Maredomus Fortaleza

We will post trip information here as soon as it starts. For 2010, we will continue planning the project and look for Sponsors that are willing to invest and support the Project. All indications in that regard is ...

... and cocktails at 31 restaurant and got a table right on the beach front. Then to complete the evening we picked up the biggest chocolate cake ever from the local shack in the market square that Chris (DJ we met organised earlier in the week for us) (amazing they have choc cake her too!) and a few cheeky Cuba Libres back at the ranch. A good time was had by all as you will see in the photos!

... advice and rest. This has been hard as everyone else went out today :(

Its not all bad as we have hammocks here to relax and read my books. Also I have been having regular massage up the road, near Sunset Beach Hotel. Today Alex F came with me. This is a deluxe massage ($25 Reals, less than £10 for apprx 1 hr). The massage is on the beach in covered area and they specialise in sports ailments. You tell them where the problem ...

... as I mastered upwind riding (finally) yesterday and today I have managed transitions (where you go from left to right without stopping). I am busy celebrating with vodkas & coke as I type !! It feels like it has taken forever to master but its all coming together now!!
Unfortunately despite vigourous excercise campaign before hols, my body is weak and I have bad shoulder pain in the joints ...

... When we need to pop back for drinks/re-apply suntan lotion we have everything right at our apartment, plus fresh water outdoor shower right at beach edge to rinse off us & our kit. Got a good morning session in. Mr F is singing the praises of his new board - Mr V tried it out and loved it too. Mr F's finally landing jumps and loving kitesurfing....

Found a good local restaurant and had great fish lunch = took ages tho ...

... that 'we wait, we wait'. I said thats no good, if he doesn't know where we are going to be !!
The taxi turned out to be a wreck of a car with smashed windscreen and dent in the side and as we drove thru Fortaleza dark suburbsm I wondered if we were going to be taken somewhere and mugged (paranioa as v tired), When we hit the dual carriageway, the car veered from one lane to another, what ...

... is the first time that I have had to solely rely on the language.

Right now, I'm taking a moment while Terri and the rest of the family went to visit someone and I am updating this blog and watching a novela with Mom and Dad.

We are about to go to the beach and later go to a bar to do some foho (dancing)!

Until I can write again, have a good night and thanks for all of your good wishes. More photos to come.

Bjos,
Rex

... raining.

We went for an (expensive) fixed price taxi to avoid having to take two connecting buses into town, so we felt a bit better when the journey there took bloody ages; at least we were getting our money's worth!

Tonight's hotel is much better than last night (as are most prisons in Africa, I would imagine) even if the girl on the desk was spectacularly ...

... and I start kinda throwing my shoulders and elbows into them. Cleiber is talking to them in Portuguese saying I´m with him and to leave me alone. Finally after about 30 seconds or so, I get away and we start walking down the street. It was nuts, I can´t even describe it fully in words. You have to remember though that Americans are rare in Fortaleza (granted I just met one, but that will be the last American I see for over 2 weeks) and ...

... irmã chorando. Acho que ela não conseguiu passar nas avaliações e vai ser desligada do treinamento. Chato, né? Puxa vida, não dá para ajudá-la. Uma pena! Ontem eu tive uma experiência emocionante. Evangelizei um rapaz e ele orou recebendo Jesus em sua vida. Marquei para fazermos um estudo bíblico. No dia seguinte, quando cheguei na casa dele tive uma surpresa. Ele falou que eu precisava dar estudo para mais gente. Eu ...