Weather – 30º, humid…very humid
crossing to get to the beach 
Brazilians know how to serve beer!
Steps – 5,763
Alter Do Chao is the Caribbean of Brazil. It is
on a spit of land with sand on either side. This makes it a beach destination
for Brazilians – and today us. This place is relatively undeveloped which means
no organized tours, we knew this. We planned to wander a bit, get a beer, maybe
a caipirinha and that’s about it…we met our goals.
beer drinking friend
The port area was also undeveloped – no where to actually
sit for a drink. These ports we’ve visited don’t get many cruise ships, so it’s
totally understandable. We soon found the beach. It was kind of like multiple beaches
separated by strips of water. To get to the beach we had to wade through knee high
water – if people hadn’t done it ahead of us, I don’t think we would have known
that was what you were supposed to do.
Before we arrived, we wondered how the beach bars and
restaurants would
artful caipirinha
cope with the rising and falling river level. The bars and
restaurants stayed where they always are, and the tables moved with the water
level. There was a 
one last caipirinha
long line of plastic tables and chairs actually in the water
and waiters would run food and drinks to the tables in the waters. This place
was BUSY.
We decided to have a beer at a table at the bar area as
there really weren’t any avail tables in the water. This was totally fine we
had a nice chat with the bar manager.
stink bug
We got one last caipirinha - this is a Brazilian art form.
This
pineapple and prosciutto
guy making them was meticulous – very specific about how he cut and
muddled the lime, how much sugar and how much cachaça. We enjoyed these just
standing on the pier before getting back to the tender.
That was it for Brazil. We are on to 3 sea days starting
tomorrow and then back to the Caribbean.
BTW...I've become obsessed by my phone's ability to identify what's in my pics. We found a Brown Mamorated Stink Bug on our balcony.
I had an interesting dish tonight...super thinly sliced pineapple topped with prosciutto...would have again.
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