Adventuring

This weekend we headed two hours south of Recife to the stretches of beach around Maragogi, just on the other side of the border with the state of Alagoas. I'm not sure whether or not we are beached out [can it be?], whether it was the time of year [the beaches were a little bit too deserted and seemed to have algae issues], whether we just couldn't find the right hidden, unmarked entrance to that paradaisical stretch of sand [unfortunately this can happen!], or whether the tides were such that we couldn't enjoy the snorkling as we had planned [darn tides!], but we came away feeling that we had been looking for a little more out of Alagoas' premier Costa Dourada or Golden Coast.

However ... we did have lots of fun booting along the highway that wove its way in and out of the sugar cane fields. Fit [pronounced Fitchee] had lots of fun in fifth and even did a little off-roading! Awwwwww....

We stayed at a rural pousada which was a farm in a previous life, during a previous era. How great it was to sleep with the windows open to the sounds of the crickets and geese! The view from our window:

So, it was a good weekend, even if it wasn't exactly as we had imagined. A return trip in the near future, perhaps?