2 March Our last bit of time in Campinas was really fun, it was very sad to leave (although i more and more think i might come back...) On Thursday afternoon when we´d done the morning´s work we walked into town to get some shopping, and on Friday got the fire going and made a great big version of the Be Good Soup, a big pot of chai, & baked plantain with chocolate & canela. It all went down very well and they told us we weren´t allowed to leave, we started to feel the time limit dig in a bit. Only a month left now really! There was a tarantula on the kitchen floor, we were all looking at it so i knew it was there, but I went to get Veronica a cup of chai and completely forgot about the arana until I saw the look on Ash´s face- apparently I stood on it bu I didn´t even notice! Graca did our Mayan calendar and Chinese numerology thingies for us- I was really happy as I´ve been confused about mine for ages... I am a Dragao Elétrico Vermelho and Ash is a Macaco Solar Azul and it turns out we´re dead opposite each other on the chart- so that means apparently we´re supposed to get on really well and complement each other perfectly and all this other stuff (which we could have told you ages ago obviously, but hey hey) After dinner I went for a walk by myself... The thing is I usually REALLY need some alone time! But me and Ash get on so fine I´ve never really felt pushed so haven´t bothered, but it turned out to be just what I needed, it was lovely to set out into the night with a brilliant torch made from a candle and a tin can, and process my thoughts, while I had a little star gaze and natter to myself (these things are importrant!!) Had some wishes on shooting stars and a little paddle in the river, wondered if anyone back home could see the same stars as me :) Lit the wee willy winky again and wondered back home feeling even better than before :) On Saturday we waved our goodbyes at the farm (after getting some of the salvia we dried to send back to our friends:) ) and dawdled into Capao like little snails, and sat down on the pavement with some rastas and their wares and spent the rest of the day dancing on the street with our rasta friends, various friends and Capao faces coming apst and getting goodbye hugs through the day. We caught a jeep at 8 to Palmeiras and a coach to Lencois, and dragged ourselves up the road to Woshington`s pousada that we stayed in last time (we were considering staying in one closer to the bottom of the hill but Woshington`s has such good breakfast!) Sunday we spent exploring Lencois- after dithering around town for a bit bumped into some more friends from the pousada and impulsively went with them to the waterfall nearby... It was really good, to get to the waterfall you have to walk up the river bed, past peoples multicoloured washing spread out to dry on the rocks and past all these deep deep holes, the rock was really weird there, a conglomerate which had been washed extremely smooth, so it was like spotty and slippy and quite fun for sliding down :) These deep holes, that the river flowed from one of to the next, were deep enough that you could leap off all the jutted bits overhanging, I was the only one who wanted to though! the others just stood around waiting, so i had to go loads of times in quick succession so as not to keep them, and then walk back- they`re mad though because it was brilliant! The hole carries on going straight down with perfectly smooth sides underwater, so you can jump from as high as you like from the rocks around it and when you get under the water you just slide down this tunnel! Ok I can`t quite decribe it, but it was lovely stuff.