Unfortunately, my room was right above the restaurant, so I was woken up bright and early by the kitchen staff setting up breakfast. On a positive note, I was the first to arrive at breakfast and therefore the first to arrive at the pool, thus I was able to get the best seat as witnessed by the following photo.
Not a bad view, huh?
The hotel pool.
I knew that the next week ahead was going to be filled with lots of activity, thus I decided to just relax for the entire day. Around midday I went for a stroll along the beach. Here are some photos from the walk:
One thing that I took note of is the incredible confidence Brasilian women have. Every single one of them, no matter age or size, exude this enviable lack of self-consciousness. Having grown up in the States, where girls from an early age develop all sorts of issues with their bodies, it was delightful to see a culture where all bodies are celebrated. And I could tell that the men loved it too! I decided that I was going to try and adopt this attitude for the rest of my trip.
- My first attempt at acting like a Brasilian woman was to get photographed in my bikini.
The day came to an end way too quickly and before I knew it I was saying tchau to Porto and heading back to Recife for my evening flight to Rio. I could have easily spent another week in Porto, but I was excited to finally experience Rio. I have been wanting visit the infamous city for many, many years!
A view of downtown Recife from the airport.
You look HOT in your bikini! You are so brave to post those pictures on your blog…I’m not sure I could do it. But you’re inspiring me, maybe I’ll lighten up and do it some day
OH.MY.GOSH. There aren’t even words for how jealous I am!!!
I love that first photo. You will be really Brazilian when you are wearing a string and NO top!
OMG!! wow!! so awesome! Gorgeous pictures!! looks like you are having an amazing time~~
Great !)
Beautiful! My sis is going to northern Brazil on her RTW–I’ll have to get some tips from you when I figure out where exactly she’ll be!
I am not going to be original this time, so all I am going to say that your blog rocks, sad that I don’t have suck a writing skills
I would appreciate more visual materials, to make your blog more attractive, but your writing style really compensates it. But there is always place for improvement
I didn’t understand the concluding part of your article, could you please explain it more?
Great site. A lot of useful information here. I’m sending it to some friends!
WOW, now this is a true travel writer we have here!!!
Can’t wait to get there!
Awesome post!!!
Love it!
Brasil looks amazing!!!
Thanks for sharing this awesome post!!!
Gorgeous!