Yesterday I got home from my trip to the beach. Finally I got to see the beach in Brazil.
It was so much fun.
All of Brazil's students go to this one beach, and they have concerts and luaus and hang out in the sun. And it's the best.
The bus ride there is almost 16 hours long, so that was not so good, but it didn't feel like 16 hours at all because everyone was being crazy. There were like 40 kids from my school who went, and everyone was playing guitar, singing, making a mess. So it was not unbearable. We arrived there in Porto Seguro, and I was so ecstatic . I hadn't seen the ocean for years. I think sense my trip to Costa Rica. Minus seeing the ocean in Seattle, but that is cold ocean, and is not the same. Everyone on the bus got up, and was looking out the windows, it was exciting.
Our hotel was not as nice as it had seemed in photos, but it was still in a really good location (10 minutes walking to the beach), and in reality, we were only there to take a shower and sleep (which equals only like 4 hours per day).
Every night there was something going on. There were shows of the famous artists of Brazil, there were luaus, trances, parties. It was great. There was not one night that I spent bored. Not one.
During the day I went to the beach. Pretty much this. I usually woke up around 9am, but only because I had to get my free breakfast. and after, everybody would go to the beach, get a table all together, have a coconut, swim in the ocean, and talk. It was the good life.
There were so many people from my city, that I could walk around the beach for 15 minutes and be certain to see someone I knew. Everyone was nice, and everyone was there to have a good time, so it was just fun.
The beach was pretty. Not gorgeous, but pretty. Porto Seguro is not known for its beauty, but everyone goes there anyway because its so happy and fun. It's a yellow sand beach, with palms. the streets are clean for the most part, and the architecture is...well it's touristy. All mixed styles. On the beach there are more vendors then there are tourists, and that is a lot. But they don't really bother you. That is, they don't pressure you if you say no, they just move on. But there were people selling anything you can possibly make out of a coconut. Jewelry, purses, keychains, everything. There were people doing henna, and braiding hair. People selling all kinds of different foods. One popular food from Porto Seguro is called....I forgot the name, but it is like a corn bread..not really a bread because its fried in oil, but that bread, and shrimp and peppers. its really good. Corn on the cob is a popular thing to eat too, but its different from the corn in the US. Here its a lot more salty and more course. I like the US corn more.
When it was time to leave the hotel, I didn't want to go. Porto Seguro was so good. It was perfect. Ocean, relaxing, just having fun. But I was really tired. When I got home, I was happy to be home. I missed my family here, which is nice to know. I really like them a lot. I bought each of them a little gift from Porto Seguro, I think they liked it.
I'm coming up on 3 months. Still not speaking fluently, but its better for sure. On the trip I could have conversations with people, and it was so cool. I knew what was going on, which was nice. I'm improving. I just was expecting this to be a little bit easier then it has been.
I'll be starting a class with a English student here next week, and hopefully that will improve my Portuguese a little more.
Well, I have bunches of pictures up on my photo website of my trip, if you wanna go check them out. http://picasaweb.google.com/sommerbrazil
tchau!
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