Pipa Beach (Praia da Pipa)

We arrived in Pipa just after 5 o'clock and the evening had already started to kick in..it was dusk, but still so hot! We made our way to the hostel, luckily we'd got off the mini bus at the right spot (not sure how we did that) and was just around the corner from our destination with the help with a few locals. We were shown around the hostel and …

... Rio and as hard as it was for the crew to leave Roya behind, us boys have all moved on to the northern beaches of Brazil. Arrived safe and sound after our first internal flight of the trip in Natal. Nice enough so far (expensive), but first... Random ...

... but fortunately a huge fan on the ceiling which served us well! Great food in the local restaurants, though some were pricey for Brazil we did find dinner in one place for only three dollars!! We had a very close encouter with some dolphins in Dolphin ...

... the sea of Oysters, Shrimps, Muscles, fish and fresh salad - it has the reputation of being some of the best food in Brazil, we lay on the deck, drinking beer throwing oyster shells to the greedy catfish that had surrounded our boat - how decadent! ...

... say. Well, I'm saying it now. This may sound a little vain. Especially considering I said it on the pretty beach of Praia de Pipa's Baia dos Golfinhos (Bay of Dolphins). The short, soft sand stretched around the hazy blue water, past orange-brown ...

And so, a 2am wake up call and we were finally on our way to the NE Brazil and to a town called Pipa, where we had found a lovely villa with our own pool to spend Christmas and New Year with our friends: Timothy 'Radical Cleric' Wheeler and Jemma ...

... a single room and bath. I spread out. View of the ocean. It has a TV. For some reason, every TV I've had in Brazil only gets a few rabbit ear  channels. Even in expensive pousadas. Most other countries have cable, many with either CNN or BBC. They ...

We left Rio and moved north in Brazil. We stayed in Salvador de Bahia - wonderful olde worlde buildings and the best samba music in the streets. Around a million churches there too. All gorgeous. Did a day trip to PRaia de Forte. An eco village an ...

... for dolphins but we weren't very lucky on the first day here. We had some fresh coco's on the beach which is quite a tradition over here in Brazil and they are completely different to the coconuts that we get in Europe. The coco water is clear as water ...

... absolutely sure those aren't sharks?") when escaping to a beach just outside the city, I got tipped to go to the laid-back beach town of Praia da Pipa, at two hours out of Natal. When I check into a random hostel in Pipa and got assigned to a dorm, it ...

... soap opera? If this is something you want to experience, then you need to get yourself to Praia da Pipa in the North East of Brazil!  This small beach town was a place that I was going to skip as it sounded fairly similar to Jericoacoara, however I ...