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Travelled Natal Recife via Pipa.

Praia de Pipa, paradise.

Travelled Natal Recife via Pipa

Travelled Natal Recife via Pipa

Travelled Natal Recife via Pipa traveling 300 kilometers by taxi from with my friend Simone, we found what was like a beautiful pearl in a juicy oyster. The oyster was north east Brazil and the beautiful pearl was Praia de Pipa.

Low tide at Pipa

Travelled Natal Recife via Pipa

I remember sitting in a bar in Rio Di Janeiro with two friends Dave Wylie & Doug Roarke, (RIP) and when I asked what was their favorite place in Brazil, Doug briefly considered the question before saying “Praia de Pipa”. Until that moment I had never heard of the place, but on Doug’s recommendation I planned my trip.

Travelled Natal Recife via Pipa

Travelled Natal Recife via Pipa

Lots to look at on the beach. 🙂

Fresh fish at Pipa.

Travelled Natal Recife via Pipa

Each day they would bring the fresh fish into the beach and restaurant owners would buy them to put on the menu.

Another perfect day at Pipa.

Travelled Natal Recife via Pipa

Pipa was a small fishing village until the 1970s. Then it was discovered by surfers and backpackers, attracted by a set of natural attributes rarely found even in other Brazilian beaches:

Boats waiting for high tide.

Travelled Natal Recife via Pipa

Wonderful crystal-clear waters, fine, white sand, 10-meter-high vertical cliffs, and friendly locals.

Beautiful girl in Pipa.

Travelled Natal Recife via Pipa

Brazil has so many beautiful girls.

Didjeridoos at Pipa.

Travelled Natal Recife via Pipa

What a surprise for me to stumble across these guys in Pipa playing Australian Aborigine Didgeridoos.

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 Morro do Careca (Bald Hill) Ponta Negra.

Travelled Natal Recife via Pipa

 Ponta Negra is the most affluent area of the city and also where most tourists stay. Here you will find most of the upscale hotels, shopping malls and restaurants

Ancient warrior at Ponta Negra.

Travelled Natal Recife via Pipa

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Pancakes on the beach.

Travelled Natal Recife via Pipa

An ideal snack after a swim.

Simone Cristina Oliveira

Travelled Natal Recife via Pipa

My lovely traveling companion Simone Cristina Oliveira was living in Uberlândia in Minas Gerais at the time, she now works at a bank in Sao Paulo.

Porto de Galinhas.

Travelled Natal Recife via Pipa

The origin of the name is well known. Porto de Galinhas means “Port of Chickens” in Portuguese. In the second half of the 19th century, the Brazilian government imposed restrictions to the commerce of slaves, which were widely used as manpower in the sugarcane farms around Recife to circumvent the prohibition, the “black ships” (which transported slaves from Africa to Brazil) looked for other places to harbor, far from Recife. One such place was in the bays around Suape and Ipojuca, about 60 km to the South of Recife. When a ship arrived in town, as it was prohibited to mention slavery, the word spread as “there are new chickens in the port”; hence, the place gained its name Porto de Galinhas.

Porto de Galinhas.

Travelled Natal Recife via Pipa

This town has a wonderful lay back feel about it.

Wonderful colorful buildings.

Travelled Natal Recife via Pipa

I would certainly recommend you add Porto de Galinhas to your agenda.

Porto de Galinhas.

Travelled Natal Recife via Pipa

Check out the chicken phone box.

Music on the beach.

Travelled Natal Recife via Pipa

Entertainment on the beach.

The beautiful city of Olinda.

Travelled Natal Recife via Pipa 

Adjacent to Recife this old town is rather wonderful.

Wonderful old church in Olinda.

Travelled Natal Recife via Pipa 

I have seen churches like this all over Brazil.

Beautiful Olinda.

Travelled Natal Recife via PipaOlinda is a city in the north-eastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco. It hosts one of Brazil’s most famous carnivals and is listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO due to its XVI and XVII-century buildings. Many bars, restaurants, artist and craftspeople studios add charm to the old-town setting.

Recife via Pipa Condos near the beach.

Travelled Natal Recife via Pipa

Recife is a very modern city as you can see.

Beach in Recife.

Travelled Natal Recife via Pipa

Our hotel was right opposite the beach.

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My friend Simone & her cousin Pedro.

Travelled Natal Recife via Pipa

Here we are exploring Olinda.
 

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Author: David Herd

My history, particularly over the last 30 years is dominated by overseas travel. I sold my home in Australia October 20th 2011 and have have been living in Thailand since then. I don’t know where the time has gone? It seems like you go to sleep one night, wake up the next morning, and 20 years have flashed by. Not sure how many years I have left, however I have enjoyed a wonderful charmed life, and if it all ended today I would leave this world with no regrets. I was born in Sydney halfway through the last century, started my travels in the 60s with the usual U.K. Europe adventure at the age of 20, back to Australia and worked in Sydney, Melbourne & Adelaide in Sales & Marketing with multinational companies including Sanyo, Canon & Remington. Engaged to be married 3 times and never quite made it to the alter, finally realized by the mid 90s I was not cut out for "long term relationships" so I moved to the Gold Coast in Queensland in January 1987, worked for a couple of banks as a Financial Planner, I took a year off work in 1998 to travel and never went back to full time work again, after 25 fun filled years on the Coast I packed up and moved to Thailand. What is the purpose of this blog? Well I really want to use it to record my travel experiences & to display my photographs, give and receive travel tips, comment on places I visit, restaurants I eat in and use it to replace the autobiography I intended to write, apart from all that it helps me fill in my day. :) I moved to Thailand mainly because I wanted to keep travelling while my health allowed me to, there are huge advantages being closer to all the places I want to visit. Cost of living in Thailand is around 35% of the cost in Australia, plus flights are 50% cheaper because you are much closer to everywhere. ???? Consequently I am able to travel to many more places compared to living in Australia. Having said all that, it is & has always been my intention to return to Australia when my travelling is finished, I predict this will happen around 2021.

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