Arrived in Florianopolis quite late, due to traffic, so when we finally checked into the sunset hostel, our rooms had been taken, so we had to sleep in the TV room, which was OK I guess. The receptionist there orders a mean pizza - we had a pizza each and just fell asleep in front of the TV. Woke up the next day, had a wicked breakfast (they have a toastie machine!), then decided to go to Joaquina beach and try our hand at sandboarding. All I can say is that we're pro´s now! There were so many beaches in Floripa, probably over 40 and we must have visited over 10 of them, our favourites being Barra da Lagoa, Joaquina and Costa da Lagoa which you need to take a litle boat to get to it.
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