Jeri, Brazil

I have come quite far since I last wrote so in this entry we will be descussing the cultural town of Olinda (I wouldn´t reccommend going there), the beach town of Paria de Pipa (it was amazing) and the sandy, out-or-the-way town of Jeri (where we are now).

Our discussions of Olinda will be breif, as previously stated it wasn´t that great. Our first day was spent sleeping off the night bus and wandering the town, the second day was improved by the purchase of sangria ingrediends and a bottle of vodka and partaking in some interesting drinking games.

Paria de Pipa was awesome. A really cute little beach town, lovely cobbled streets, lovely restaurants and pretty little shops. I bought two bikinis there, and had the best meal so far (chicken and sultanas and pinapple - it was devine), we also spent some quality time on the beach (where I descovered a new found love of sunbathing whilst in the sea) and some more quailty time in (and by) the hotel pool. In the afternoon of the second day we saw dolphines on the beach - that really was amasing, I have never seen dolphines before and they were so cool. We were realy close, but it wasn´t like in the movies, you never saw any heads, just a lot of fins!! Was still pretty awesome though.

Jericocora, or Jeri as the locals call it, is our current destination. What makes Jeri cute is the sand corvered streets and the little shops and restaurants set in the sand. Yesterday was one of my favourite days of our trip so far. Eight of us spent the morning in sandbuggies seeing the dunes and the lagoons which was so much fun and me and Helen spent the afternoon going to the "big rock". We got terrably lost to start with and it was horrid as it was really windy and we got to an open bit and the sand was really stinging as it hit us, so we decided to turn back. When we got back to the beach we saw some locals and descided to ask them for directions and they were very encouraging pointing us up this hill, half way up however they started shouting at us again and we had no idea what was going on, untill one of the guys ran up the hill after us and proceeded to show us there!! He spent the rest of the afternoon with us, showing us the way to the rock, taking photos of us and have photos with us whilst we were there, walking us back again and then walking us a sand dune with us to watch the sun set before belting it down the steep side of the sand dune with me. It was a really awesome afternoon, and to top it off he was VERY cute. Unfortunatly he was only 17, which Helen says is too young for her, but he was so lovely. Then to top off this perfect day we went to a lovely restaurant for dinner and had a truely gorgeous meal. Perfect end to a perfect day!

Chao,
xxxx