Today we went to Olinda, which is about a 40 minute drive from here and one of the closest towns. We had a kind of bad experience getting there—first, we took the tender to a very small marina just a short distance away from the boat where we were supposed to meet a taxi. There was obviously some confusion, but finally—and I do mean finally—two guys in a beat-up van showed up to take us to the town. […]
We left the river this morning and headed out. On the way, we went fishing (trolling) but no luck at all. It was one of those lazy days of just going along in the ocean—the coast is beautiful—and around sunset, we go to where we wanted to be. The only problem was that there was a huge sandbank protecting the entry to the area where we wanted to anchor. […]
We are still anchored in the river near Jaoa Pessoa, which (I forgot to tell you) is the easternmost city of the Americas, both North and South. Late this morning, Grant, Phil and Will went to town and returned about 5PM—blessed quiet here on Indigo! Actually they went to several towns, just looking around and checking out the babes on the beach. More bikinis and thongs, but more cute girls too. […]
Here on the Rio Paraiba we feel very safe—we’re about four miles up the river past Jacare and just before Joao Pessoa. We took the tender to shore and then took a taxi to Joao Pessoa where we stopped at a big hotel (Tropicana) on the beach in the hopes that we would find someone who spoke English. We had only a little bit of luck there so struck out by ourselves. […]
We left Natal this morning to go to Ponta Negra which should be about a one hour trip, but there was no quiet port there and the seas were too “rolly” to anchor out. So we continued on to Cabadelo on the Rio Paraiba which meant several more hours on the ocean. We didn’t actually arrive until about 5:30PM. […]