Maracaipe / Porto de Galinhas
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Hey All... we have spent the past three days on this costal town called Maracaipe and it is fantastic! It is a tiny town with only two dirt roads and a labrynth of back alleys. We scored a rental unit off a local and have been paying $40 a night for our own little apartment with ACon in the bedroom (thank goodness :D), just a stones throw from the beach. Andrew rented a surf board, and I spent the outrageous amount of 15$ US on a book and we have been hitting the beaches. Today was particularly nice because we rented an umbrella, chairs and table for $1 an hour. It was a great setup because the peddlers come to you, food, jewlery, the random small sailing ship or vase :D haha... and most importantly all you have to do is look up and a cold beer is delivered post haste! It was lovely... almost too lovely as we are both a little red from enjoying it too long! lol
Although we have been staying in Maracaipe, Porto de Galinhas is the biggest city next door (only 3km away) and I use the term "biggest" rather loosely as it is still a small town. Porto is mostly just a tourist town with shops and restaurants, and TONS of peddlers peddling everything from "incense" (we think it was a covert term meaning weed lol) to oysters. Its biggest draw are these tide pools that are revealed during late morning low tides, something we hope to check out tomorrow...and the other FAB thing about this town is the cheap bikinis! I broke down and bought two today for only 30$ US and they actually do not look like they might fall apart if I wear them in the water! lol Andrew has also promised to "go local" and buy a pair of "budgie smugglers" (in other words euro speedos) so we will really blend in...that is after our red tan lines go away! lol :D Tomorrow though we will be saying goodbye and heading back to Salvador...it will not be all sad though, as my mom is arriving Sunday and I am very excited for that! :D
Yes I really am talking into a big blue chicken! haha Porto de Galinhas actually translates to mean "Port of Chickens"...so all over the city they have these chicken statues and phones, it is pretty funny looking. But really the name Porto de Galinhas was named for something not so funny...according to local history this port is where the local brasilians smuggeled a lot of african slaves into the country, and mostly underneath chicken coops...hense the name...sounds pretty awful to me. :(
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nimbinferal/sets/72157600222633635/
Hey All... we have spent the past three days on this costal town called Maracaipe and it is fantastic! It is a tiny town with only two dirt roads and a labrynth of back alleys. We scored a rental unit off a local and have been paying $40 a night for our own little apartment with ACon in the bedroom (thank goodness :D), just a stones throw from the beach. Andrew rented a surf board, and I spent the outrageous amount of 15$ US on a book and we have been hitting the beaches. Today was particularly nice because we rented an umbrella, chairs and table for $1 an hour. It was a great setup because the peddlers come to you, food, jewlery, the random small sailing ship or vase :D haha... and most importantly all you have to do is look up and a cold beer is delivered post haste! It was lovely... almost too lovely as we are both a little red from enjoying it too long! lol
Although we have been staying in Maracaipe, Porto de Galinhas is the biggest city next door (only 3km away) and I use the term "biggest" rather loosely as it is still a small town. Porto is mostly just a tourist town with shops and restaurants, and TONS of peddlers peddling everything from "incense" (we think it was a covert term meaning weed lol) to oysters. Its biggest draw are these tide pools that are revealed during late morning low tides, something we hope to check out tomorrow...and the other FAB thing about this town is the cheap bikinis! I broke down and bought two today for only 30$ US and they actually do not look like they might fall apart if I wear them in the water! lol Andrew has also promised to "go local" and buy a pair of "budgie smugglers" (in other words euro speedos) so we will really blend in...that is after our red tan lines go away! lol :D Tomorrow though we will be saying goodbye and heading back to Salvador...it will not be all sad though, as my mom is arriving Sunday and I am very excited for that! :D
These are the "jadanga" boats they use to ferry the tourists back and forth from the beach out to the tide pools during low tide. Kind of a mix between a windsurf and a sail boat.
Yes I really am talking into a big blue chicken! haha Porto de Galinhas actually translates to mean "Port of Chickens"...so all over the city they have these chicken statues and phones, it is pretty funny looking. But really the name Porto de Galinhas was named for something not so funny...according to local history this port is where the local brasilians smuggeled a lot of african slaves into the country, and mostly underneath chicken coops...hense the name...sounds pretty awful to me. :(posted by Heather at
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