Reagan and I were both kind of sad to leave Buzios. We are now back in Rio, this time staying on Ipanema Beach. It is really nice here. It is a good spot to wind down and get ready to go home. It is going to be tough to go back to the grind, after we have had such a good time here. We are both pretty anxious to see Piper again, though.

Here are a few shots from our last day in Buzios. It rained like crazy all night, Thursday night. It was actually still kind of sprinkling Friday morning. We took a trip to Praia Brava, which has a pretty good break. Reagan found this crab in one of the tide pools.

As we were walking on a path around the bay, we saw this place where the shore break was shooting into the air, when it hit the rocks. Reagan said that she wanted a shot, like Arial, from The Little Mermaid, where the water is shooting up behind her. Hahahaha. Of course I obliged.

After Praia Brava, we went back to Ferradura, a very chill beach that we discovered earlier this week. Reagan made this little sand sculpture of Piper’s name.

Below is the finished product

This one is of Reagan wading around looking at the sea turtles, in front of our apt.

Here is one final shot of Buzios.

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Ok, Rio is pretty cool. But, dude, Buzios is insane! It is seriously like something out of a movie. The whole little town is a fishing community in a peninsula located a few hours north (by bus) of Rio. I was able to talk Reagan into experiencing the Brazilian Rodoviaria and cross-country bus trip that I became so fond of, when living in Sao Paulo. Reagan is now also a fan. She was poking me in the arm and pointing to something out the window, about every 5 minutes. That is something that I love about Reagan. She is as entertained as I am, by the simple things, like a bony Brazilian cow, running in a field.

^–the view from our deck.

^—The outdoor beds. Reagan’s favorite part about our inn.

We arrived in Buzios in the early afternoon, and spent some time around the pool unwinding, before renting a buggy. The buggies are old VW fiberglass body beach buggies, and everybody drives them here. They are pretty awesome.

It is kind of necessary, too, since there are 28 different beaches in town. So, no matter which pousada (inn) you stay in, you need some transportation if you want to check out more than one beach. It is pretty ridiculously cheap, as well. Driving down here, is a lot like driving in New York, except on cobblestone.

^—Every once in a while, when I’m photographing Reagan, I can get her to go full-Kate Moss. Hahahahah. This was one of those occasions. Even though we were both laughing, I think that Reagan could pull it off, for real.

We had a bit of a panic Tuesday afternoon, when every ATM that we went to was having some sort of a problem dispensing cash to us. I finally decided that there must have been a problem with the Cirrus network, when I saw some other equally frustrated out-of-towners cursing out the ATM. Little did we know that it was likely caused by a blackout in SP. After going back to our room to freshen up, we headed back out. At the bottom of the lane, all of the street lights (along with everything else, went completely dark.  We decided to head to the city center anyway, in case it was just a transient outage. Nope. EVERYTHING was pitch dark. It was kind of creepy. When we got back to our little resort, we had to use the light from my blackberry to get back to our apartment. There is no emergency backup lighting at this place, hahaha. It was a pretty crazy night. That is also my excuse for not blogging yesterday.

This morning we woke up bright and early. The lights were back on, and the ATMs were up, as well. Phewwww! We headed straight out to Praia de Tartaruga and got our snorkel/kayak on. We seriously had a blast. It is my favorite beach that I have been to so far, in Brazil.

We hit another beach in the afternoon, when it started to cloud up. We decided to play it safe, and head back to the apartment, to sit by the pool, or on our deck in case it started to rain. It was a good move, because there was a total downpour moments after we arrived back at the pad. It is gorgeous here, even when it rains. It also gives me a break to catch up on blogging. Sorry this thing is a freaking novel. If you want to see some more photos, then follow this link.