The last couple of days have not been too exciting. I got off the boat in Belem a coastal town and needed to start meaking my way to Rio. So I spent 1 night in Belem. Everyone was there from the boat, and everyone was arranging to go in different directions. The day we arrived the first thing on the list to do was to eat veggies. So we found a good per kilo restaurant and and loaded up on the salads and other veggies. After that I found the bus terminal and bought a ticket to Fortaleza, discovering that buses in Brazil are really expensive and they take forever! I know it is a big country and all, but Belem and Fortaleza are only about 700-800km apart and it takes 24 hours by bus -- that is a little crazy!!! oh well -- I got over that quickly and headed back too the central part of the city (btw-- all bus terminals here seem to be on the outskirts of the cities). The I walked around checking out an old church and the fort built years ago during the rubber boom by the Portugese.
That evening a bunch of us met up to go for some drinks. It was a good relaxing time. We ended up in some crazy part of town at a really nice place, and I felt very underdressed, but it was fun.
The next day I hopped on the bus for Fortaleza, 25 hours later after touring half of Brazil (I´m sure), the bus arrived.
Fortaleza is really just a stopover town, but it is the first ocean beach I have been to on this trip, so I did enjoy a nice swim and a good battering by the waves on my way out :) I need to work on my timing of my exits from the waves.
Next stop (after another 24 hour bus ride leaving tomorrow evening) is Salvador.
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