Itauna beach - Saquarema

After a couple of nights in Buzios and not really liking the place all that much we decided to head to Saquarema (as recommended by the Aussie lass, Kylie) first thing the next morning. A quick bank account check revealed $1,300 had been stolen from my account, which wasn´t too pleasing given the rate at which money has been flowing so far. Apparently I should be able to claim up to a thousand back on insurance though.

The trip to Saquarema (sakwarayma) first required a bus to Cabo Frio, a 23 seater minibus that had about 50 people in it (plus our packs) - so that was a cosy leg of the trip. This was followed by a 4 hour wait in Cabo Frio (Lucas went to a barber and came back a different man - see photos). Finally we got the bus to Saquarema and by pure chance our Israeli and Dutch friends had arrived at almost exactly the same time. We were overjoyed by the hostel that greeted us - not only the cheapest one yet, but it was beachfront (great beach) with the best rooms and breakfasts we´ve had yet, was more idyllic than Fiji even.

Funnily enough one of the guys (Phil) staying at the hostel went to school with me in Townsville. The last time we saw each other was 10 years ago and we both weighed about 40kg at 5´2.

Will be catching a bus back to Rio tomorrow for two nights and then fly down to Buenos Aires.

New photos in the Brazil Gallery!

Thanks for the words of encouragement Bobs - I´ll keep them in mind.