What a place!
Arriving after 13 days at sea was just amazing. We had not read up on Brazil and had no literature of the country on board and never knew what to expect but what we saw was amazing. The city is really old and then there is a brand new city which is absolutely amazing with sky scrapers everywhere.
Amazing as usual we were immediately helped to do our first Med style mooring. The yachties are such a helpful bunch
The weather here is very hot and humid but I am sure I will adapt very quickly
The old city is being re-located for the World Cup Soccer and the Olympic Games but what amazes is the fact that the old buildings are not being demolished and new ones built but rather they will keep the old architecture and the interiors of the buildings will be modernized.
They seem so different to SA where the Zumas and Dalemas are hell bent to ignore history and make their own history with no brain influence. Must say that at the moment it feels great to be rid of the African black assholes and their racism and really hope that the ANC and their cronies get a walloping and lose power so that sanity can return where everybody once again have a future
This country is steeped in history of slavery but there is no animosity even towards us and the funny thing is that one of the people on the street touched Neil’s hair when he said he was South African and said that’s funny, isn’t all South Africans BLACK? Wherever we go the people just open their arms and chat to us and make us feel so welcome
We have not yet done the clearing formalities and will only do it tomorrow but have already slipped out into the old city and had a marvelous lunch with good beer thanks to a Brazilian couple on the yacht next to us
Enjoy the pics and we will add as we explore this beautiful place ……