We are working hard….on our tans

What to do when there is nothing to do? Beach! Whenever we have a few days to ourselves (which is a lot of the time), we just head over to the beach and work hard on our tans. This is not to say that the project has stalled, but its definitely on Brazilian time, see earlier post. On the one hand, we would like to be doing more. On the other hand, we are not complaining spending most of our vacation lounging on Brazilian beaches and sipping chope and agua de coco. Occasionally, the barracas also host bands, so concerts on the beach are frequent.
Galina and Manu at the beach

At a concert in barraca America do Sol on Praia do Futuro

According to the calendar, we are well into dry season now, not that you would know it from all the rain we’ve been getting this week. Thanks to all the precipitation, we are actually working on our manuscript today. Research group meeting tomorrow at 9 AM, then back to the beach!

Naturally, all this busing to and from the beach has not been without adventures, the latest included having a bag stuck in the bus door, getting hit on by fellow bus passengers, having a bus drive off with one of us still on it, knocking on the bus door in the middle of traffic to get on the bus (it actually worked). Oh, not to forget, we witnessed a bus lose a back wheel (not a tire, a wheel) on a ramp. Busing here is many things, but its never boring!