Roadtrip to the Beach, Part II

Mmmm...fresh papaya



to be enjoyed as we looked out the window at this view:



A drive through the island to town



to enjoy fresh coconut juice



at Tenda Tio Ique. Where after a little persuasion, they let me use the phone because there was no place to buy calling cards and no pay phone. I gave the waitress R$2, which was more than enough. She warmed up a bit after that.



And, we left to return to Porto Alegre, we were a bit stymied by a cow in the road.



This picture looks like it's easy to cross. But for the first five minutes the cow was higher up the hill. The rope was taut across the road preventing us from driving ahead. We sat and laughed and wondered what to do. Was this an angry cow? Would she mind if we nudged her back to her side of the road? Eh, then she moved to greener pastures and driving across her rope became an easy task.

Then we greeted this lovely owl perched on a fence post nearby, potentially quite amused by our silliness.



And so went our first trip (but hopefully not our last!) to the beautiful state of Santa Catarina.