For new years we will fill this up. We also have a huge kitchen and bar/restaurant area on the ground floor, where we will throw fatty parties. December is the time to come and party, leading up to NYE. It's totally high season on our little island, partying in the streets. We've heard that you don't sleep much during that month. Prices go up more than 10 fold for the 5 days around New Years, and we're basically reserving our whole pousada for our friends. So everyone and anyone should show up. New Years is also the most expensive time to get here, but we should have extra room at most any time people feel like coming down. As for 'running' the pousada, we still have a lot of work to clean it up, but a few of our crew are definitely interested in trying to run it. Definitely the restaurant and bar area should be bumping during the high season, and we may rent out a few rooms as well. We shall see, but it looks promising. We will try to get pictures up sometime soon, but have been having issues with offloading from my camera. But things are coming together, and we have tons of space for you all to come on down. Any other questions from the gallery? Much love, Chris