Praia da Pipa

On our first day in Praia the German girls and us walked past the touristy beach with mostly locals under coloured parasols on hundreds of plastic chairs. Women all wear thongs (no matter in what condition their bodies are). Men's beach fashion are tight speedos. We walked to the dolphin bay. I wasn't too optimistic that we'd see any even though people said they were there all the time. But within the first minutes we saw a grey fin and back in the water very close to the beach. We rushed into the water and around us many dolphins appeared and quickly disappeared again. I don't know how many there were but sometimes they were only a few meters away and it felt awesome!
Then we drank a fresh coconut...We saw lots of dads that tought their little boys how to surf. A couple practiced Capoeira on the beach. A dog played ball with a coconut. In the afternoon we had to leave the bay and hurry back over the rocks for the high tide was coming, and it was coming fast! In a restaurant back on the touristy beach the food had to be brought via raft, because the beach is separated from the mainland by some sort of huge puddle.
In the evening all four of us went out to eat and had a Caipirinha of course. A perfect day!

I really like Praia: it's that typical resort where you can walk around in the warm evening when the streets become lively, wearing a dress, to choose one out of many nice restaurants. It's a bit more expensive, but it has got such a pleasant atmosphere. It reminds me of former holidays with my parents. There's some nice shopping, too.

When chilling in the hammocks on our veranda a group of tiny monkeys jumped around in the tree right next to us and walked on the power lines.
We attended a Samba-party with lots of pretty people in their mid-thirties. Actually we were just watching because we were uncomfortable with dancing next to the professionals.
We went back to the dolphin bay twice. Sometimes the dolphins jumped and sometimes you could see them hunting fish that flew out of the water before them. Once a dolphin came so close that we could see its eye. It's so impressive to be in the water with them that I keep saying "Ist das geil".
We met Lukas and the Chinese again and went to another nice beach-party.

Tonight Malte and I had a delicious high class dinner- thanks to our parents! :)

We wish you happy celebrations!