Another
beach day, still no rain, there has been all sunshine since I arrived here. Sat on the beach watching the breakers coming
in and trying to get the courage to swim. Swimming is fine, it’s just to get
past the breakers on the way in and the way out. On the way in the water I made my entry
on some smaller waves so I wasn’t tossed. On the way back to the beach I wasn’t so lucky, bad
timing and two or three big breakers one after the other broke over me on the
way in. So its bam, tossed on the beach,
try to get up, bam ,sucked back in a giant
washing machine of sand and water , try
get up, another wave, sucked back, more sand and water, then make 3 or 4 ungraceful
attempts to crawl up the beach before the next huge breaker rolls in. Result is
sand everywhere possible, think it’s in my sinuses too.
Went for a
long walk to the lagoon, as I walked back a fellow in a blue and white sweater
was approaching me from the opposite direction… a blue and white Toronto Maple Leafs
jersey! Met my first Canadian, a Cape
Bretoner on the beach in Macae. He is Daniel MacAuley from Donkin/Morion, in
the Sydney area . He is in his late 20s and he and his wife and children just
moved here a few months ago, works for
an oil company.
Bigger parties
at various intervals on my street all
day long and again tonight the biggest party of all. These Brazilians sure can
dance and party! Tonight the biggest street party which started down the road
about 4 hours ago just passed my house at 8:00. There were 3 beer trucks, 2
water trucks (to spray dancers), a truck with the stage which is as high as the
3rd floor on our building, four police cars and a few other trucks and
thousands of drunk dancers. It is a miracle no one is run over.
