Raf's Travel Diaries

This is where I live now. 

One week after we moved to Arraial do Cabo, a guy we met introduced us to this other guy who had opened a bar that same day. It's 2 blocks from where we live and we've been going there ever since; the few regulars there always have anecdotes to tell, surfing tips and the owner makes the best shrimp ever. Anyways, I always order Coke and after about a week they ran out and apparently the delivery guy never brought them coke again. So now when I go there I take my own drink and if I don't they tell me I should get it from the bar across the street.

Geeeeez! This blog has been so abandoned lately! Sorry folks, I put it at the bottom of my priorities list and the few times I got to it, I could not write a single sentence. Bummer. Anyways, FYI I now live in one of those amazing places on Earth everyone wants to live in. Imagine: I am in a little peninsula surrounded by 7 of the most stunning beaches I have ever seen, on a couple of beaches you have good surf waves; on the other few, corals and great diving. It's sunny, it only rains about 800mm per year, it's a small and safe town, especially important since we're talking about Brazil. People seem really laid back, even though many are just a bit too into the religious act (I guess I could write a very long post only on that, and actually might some other time). Monday through Friday is a bit like it was in Buenos Aires, I work long hours on my laptop. By the time I'm done, usually around 7pm, it's already been dark for more than an hour (no kidding).  But,

Ya conozco esta sensación, la de despedida.  Pense que iba a pasar un largo tiempo antes de tener que despedirme nuevamente, y no me disgustaba la idea. Pero supongo que mi permanente busqueda e inquietud no condicen con esa dinamica de vida.  A veces siento que mi vida es una sucesión inevitable de despedidas, y no puedo dejar de pensar en Antoine Roquetin. Raf -Chau Rio de Janeiro, Hola no se bien que.

Vista de Rio de Janeiro desde Pedra da Gavea