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Published: March 13th 2008
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Oh happy days! These Brazilian beaches really are incredible. We travelled from Salvador to the island of Morros de Sao Paulo. With two ways of getting here we chose the cheapest of course. It was half the price! We could have caught the fast catamaran from Salvador for R$60 each but instead we spent a whole day travelling. We did save the price of one night’s accommodation though.
A slow car ferry took us over to Bom Despacho from where we caught a bus to the town of Valenca. There we shared a taxi down to the port and a speedboat took us out to the island. It was all very simple and went smoothly until our boat got hit by the wake of another boat as we were about to dock at Morros. Our bags got soaked, but the passengers at the front bore the brunt of it!!
When you arrive in Morros you are confronted by lots of men with wheelbarrows. These are in fact taxis! They take your luggage (for a price!) to your pousada or hotel. We didn’t bother but they hassled us for a good ten minutes as we walked away. The tourist beaches
are easy to find and simply named first, second, third and fourth. We had been recommended the Pousada Aradhia on the third beach by a couple of Israelis (on honeymoon) who we met in Lencois. To get to our pousada we followed the sandy street and traipsed across the second beach only to find the tide was in so we had to wade through the water for the final few metres. The pousada is well worth it though and even has a swimming pool for when you’ve had enough of the ocean!!
We booked in for three nights. It took some discipline to leave afterwards but time is pushing on! Eating breakfast on the veranda with the Atlantic waves crashing onto the beach just metres away is a truly special experience. Our days consisted of breakfast, a walk on the beach, a bit of sun, lunch, a snooze, a swim in the ocean, relax by the pool, freshen up, go out to eat, sip a beer or caipirinha watching the waves illuminated by the moon, go to bed! It’s a hard life eh!!!!!!
The beaches were absolutely sublime. The Atlantic tide retreats a long way out revealing lots
Palm Trees
Everywhere of rocky pools in which you can see a variety of tropical fish. It makes swimming difficult though and you have to wait for the tide to come back in unless you want a long scramble across the rocks. Sitting under the shade of a palm tree watching the world go by is just one of life’s little pleasures we made the most of here.
The more adventurous can climb up to the lighthouse and slide down a zip-line into the sea. We climbed the hill but at R$25 it was a bit expensive and looked slower than expected when we watched someone go down. Still, we had a tremendous view of the first three beaches from the top. We also walked out to the crumbling ruins of a Portuguese fort. It was almost deserted and worth venturing out to.
We were surprised to find a number of reasonable restaurants on the island’s main street. The second beach is known for its nightlife and is a bit pricey so therefore we expected high prices everywhere. We found great meals for 2 including one place where we had fish in a maracuja (passion fruit) sauce which will live in
the memory for some time.
So as you can see, we found it really hard to move on once again. They say there are better beaches further down the coast. Hard as that is to believe, we’re going to have a look!!!!
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