23 january

Today was the perfect lazy holiday day we got up after a long sleep...having gone to bed so early and waking up twelve hours later one would hope that we would be revived and roaring to go, but we ended up loitering between sarongs on HOT sand and hammocks with good books and very little exertion of any form. Somewhere between cold showers after lying in the sun, and sweating a stream there was a dunk in the mainstreet of sand- nice one P!!!! And a movement towards swapping some books and eating some açai.
From here we progressed towards the beach and found a pousada(hotel) with a deck, great showers and coconut water and sundeck chairs where we settled in for the afternoon. Like I said the perfect holiday! Around 4.30 we finally got ourselves alive and kicking and hired some sandboards and headed for the dunes. Hah let me point out however that the sandboards are a little shorter and fatter than skateboards and have velcro straps- cute on the rack but rather ineffective on a dune that is anything other than a direct vertical drop. Nonetheless we gave it a good go. Beanie got in some turns(half a one a run) and Pieter with 3 pairs of matching havaiianas strapped to his pack had the right notion but the boards kind of sunk everytime we tried to do anything with them . Nonetheless between hops and falls we were still descending and having to make our way up the hill at the end of it. The sand being of such a nature that with every step forward you avalanched backwards half a step.....making up for a lazy day indeed !! As for me = I don´t really call myself a snowboarder and i know 'excuses are for losers' but yeah luckily i had the boards making me look somwehat better by not functioning. So we, along with the whole of the town´s population settled on top of the dune and watched the sun go down. Whilst waiting we took on a few photo feats and yes managed to get sand in places where no sand has gone before!( And with good reason)
We finally slid down one last time- N standing and P and I on our butts(mine being somewhat burnt after a tanning session) and headed for a swim and an attempt to un-encrust ourselves. This however turned into 'P tackling R various times' session which lead to her recovering at one point without full coverage of her chest. Not her proudest moment!! Reaching our gear just as the tide did we moved back to town and the centre of the beachfront where the caipirinhas were well into their sundowner sells, and caipoera was being performed under a burnt sky- locals and toursits alike mingling. We returned the boards without too much ceremony except for avoiding a table full of Argentine boys which featured in a team challenge some nights earlier . We then decided to rinse ourselves with some well water - mainly because we could. Beanie however threw the bucket into the well with no consideration as to whether it was actually attached to the wall thus losing the bucket all together and any chance of well water with it. We took off at quite a pace for fear of angry locals not finding this nearly as amusing as I did at the time. Technically as B put it , it should have been tied. What have we learnt from technical people? = what Chuy looks like!!!
Anyhow stopping off for a kiwiroska with out favorite stall lady and a few menu inspections we headed home for a thorough clean and change of clothes. Fresh and pretty we had another heaven-sent feast; Garlic prawns for two with chili and lime= LOTS!! Lasagna and a desert which thank goodness we didn´t discover till tonight our last night here....chocolate/nutella crepes- AAAAAAAAAAAmazing!
So here we are ready for bed again and satisfied beyond anyone's right. What are we going to do once this all ends?????????