Tag: Santa Catarina

  • Aranha Grande, Penha, Brasil

    A Aranha Grande, Penha, Santa Catarina, Brasil

    With a sassy attitude, girl-next-door good looks and legion of rabid fans, Aranha Grande is fast becoming the most popular arthropop-star in the Americas. The leggy luminary has wowed the New World with hit songs such as God is a Spider, Dangerous Spider, 34+35=Spider and Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m A Spider.

    Not a whole lot of variety, sure, but pretty good for an overgrown arachnid.

    Residing within Beto Carrero World, the largest fun park in South America and most popular tourist attraction in Southern Brasil, Ms Grande is far from the only Big Thing in Penha. A giant gorilla, sizeable snake and colossal cowboy hat (with boots!) are also on display in the park. O Milkshake Grande is nearby, too, if you’re thirsty for more Bigs.

    Forever on the cutting edge of fashion, this diva is know to change her look regularly. Until recently she presented herself as a jet-black tarantula, but now sports a trendy orange tinge. I guess she orders her outfits on the World Wide Web.

    Recently the paparazzi have snapped her with a rugged country boy from the Aussie outback. No, not me, the incomparable Itsy Bitsy. Honestly, please stop spidering on them. They deserve their privacy!

    Apparently many visitors to the park mistake Aranha for a similarly-named human pop star, and are disappointed to find an enormous eight-legged freak rather than a diminutive American starlet. Oh well, let me know when that other famous Grande can catch and devour a mouse!

  • O Grande Pino de Boliche, Curitibanos

    O Grande Pino De Boliche, Curitibanos, Santa Catarina, Brasil

    He gets knocked down, but he gets up again
    You’re never gonna keep him down!

    The Brasileiros are gutter-ly in love with Big Things, and this striking stud was right up my alley. In fact, I was totally bowled over by this perky pinhead!

    The four-metre-tall Tenpin lives outside the delightful Boliche Beer House in Curitibanos, Santa Catarina, where cerveja and sensational service flow freely. To a stirring soundtrack of funk carioca favourites, I enjoyed two games of bowling for a very reasonable price, and found the pão de queijo to be absolutely scrumptious. Yes, I was cheesed by the food!

    Curitibanos is a sleepy regional city that’s never going to rival Rio de Janeiro as a tourist destination, but is worth visiting to experience everyday life in southern Brasil. But who am I kidding, the highlight for me was meeting this bright white delight!

    It was a frame I couldn’t spend more time with this in-ten-se individual and I was bowling my eyes out when I had to leave. Honestly, though, I’ll spare you the details ???

    Alright, alright, I promise I won’t make any more lane jokes, so it’s time for me to split!