Lisa´s two cents:
Seriously where have Scott and Lisa Zengel gone?!? The Scott and Lisa that you all know, the Scott and Lisa who are active, productive, high-energy, etc etc... where are they?! It has been 6 weeks now since we have made it to Brazil and it has changed us! We spend our days lazying around the beach, perhaps we may open a book, perhaps we will just stare at the waves. No we have not taken up smoking, good try. We have finally reached a point of complete and utter relaxation.
We have just spent 6 days at a beach town called Itacare. The town is made up of a bunch of touristy restaurants which turn into bars with live music at night. One bar even played a mix of American music and Brazilian, which was pretty sweet. There are 5 beaches here, and we basically just rotate from one beach to the next depending on the surf and direction of the sun. We took a day trip with our friend Carrie (from Oakland... small world, small world) to another amazing beach one day and Scott tried to surf one day (the waves here are seriously huge).
Other than that... beach, swim, sunset, repeat.....
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| View from the top of our hike |
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| Our pirate ship |
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| Stunning |
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| To surf or skate, that is the question! |
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| Rough commute to work |
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| Tip of the island |
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| Sunset at Barra Grande |
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| Scott has become an amazing surfer |
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| Peace |
Scott´s version:
The Brazilian beach tour continues...
Of course, as you all know, we are chasing summer and I think we're close to the end of it. Our perfect beach weather has started to make it's way into South American fall. Let's just say that it's not cold but it has gotten a bit more rainy...
Lisa and I have perfected our beach bumming, full well knowing that is dream can't last forever, and it is in fact coming close to the end. We spend over a week in Itacare just hanging out, relaxing, and visiting beautiful beaches!
The next beach spot that we visited is definitely at the top of our most amazing beach list! The peninsula of Barra Grande (pronounced Ba-ha Gran-ge!) was a last minute addition before we headed down to Rio...and it was simply amazing. Imagine staying in an intimate three room bed and breakfast steps away from one of the most beautiful beaches in Brazil. The Spanish owner, Carolina, was super nice and we really chill. She's the typical story that you hear about someone getting sick of the corporate grind (she was a VP of Marketing in Madrid) and escaping to a beach paradise..she's truly living the dream! She would bring breakfast just outside our room(of course you can hear the waves crash while you are going to sleep every night!) with fresh mangos or papayas, delicious coffee, and to top it off...she would ask if we wanted coconut juice and her boyfriend would climb the palm tree, cut down some coconuts, and bring the fresh coconut water to our table. Does it get any better than this?? Life is good...
I tried my hand at a little more surfing while we were there and have realized that I just need to spend more time at warm surf beaches so that I can become an expert! Enjoy the pictures, this is the last of our Brazilian beach adventure...sad!
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| Checking out the waves |
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| Fresh papaya, mango and melon for breakfast |
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