... the tide comes in and the steep sand dune behind it.
Paulo showed me a really nice and cheap restaurant on the beach at PontaNegra (the suburb the hostel was in). I had grilled chicken, rice and sauteed potatoes for R$4.10 - less than $2!!! It also ...
... with one eye open on the bus. I had some breakfast in the bus station then headed out to Praia PontaNegra, which is the nice safe area of Natal. I took the bus and had to ask pretty much every passenger if they knew where my intended hostel ...
... and I tended to agree with him, he's a sharp lad Richie, at times. The taxi that spirited us away from Natal to the beach resort spot of 'PontaNegra', or 'Black Point' (cos there's a shit-load of blacks there if you're wondering. And don't think thats ...
... to Pipa beach!!! However we managed to make the best of a bad situation and jumped onto the next bus to PontaNegra- a lush touristy beach just south of natal- where we swam in tropical warm waters, indulged in cheap drinks at a beach bar and slept in ...
... nearest internet café and pay 4 bucks for 15 minutes online. After a brief search, we find one of Natal's two hostels, Albergue da Costa in PontaNegra. We take a 45 minute cab ride for $30 (thank goodness for list prices, honest people, and ...
... is sand for miles. These dunes drop right into the ocean some several hundred feet high. The main mode of transportation around the PontaNegra area is dune buggy. We hired a driver to help us explore the dunes that make this place famous. You can ...
... São Paulo (e eu acho São Paulo pertinho).
Cheguei no meio da tarde à rodoviária e tinha que chegar a PontaNegra, onde ficava a pousada. Obviamente não pedi informações a ninguém, porque eu já tinha lido qual ônibus pegar onde ...
... my own in a new city. I skipped right over the actual city of Natal and headed to it´s up and coming coastal suburb of PontaNegra. From here I spent the next few days in the crazy "novelty castle" of the Lua Cheia Hostel just minutes from the ...
... (Churrousaca´s), beers & caipirinias, not to mention some of the locals....JFD fell in lust (quite understandably) so I headed back to PontaNegra in Natal on my own for a few nights.
My Portuguese being put to the full test, I managed to find the ...