road trip....brazil style

we got to brasilia, brazil on saturday morning. our friend eliardo (sweetie that he is) came to pick us up from the airport and from there, we went and took showers, ate lunch and headed out for the beach!! our road trip was taking us through brazil to a small town called caraiva.

this view did not suck

best views in the back of the car

Brazil!!!

this was probably the slowest we drove (and the speed limit was 80kph)

that night, we got to a small town. we found a motel, checked in and went to grab a snack and a beer. in the morning, we got up and had breakfast before we hit the road. it was going to be a long day, but we had a nice, big, brazilian breakfast (lots of meat, cheese, bread and lp's favorite- cheesy bread, called 'pao de queijo').

boys bathroom

girls bathroom

gas station

we hit the road and drove allllllll day, getting to caraiva late sunday night. we grabbed some beers, some food and ended up hitting some of the bars until late in the evening/morning!!! it was so much fun, there was live music and dancing and we had so much fun with eliardo. the next day, we woke up and i got to check out our pad. it was pretty spectacular......

our villa

walking around the town

caraiva taxi!!!

our place

that afternoon, we showered and walked around the town to check things out. this place is AMAZING. no cars, just donkeys and mainly just walking. it's super secluded and mainly local brazilians. there is sand, water, boats (the cutest little boats!!), drinks, food and people. we spent the next few days doing the most wonderful things- sleeping, eating, drinking, laying out, dancing, walking around. it was PERFECT.

boats!!

one of the main stretches of bars and restaurants

boats!!!

beach!

lp!!

lp and ocean

lp's favorite thing- the hammock

boats!!!

yummy pina colada

lizard

oh, this was so cool. these are trees with branches growing branches growing branches into the ground. it was one of the coolest things i've ever seen.

pretty beach

beach band.

on thursday, we got up and started driving to rio. more pics to come soon.....