Dancing the Buggy...
Trip Start
Sep 22, 2010
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Trip End
Oct 14, 2010
Natal, State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Thursday, October 7, 2010
In order to get out of Morro I took a ferry, which when I got to Morro I was afraid to take and even did a detour in order to avoid, because of stories I heard about alot of people vomiting on this ferry... which instantly reminded me of this clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eYSpIz2FjU
The ferry ride was okay, I slept most of the way, but after it I did the mistake of taking a bus instead of a taxi to airport... The bus took more than a hour and a half to get to the airport which made me miss my flight to Natal... I was so pissed at my self for being cheap and not taking a taxi...
After I cooled down I got a new flight to Natal but it was only 7 hours later, leaving me with alot of time to get to know Salvador airport... :) good thing I have my iPhone with me, I passed the time surfing the Internet, listening to music and playing games... Because I got to Natal at 22:30 there was no chance of getting to Pipa and I had to spend the night in Natal.
Anyone who knows me, knows I´m always prepared to any situation that my come and so it was in this one, I was ready for a scenario which I would have to stay in Natal and knew a name of a recommended hostel to go to.
While searching for a hostel in Natal I´ve read that there is a nice attraction there which is a buggy tour and when I got to the hostel I decided to go do it tomorrow and postpone my arrival to Pipa in one day.
The buggy tour was so awesome!!!
You ride a buggy driven by a professional driver who takes you to the most beautiful places in Natal. I was paired with a family of three Brazilians, two parents and their daughter (which was really hot!!!), although the language barrier between us we managed to communicate and they were really nice.
In Natal, near the beach, there are gigantic dunes in which the buggys drive on, it´s so great!!! you go up and down the dunes in impossible angles and in an average speed of 60 km/hr, the buggy has no roof so you feel the wind in your face while driving... a real rush...
There were four stops in the tour - on the first one we got to an aquarium which was nice, but to tell you the truth I was more concerned with the instructor than the fishes... she was very beautiful... :)
On our second stop we got to a fresh water lake where we bathed and hung out for an hour.
The third stop was at a sand slide in which you sit on a plastic tray and slide down a dune to a water pool, it was really fun!
The last stop was at a place where we did an omega from the top of a dune into a lake!!!
On the way back to town the daughter gave me her e-mail and phone number (which I have no idea what i´m supposed to do with...) and when we got to their hotel and said goodbye she surprised me by kissing me... :)
That was the end of a very fun day which was totally spontaneous...
Tomorrow i´m hoping to finally get to Praia de Pipa.
Have a great weekend,
Erez
