Spa day? What..in the middle of nowhere? And its free? Sign me up!!!! Yes, it was such a luxurious spa day in the middle of the jungle in Paranaiba. We took a little tuk tuk boat and rode on the river thru the mangroves. Saw monkeys looking for oysters, crabs feeding along the river, lots of colorful birds and fish jumping out of the water. It was just me and Kirsty on the trip with the tour guide and a couple of native boat drivers. After cruising thru the mangroves we ended up at another sand dune. We had to wade thru water full of jelly fish to get to the sand dune. As soon as we got on top of the dune, I realized we were at a beach. Its so strange to see the ocean and the waves crashing on sand dunes. It´s quite dramatic how nature moves here. You can see sand and water meeting and making squishy land!! Anyway, we found this little natural pool to swim in. The sand there was just the right kind to use as a scrub. Thus began our spa day. We scrubbed our bodies head to toe and washed it with sea salts. This was followed by a mud pack. The mud in the mangroves is apparently very good for the skin. When crabs dig their holes, they bring out the good mud.So our poor tour guide went to the crab holes to the get this mud. Now we had mud packs on our entire body. After baking in the sun for a few minutes, we washed the mud packs off with sea water. So, now it was off to find some fresh water to take off all the sea salts from our bodies. After all this, our skin was so soft and glowing! It was a wonderful way to have a spa holiday.

Right now I am in a place called Jeriococara. Its supposed to be one of the 10 most beautiful places on the planet. Kite surfers and wind surfers heaven...thus there is huge abundance of gorgeous sunkissed bodies here. Very easy on the eyes if you know what I mean ;) And due to the kind of sport activities here, it is more of a sausage party. A couple nites back we went out at nite and got trashed. Met some gorgeous Spanish fire fighters who were also professional kite surfers...NICE!!! Spent the nite at one of the many street bars drinking with these spanish boys. The gorgeous one, Nacho, bought me a drink called farmacia. Basically, it is a mixture of all kind of liquors i.e. gin, whisky, rum, vodka, and whatever else. It tasted like shampoo...yuck!! But I sipped on it all nite. From the street bar, we went to a local party where we watched the locals dancing, twirling, salsaing so gracefully. I find it very intimidating to dance among these people coz they are soooooooooooo good! One of these days, I would like to take some professional lessons and then go out for nite in town. Maybe Rio or Salvador. We´ll see!!!

Took a nite bus last nite and arrived in this town called Fortaleza. We are at a nice hotel today, had a long nap and now I am just catching up on some internetting. Probably go see a movie later or something mellow like that. Our hotel is right on the beach though so i think i´ll go for a long walk later. Just mellow stuff today until we head out to a little village on the coast next. More kayaking in the mangroves, watching dolphins, swimming there!!! Until then....