Angra dos Reis (RJ) for cruisers

Approach Shopping Piratas Angra dos Reis RJ

Town centre of Angra dos Reis 

Angra dos Reis Marina Clube

This post contains some nautical tips and hints regarding Angra dos Reis. 

A lot of cruisers will have to go to this town todo paper work (port authorities, federal police etc). Also Angra has a couple of shops

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Today's backyard: Ilhabela/SP

    Today our yard is a rainy day in Sao Sebastiao Island, known as Ilhabela, north coast of Sao Paulo state. the Island is  in front of Sao Sebastiao city at the continent (photo above).

 We are at the  Iate Clube de Santos (Santos Yacht Club), in Ilhabela.

Cordial service, taxi boat service until midnight, warm swimming pool, jacuzzi, a modern elevator to climb up and down the club and a transfer to the historical center of Ilhabela (but we didn't use to have  some walking exercise).

At the center yesterday we spend some time in the cute and comfortable coffee and book store 'Ponto das Letras', and in the local handcraft commerce.

Rescuing the Turtle

Rescuing a Turtle in Parnaioca Beach, Ilha Grande island, Angra dos Reis. 

We saw a sad scene last sunday when there were many vultures waiting for a turtle to die. It had been washed up by the waves to the beach and was looking like a dead animal but it wasn't. Immediately Pieter picked up the turtle and put it back into the water. 

Maybe the turtle wanted to die but this time it got one more chance (or choice).

Today's backyard

Since we had a cute 12 years old boy onboard (and we miss you kid!) who used to wake up at 5:30am, I'm now enjoying very much to wake up very early. So here are some pictures of our today's backyard at sunrise.

Today's yard is Ilha de Itanhangua, Angra dos Reis - RJ, about 6:15am.

 Then I found a little dog at the beach... Could he be mine? Nope, he's already someone else's angel.

And a dead dolphin... sorry about that, so sad.

 Big starfish.

And to be complete, the snorkeling collecting garbage, plus a land expedition.

Carpe diem and have a good day!

Spicy Thai Chicken

This is the spicy thai chicken prepared by Pieter (with curry and coconut). It's so good... and simple.
:-P

Full Circle



Sunset...

Dawn..

Sunset (yesterday) and Dawn (today) at Arraial do Cabo (RJ, Brazil)


Have a great day!

Arraial do Cabo - RJ - Brazil

Some pictures of what we saw spending some time at Arraial do Cabo.

Thank you for been here.

Thinking outside the pool....

Inspired by a Rush song called Natural Science, and also seeing this up and close very often near rocky shores..... The water of the ocean, when retrieving leaving behind small pools, with lots of marine life..Creates insights to ones personal life....

Many people (us included) lived our lives that way.... inside a pool, busy as hell and doing whatever everybody else was doing, the same rut the same rythm... and yes, totaly forgetting that there is a larger life outside your little pool...

There are people that are quiet happy with this state of apparent comfort and security and they really dont want to know and neither remember of the what is going on outside the pool, and that is fine, but there are also people who are not quiet happy with this, the ones that would like to swap the state of the ilusion of comfort and change it for the (sometimes) descomfort) of another reality... For those people, the ones that want to know what is on the other side of the wall, the ones that are aware of the ocean outside the pool, here is a little piece of advice: Dream it, no limitations, do it, live it.... Think outside the pool....