It's only day 2!!!

After a extremely late night, trying to party like Brazilians the Canadians, (or at least these Canadians) had an extremely slow start. Some political discussion over coffee's was followed by our first trip together to the beach. We had to wear the sunga's, I am not sure who was more appalled; the Brazilians who were probably blinded by the glare, or our companions. I do suspect that we may have contributed to any new laws regarding sale of sunga's to foreigners.

Who would have thought that you could buy quart sized beers, hard boiled quail eggs and grilled cheese on stick rolled in oregano, (my new favourite food, ummm) on the beach. We also tried out the new suits in the water, and yes they did stay on, and were actually quite comfortable. It was a good time to get in the water, as our chairs were in the shade so the sunscreen washed off by the water was not as necessary to protect our colourless skin.

We then followed this mini-excursion with a trip to the "Death by Meat" restaurant, where I suspect the object of the waiters circulating the restaurant with their swords of meat was to keep us away from the salads located centrally. Once again there were many capi's consumed, (notice the trend), and this time we did not have the excuse of having travelled for the past 24 hours to explain our enthousiam for this local beverage. However, it was Colin's birthday, so that may have helped.

Finally since we all needed to walk a little more we decided to check out a little market, where there were many bargains to be had, some items were purchased, and I think we may not have been overcharged too much because of our obvious "touristness". The walk home did us some good and it was nice to feel the cool breeze of the Atlantic at night without the glaring sun. Which goes down at 5:30pm, but it also rises at 5:30am, so there is not much sleeping in.