Day eight: sunday sun
What started as a rainy, windy morning turned into another beautiful day in Natal. One of the big tourist things to do is to hire a dune buggy driver to take you around some of the beautiful dunes and along the coast, so yes, that's how Faith and I spent the past eight hours. Basically that means lots of crazy driving, sun, sun, sun, and a stop at a beautiful beach to enjoy the ocean.
The sand dunes are so white and so desolate that you could easily believe you were in the Sahara, instead of South America. And then the driver zooms over another dune, and there you are, facing a bunch (flock? herd?) of camels. Faith decided to take a ride, but I sat in the shade with our driver and had a cold drink instead.
A good portion of the dunes is a protected government area, which I am happy to see. There are fresh-water lagoons in some areas and in order to cross from one area to another we had to take this raft
So it's Sunday, which means family time in the United States. It's the same here. Families were at the beach--some prefer the ocean, while others go to the lagoons we saw or to rivers or lakes. Getting together for a barbecue is popular, as is watching soccer (it seems like about every other channel has a game). Someone in the U.S. asked me if Brazil was crazy for the Women's World Cup, but most people I have asked about it said they didn't even know it was happening. Just as in the U.S., women's sports leagues don't get the recognition or the paycheck that the men's teams enjoy.
Tomorrow is Monday, so it's back to work for me!