Brazil - Caraguatatuba

We spent a week at the beach with my Uncle Elcio. We were staying in a house on Caraguatatuba beach where we strolled the local shops and markets, lounged on the beach, celebrated New Years, and got eaten alive by mosquitos (by we, I mean ME. I'm the lucky one that attracted every mosquito within a mile radius.)

We decided to play Mancala while on the beach! McKay dug out the board while I went around collecting shells. Can you believe I won?? (McKay always wins)



We drove up to what we thought was a statue of Christ, but instead we found Santo Antonio (laaaaaaame) but at least there was this awesome view of the beach!











I did some flips on the beach, so naturally I made McKay do some flips too. Also, my face... it just. yeah. yikes.





This paddle ball game is pretty popular in Brazil. Think ping pong without the table or net and the ball can't touch the ground.









New Years on the beach is NUTS. We walked to the beach alongside the other 5 zillion people (who were mostly drunk) and then stood 200 feet away from the fireworks. They were exploding right over our heads. It was beautiful and LOUD haha.











My favorite type of firework!







If you're sober enough (or a really skilled drunk, I suppose) you head down to the shore after the fireworks to jump over 7 waves to celebrate the new year! We all jumped over together and even though we're as alcohol free as you can be, we still stumbled around. It takes skill!



Lastly, enjoy this picture of what salt water does to my charming husband's hair. #blackmail

Read about our other Brazil adventures here:

Caraguatatuba
Rio de Janeiro
Ubatuba
Pao de Acucar
Cristo Redentor
Aguas de Lindoia
Sao Paulo