Chillin in the courtyard of the pousada (hostel or whatever you want to call it) and I see 4 monkeys in the tree. Pretty sweet, they were like squirrels running around in the US but obviously much cooler because I have never seen monkeys outside of a zoo before. I wanted to play with them but my climbing abilities are not as good as Newman´s (he...

Praia de Pipa, Brazil - It was then off to the real small beach towns of Brazil. At Pipa I went dolphin watching just off the surf beaches and saw several dolphins playing and chasing fish. The rest of the time was spent swimming and sun bathing and watching the marmoset monkeys playing in a tree in town. I also had my first go at surfing, ever....

The town is so small that most people don't really know much about it, unless you are a surfer, a party animal or an Argentine. All during the day there were people surfing, they took jeep tours, they rented buggies and drove around for hours or walked down to the beach where you could see dolphins swimming around in the water right by the shore...

Pipa is one of those places where time disappears. Like Morro de São Paulo it is a sleepy town by the sea. Unlike Morro de São Paulo I really liked it. On the first day we were there we swam with dolphins - thats one thing crossed off the ´before you die´ list. Not meaning to sound like the moaning ******* that I am, but most of the time you wer...

Staying at a beautiful pousada on a hill right above the Beach de Amor, waking up to the sound of waves and the ocean out my window... About time i spoilt myslef a little!!! ;) Want to know what it is like on a Brasilian beach? DONT read on it you want your image spoilt..... Sitting on a beach chair trying to chill out and relax, i hear a bell i...

Finally got on a bus to pipa and then on to sibauma- where the party was.....or so we thought. 10 mins into our bus ride some giggling locals tell us that the party has been moved to pipa!!! Picture 5 white ozzies dumped in the middle of a tiny rural town in northeast brazil - sibauma- we were certainly a strange sight for the locals who were al...

Along with Sanyu we took an overnight bus to a town called Joao Pessoa, which is just above Recife, 15 hours north. Had to get 2 more buses from here Pipa. Pipa is a cute place and was quite like Ilha Grande. It has lots of tourist shops, cool bars, restaurants and expensive pousadas all targeted at those who have a lot more money than us lowly ...

Praia da Pipa is a neat little boutique town that is probably better suited for an older, wealthier crowd than a budget traveler surviving on canned sardines like myself (ok I don~t think I~ve ever actually eaten canned sardines, but I~m just making a point). I felt admittedly restless in Pipa: not too much to do but hang out on the beach, and I...

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 hour away by bus. They run a turtle rescue/rehabilitation cent re there which we had a look at. All...