The mosquitos are abundant. There is nothng to do. The town closes from about 11:30 to about 2:30 for lunch. Yet, this, to me, is paradise. I don't think any of you would like it here, so don't come! I'm keeping my location a secret because I don't want anyone else to know about it. If I could, I'd live here half of the year and live in NY for the other half. (Actually, I could.....)
I'm paying for internet use here and am pinching pennies because I decided to extned my stay here by a week, which cuts into my free housing options in Salvador, so this will be short. But here are the highlights of my daily plans:
1. Wake up early and go to the paneria for cafe damanha (an egg sandwich with cafe com leite)
2. Put on a bikini and sunblock and go to the beach.
3. Walk for hours and hours, jumping in the ocean whenever it gets too hot.
4. Come back to town while the sun is strongest and fill up on a delicious lunch of fish or shrimp, rice, beans and salad.
5. Lay in the hammock at my pousada after lunch and read while waiting for my belly to go back to normal size.
6. Go back to the beach to have aqua de coco and walk in the other direction.
7. Take the cute local capoeirista up on his offer to accompany me on my walk.
8. Watch the sunset, play capoeira on the beach and lay in the sand.
9. Go to the town center while the local capoeira group trains and watch through the open window and sing along with the roda.
10. Eat a small dinner of aracaje or bread and cheese and peach juice.
11. Learn how to dance forro Bahia-style and walk out to the end of the peir to watch the stars coat the sky after dark, then sit on the rocks that line the shore and talk with my new friends.
12. Discover that a mosquito net over a bed works perfectly.
13. Wonder how I'1ll ever leave.
Ahhhhh.
Let's do it! live there 1/2 the year, in NY the other half. COME BACK!
ReplyDeleteNo. I would miss you way too much if you lived in Brazil for half the year. Sorry! Love, Mom
ReplyDeleteWhen your mom says no that means you definitely need to do it!
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