27th December
Dawnbreaker
Lars Alfredson
Mon 27 Dec 2010 21:03
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIC and HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO
ALL
Lars and I have had a lovely couple of days with
Eric, Ann, Lisa, Fredrik, Tomas,
Lena, Niklas, Anna and Andreas. We drove 2
1/2 hours to the most amazing
Hotel on the side of a fantatic rock formation. It
was a long walk down to the beach
and alot of steps but it was lovely.
 
The cliffs from the
Hotel The
beach and waves
When we arrived and had checked in we made our way
down as everyone was on
the beach waiting for us to arrive. It was Eric's
birthday (I won't tell how old).
We had a wonderful lunch of Steak sandwiches and
fries. Tomas gave Eric a
key ring for his new boat from all his family. It
was a very rude keyring but it won't
sink. (I'll let you all use your imagination). Lars
and I had with us a bottle of the local
beverage called Cachaca. Everyone sang and
said that it was a special moment with
us all sitting on a beach, near the sea and a
temperture of about 33 C. It's not often Eric
celebrates his birthday in a place like Brazil. I
hope he will remember it always.
Eric's birthday lunch
The waves break very powerful on to the beach. When
Lars and I decided it was time
for a swim, I found it very hard to get
anywhere. Every wave was so powerful that
sometimes
they knocked me over. Lars in the end went head
first right into the wave and managed
to get the other end
where it was a bit more quieter. I didn't get very far before my legs
started to shake
from all the energy that was needed to keep upright. The sea was very warm,
not cold at all.
Christmas Eve and we gathered at Tomas and Lena
room for christmas presents and
champers. We had all bought something little and
threw a dice to see who would be
first to pick their present. Afterwards we
continued with a great game of Quick change.
First we had to show everyone what we had as a
presnt then we threw a dice and if you
had a 3 we, if we wanted to, changed our present
with someone else. There was a
Brazilian flag that was very popular, Uno game, a
Father christmas figure, socks, local arts
in a form of a doll (that was popular also), a
football, a bat game, CD's with Samba and
Carnival music,(which Lars ended up with), a
bracelet and a local hat, (that's what I ended
up with). We had 10 minutes, throwing dice and
quick changes. It was lots of fun.
Tomas's new Christmas
hat
Christmas dinner
We stayed at the Hotel and had a very nice
Christmas Eve dinner. No christmas pudding
or Ham but lots of other nice food.
 
The party
girls
The party guys
The Hotel was lovely. The gardens were very well
looked after. There are monkeys, tiny ones that came and sat with you if you
gave them fruit. Iguaners that are about 1 meter long, lizards and lots of
lovely coloured birds.
 
The swimming
pool The entrance to the Hotel
If anyone visits PIPA in Brazil, stay at the Ponta
Do Madeiro Praia Hotel. It's fantastic and well worth a visit.
  One
of the lovely
flowers The
view from our balcony
Still no luggage, so I've been shopping for a few
items so I don't have to wear the clothes
I came in. I've met a Doctor who helped with most
of my medicine but the most important
one is hard to get here in Brazil. With help from
Gerd and Jonas I now know where most
of my luggage is and hoefully the important one
will arrive at the Airport tomorrow. TAP
has every sort of info we have here at the Marina.
Fingures crossed that I'll get my bags
before the New Year. Thank you Gerd for all you
help.
To everyone reading our Blog, A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR
TO YOU ALL. Love you all.
Caroline and Lars in Jacare Village
Marina.
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