Beach soccer, brazilian bikinis...

Everything's changed now...we are finally on the Brazilian coast and outside the Amazonian area! It was very cool but after 20 days of giant mosquitos, ants, and unbearable humidity, it was time to get out of there and get some ocean & sun.

We bused down last night 12 hours to a colonial beach town called Sao Luis... What we didn't expect is for there to be soooo much life on a Sunday morning... The whole vibe is different down here, starting with cool ass brazilian reggae, strong sun, fresh ocean breeze, very small bikinis ( I mean very small ;-)), powerful caipirhinias, and people that just want to have fun...

Seriously, we basically got off the bus at 7AM this morning after an all night drive, searched for a hotel and decided to walk on the beach, people already had music, drinks, were laughing and shouting, playing soccer, parasailing, you name it... AND ALL by 9AM... We actually joked about it that maybe this was carried on from the party last night!! Apparently that is a different crowd, they were home by 7AM and will not be on the beach until about 1 PM this afternoon! That is according to the beach restaurant bar we are now at!

All we can say is that we plan to really start to chill out in this part of the country.

We were told of the greatest place on the coast that is another 10 hours south of here.

We have decided to leave first thing tomorrow ( monday) morning for this place. There are huge dunes that you can sand surf, para sailing that gets you to the fastest speeds on the Atlantic, caipoera class that really allow and support foreigners to learn this art form, a night life that rivals any other town or city, and hopefully more sports and fun.

We had wanted to upload a 10 minute video of our entire experience of the Amazon time we just had, and hope to have it soon!

Paula is waiting for me to finish my 2nd caipirhina ( by the way, our time now is 2 hours ahead of NYC time, so its not that early to drink!)

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