I felt like I was going to faint in the last week. Last night I woke up and I went to the loo. When I was by the toilet door, I lost consciousness for about three seconds and I strongly banged my head on the door frame. Now I have a wound on my forehead... It might be that my body is reacting to the climate change or maybe the fact that I don't eat enough, although what I eat is very healthy food.

Yesterday I went with Geraldo to Santo Antonio, to a weekend house of his flatmate Junior. Junior works for the police; he has a very good relationship with a very important judge in Porto Seguro and can do "things" for people, if they need them... So socialising is necessary. I had a good time in Santo Antonio with all the people I met. In the evening somebody threw an idea of going to Belmonte, a town located 35 km from Santo Antonio. I met some other (all Portugese speaking) people, including the Mayor of Belmonte. The guys got drunk and a very drunk Mayor of Belmonte gave us lift back. At one point I thought: no other way of travelling would give me this great opportunity to have insight into the real life of Brazilian people, poor and rich, just me and them all the time.... amazing. In the picture with Jakeline, Junior's girlfriend who decided to dump him after five years together because he doesn't give her enough attention any more. I was surprised that she was talking so openly about it at the table, in front of everyone... including Junior.