Buggies, babes, beach and bumpin' beats
Wow... last night feels like a blur. Where to begin? We left Recife around 5 yesterday evening and drove to Porta Galhinas where the concert was being held. Traffic leading up to the beachside venue was horrific so we ended up parking the car and then hiring a dune buggy to take us the remaining 8 kilometers. When we arrived, the main singer had just begun to perform and there were thousands of Brazilians crowding the stage to get a better glimpse of the beautiful singer. Along with presenting a ticket, admittance was only permitted if you were wearing a yellow tanktop that was distributed with the tickets to celebrate the first concert of the summer! So picture thousands of people in banana yellow tanktops vigorously shaking their rears to a type of music called AXE (pronounced "ahjay"). It sounds a bit like a combination of Shakira and Ricky Martin's older stuff.
It was complete madness as people were shaking, spilling their drinks, tripping over empty beer cans and cocktail cups on the ground and trying to weave their way closer to the stage without losing track of their friends. Provided my non-existent cell phone, minimal Portuguese vocabulary, and everyone wearing identical shirts, I was determined not to get separated from Will and his friends as a reunion would have been next to impossible!
Today I am back in Recife taking it easy at Will's apartment. He and his mother have been extremely gracious hosts and have made me feel welcome. His mother has spoiled me and I think she is on a mission to fatten me up as she is constantly offering me cake and other goodies.
I have one more week left in Brazil. Over the next week I will work my way down the coast and end up in Salvador where I have a flight next Monday to Portugal! Brazil has been amazing thus far but I find myself really looking forward to a return to Europe. I have a feeling it is a combination of the language barrier, and not so many other travelers at my hostels, but Brazil would be more fun to explore with someone. Because Brazil is such a large country, like in the USA, a lot of tourism is Brazilians traveling around so English is not as necessary for people compared to Europe where there are so many smaller countries with different languages that English is used as the default. I'm not complaining, but at times it would be nice to have a partner in attempting to decipher Portuguese.
It was complete madness as people were shaking, spilling their drinks, tripping over empty beer cans and cocktail cups on the ground and trying to weave their way closer to the stage without losing track of their friends. Provided my non-existent cell phone, minimal Portuguese vocabulary, and everyone wearing identical shirts, I was determined not to get separated from Will and his friends as a reunion would have been next to impossible!
Today I am back in Recife taking it easy at Will's apartment. He and his mother have been extremely gracious hosts and have made me feel welcome. His mother has spoiled me and I think she is on a mission to fatten me up as she is constantly offering me cake and other goodies.
I have one more week left in Brazil. Over the next week I will work my way down the coast and end up in Salvador where I have a flight next Monday to Portugal! Brazil has been amazing thus far but I find myself really looking forward to a return to Europe. I have a feeling it is a combination of the language barrier, and not so many other travelers at my hostels, but Brazil would be more fun to explore with someone. Because Brazil is such a large country, like in the USA, a lot of tourism is Brazilians traveling around so English is not as necessary for people compared to Europe where there are so many smaller countries with different languages that English is used as the default. I'm not complaining, but at times it would be nice to have a partner in attempting to decipher Portuguese.
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