Buzios, Brazil

The ship arrived in Buzios, Brazil around 8 am.  Our tour was scheduled for noon.

Here's what I found in the daily planner about Buzios.

"Some call this once tiny fishing village "the St. Tropez of Brazil" thanks to more than twenty beautiful beaches and a lively nightlife, especially during the Brazilian summer.  Only two hours north of Rio de Janeiro, it is a popular getaway for locals to escape the crowded metropolis.  In fact, Buzios has gained a reputation as an international jet-set destination with people flocking from all over the world to enjoy the beaches, boutique shopping, nightlife, and delicious local seafood.  The Portuguese explored Pedro Alvares Cabral came ashore in northeast Brazil in 1500 and claimed it for King Manuel I and the Holy Roman Church, and promptly sailed away.  Whaling was important in the 18th century, but was all but over by 1768, and Buzios went back to being a sleepy fishing village.  It might still be that way today if it weren't for the arrival of a certain international starlet trying to escape the paparazzi in the 1960's.  Bridget Bardot put tiny Buzios on the map and a statue in the town commeorates her stay."

Bill and I decided to leave early and explore the village and then do our tour.  We had to use a tender to get to shore.  

I have been on a lot tours in my day, but this was one of the worst.  The only thing I learned was there were a lot of different beaches and the population in the winter (opposite of us) is about 30,000.

I couldn't wait to get off that trolley.  Every road looked the same.  It was a brick road surrounded by a lot of vegetation.  We climbed to the top and the views were incredible but after a while it looked the same.  There were no bathroom breaks.

I decided not to take my phone today as I was afraid I'd drop it while getting in the tender.  No problem, I took the old pocket canon camera for photos.  

I found a great place for a photo and that's when I realized that the memory card was still in the computer in our cabin. 

The weather was beautiful with a nice breeze.  By the time we got back to the pier, it was clouding up.  The tender left the pier right away.  About halfway to the ship it got really windy and then started to rain.  It was very rough and scary disembarking the tender.

The rain was over very quickly.  It seems strange have the summer season now.  The sunrise was around 5 am and no short days.

Turtle Safely..........