Off to the Big Island.

So, here I am four(4!) months after I got home from Brazil. Even though it has been so long since I was there I still feel like I should finish up my trip there(and Josh gave me a hard time about it). So here we are....

Had breakfast and chill time till checking out of the hostel. We were on a bus to Angra dos Reis for a while as the jungle faded in and out of my sleepy state. The bus cruised northward along the coast for nearly 2 and a half hours. We found the port which didn't seem like a place for civilians, especially tourists, to be wandering around, but it was the right place. We were headed to Isla Grange( Large Island ).

It didn't take long for us to get there. Once we arrived we sat down at the corner bar and started drinking with backgammon. It was drizzling when we showed up which was one of our reasons for stopping. I believe we were near famished as well. We had prato fretus and ended staying for an entire tournament, if not more. Bummed some cigs from the English couple just on the other side of the window. The were nice and engaged. Wedding plans were on their minds. The rain came to a stop and we headed off to find the hostel at the end of the beach.

The hostel was a Che Legarta, just like the one in Paraty. It was nicer and more established, not to mention right on the water with a nice deck. We got checked in and found our way upstairs to our room. There were two German girls and a Japanese fellow. Katherine and Tamara were the Germans and Daisuke was the Japanese friend. Josh had it out for the Germans right away. It was hilarious. It was almost flirtatious in a first grade kind of way. Daisuke laughed a lot. Most people don't get a chance to have people like Josh in their lives. I consider myself fortunate.

We made our way downstairs, which was loud in a party atmosphere kinda of spring break way. but we had our caporinas over gammon all the same. Smoked cigarettes with other people on the deck until last call. These people were from Great Britain and other South American countries. Being drunk, I wanted to drink more, but the bar was closed, so I drank the empties that were scattered around the hostel, mainly the full caporinas. Once I was done laboring over lost drinks I went to bed on the top bunk that I was assigned.