Sailing around the World, ( Presently in Brazil )
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Fri 25 Feb 2011 12:02
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THURSDAY 24th
FEBRUARY 2011
06.00 It seems the whole of the Village are
out playing games and jogging out the long pier that stretches about a
quarter of a mile into this huge
tidal river.
Skipper had his early morning swim for some
exercise, ohhh, it is soooo refreshing, and warm as well,
and NO crockadiles, actually, there are no
mosquito's either, we find this amazing as the river is lined with
Mangroves which
would normally be crawling wth the things, and no seasgulls, but plenty of
Buzzards floating high up there in the sky.
The early morning temperature is also lovely, a
nice 24 C
Skipper would be happy to sit here and soak this up
for ever, but the "first mate " has itchy feet and wants to go and visit a town
miles away up another tributary, so we got a lift
ashore from Dick ( Tucanon ) and with Mo & Bubbly Bev, we walked up the
village
to the main square to catch the 10.20 Rattle
trap Omni bus to "Cachoeira " ( Cash-ware-ah )
First, we did a tour of the church before getting
on the bus,
The journey took 50 minutes, through undulating
hills and real authentic villages, very very poor, and the old crocked
cars
were bobbing along the roads just fine.
We crossed a steel one lane bridge in " Cachoeira
" which was also the main railway bridge, and on the east side we
got off
and wandered around the town, It had lot of
interesting buildings, and again here, a lot of money is obviously being spent
on revenations,
We even managed a visit to the local police
Station, thinking it was the " Tourist Office" and had a bit of a giggle with
the good looking
female officer behind the Desk
Later, we returned to Maragojipe on the bus and
wandered back through the village to pier, where Dick picked us up and brought
us
back to the boat.
30 mins later , we took off in the rib to "
Voyaguer" for drinks and popcorn ,,
This was all very enjoyable, and when we eventually
returned to " A Lady " we hit the scratchers early for a good nights
sleep,
Thats all for today,
Signed :- Stephen Hyde (
Skipper )
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