I'm a loser

Apparently, according to Murilo, when one spends all their time at the beach, floating on boats, going to the cinema, and doesn't know what day of the week it is, that person is a loser. I prefer to think of it as temporarily retired.

Mariana and I spent a wonderful day living up our loser status floating around the little bay here that is created by coral reefs. We went out on a boat run by one of the bar/restaurants along the water, Lopana, and the boat drove from "piscina natural" (natural pool created by a small coral reef) to piscina natural. I saw my first one-piece here, had my first conversation

with "strangers" (aka new friends) who didn't speak

english all by myself, and got my first sun burn this summer (who needs sunscreen on their butt? Apparently I do.) It was a great THURSDAY.

The reef here is interesting - I can't tell if it's dead coral or rocks, but like every reef, the closer you look, the more you find, and there was plenty living once you got close enough! I also thought the bay area was cool - the reefs and rocks form a wall around the little bay, and the closer you get to that border, the more you can see how wild the ocean is. On the bay side the water is clear, still, and little fish are swimming all around, but on the other side of the rocks the ocean is wild and wavy. I've never seen water change so fast. The other thing that is cool

about the bay is that it is full of little sail boats called Jangadas. They are little boats used by

fishermen, but around here they are mostly used to get to the party that is happening around the natural pools. Around one pool I saw chairs and umbrellas, way out on the outskirts of the bay! Crazy brazilians.

This weekend we're going to a big concert in another city. We leave tomorrow at noon and get back some time on Sunday. I'm sure we'll get some good posts out of this weekend! On top of that, my bum could use a little rest from the sun.