Four trips to the loo later she realised that a half or full day trip was not on the cards!
She persuaded Pete to go alone and he went to breakfast (the best buffet table so far) and returned with a slice of toast.
Then he got sorted for Sylvano arriving at 09:30. He needed to get his wallet out of the safe, so quickly put in the code to lock it and off he went.
Alison gave him suggestions for shopping and reminded him to get some water.
Anyway Alison got showered and dress and managed to sit in the shade by the pool by about 11:00.
The butterflies sitting on the decking and things that are three time the size of ants are crawling around, some with huge leaves on their backs. The birds are chirping away, but remain hidden.
Alison managed about an hour and a half by the pool and then went back to the cool of the veranda, where she could study the wildlife in the forest outside.
Pete was juggling the video and still cameras, but Sylvano helped out by taking photos of Pete at various points. Obviously tomorrow he will be pressed into service to take some photos of Alison on the Brazilian side. Because of the winter floods, the walkway to Devil's throat was closed, but fortunately we will get a good view of that tomorrow. The tour concluded with lunch at the falls and they set off back at about 13:30.
Just about 14:00 Pete arrived back with his stories of his amazing trip to the falls. He also confirmed that tomorrow start is at 09:00, because that is 10:00 Brazil time.
He put the photos on the Netbook whilst we both had a cup of Earl Grey. He suggested that Alison should have chilled out on the hammock, but then realised she would probably have tipped over the balustrade and fallen 6 feet into the jungle! We went down to the pool and had a cooling swim when it had cleared of youngsters. back to the room for another spa bath and then to watch some more video, Pete finishing off last night's bottle of Malbec and Alison staying on the water.
En route to the restaurant tonight we must try to check-in for the flights tomorrow in the Internet cabin. Can't believe its that time already, but the bible says it is, so it must be true.
So to check-in we expect we will need our passport details yet again, so Pete went to retrieve them from the safe./ He entered the code,but the door refused to open, so he put it in again and the door stayed firmly closed. It must have been that in his sleepy stupor this morning he entered a different code to close it.
So off to reception with tail between legs ;
"Ah the safe for Anahi - that is upstairs, so we will get it tomorrow"
"But we leave at 09:00 tomorrow!"
"We will see what we can do"
Meanwhile we located a photocopy of our passports so proceeded to check-in at the (Portuguese) TAM website. Check-in on-line not possible (At least that's what we thought the Portuguese said.)
So it will have to be at the airport after all.
We both had a fairly light dinner ; Catfish Alison was thinking of her little catfish in the aquarium, but it seems this one was bigger. Once again no room for desserts.
As we returned to our room we were met by a kind staff member who unlocked the safe - which will stay unlocked! Panic over for tonight.
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