Photos!!

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Finally publishing some pictures - let's see how this blog works...

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Photos

Lunch at Paraxaxa
Brazilians love to have several small dishes of various fruits, veggies, and meats at every meal. A favorite type of restaurant in the Northeast is what we would consider an upscale buffet. You can select portions from a generous assortment of all kinds of dishes, then go to the scale at the register to weigh and pay. Today I was hungry - This late lunch weighed in at about 0.8 kilos.

Reef
Boa Viagem.

Coconut cart
Boa Viagem beach, Recife. A favorite at the beach is coconut water. These guys deftly and expertly hack away the sides (easy to hold), then the bottom (sits on your beach table) of a green coconut before slicing a little hole to insert a straw. Coconut water is not coconut milk: the milk and the meat are found in more mature coconuts.

Caldinho
Crab soup called "Caldinho" with quail egg.

Uncle in Recife
The mango (manga) trees are in full fruit right now. A favorite spot to hang out in a hammock or rocking chair is between the mango and jambo trees. Watch out, though. When you hear leaves rustling, that's the sound of fresh fruit falling!

beach shrimp
head, tail, and all

under the reef
Yes, that's a camo speedo. Yes, I'm the whitest guy in South America during their summer.

reef
Niece Eduarda.

Joao Pessoa
Easternmost point in the Americas.

Joaoa Pessoa
Three day trip to snorkel the reefs.

Joaoa Pessoa
On the boat out to the dive.

Joaoa Pessoa
Skin divers.

Dog and Burger
"brazilian style" in the northeast rivals "chicago style"

dessert
I'm usually not one for sweets, but this has banana, coconut, honey, cashews, and acai sorbet.

Conscripted
In costume, traditional protectors of the homeland.

Joaoa Pessoa
Sax on the beach at sunset. This guy has been playing Ravel's "Bolero" every night for ten years here.

Rise and shine
Time to go back to the beach.