Two more charming villages. In San Tiago do Iguape we went looking for fresh fish. We found some in a store that looked like a saloon in a western with customers and owners wearing cowboy hats. One of our group remarked that the Brazilians hadn’t evolved since de beginning of 1900. I think they did but in a very different way. Some still choose to get around on horse back instead of in a car and most live in houses made of clay but they all have cell phones, flat screens and satellite cable. Fisherman Gaston was very happy to catch some crab after weeks of fruitless fishing in the bay. It made for a good meal served as an appetizer with home made mayonnaise followed with the fresh fish cooked on the BBQ.
The ruins of a huge San Franciscan monastery over look the water in Sao Francisco. On man is fighting for its restoration and preservation with little success. The government is not providing
the necessary funds. This man is so passionate that when he told the story of this breath taking place, we understood even if he only speaks Portuguese. The monastery was use to educate the brothers but also as a prison for misbehaving slaves. They would torture them and kill them by tying them to the wall at the bottom of a tower where the water would go up at high tide. Not exactly the type of story that makes you proud to be white. The visit is free but the guide will ask you to sign is book so he can show the government that people do visit and hopefully get some funds.
On last remark on Brazil: They believe that keeping a small bird in a cage in your home will bring you good luck. So they have birds everywhere. What is most particular is that you see men walking around with bird cages on the street everywhere.
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This concludes our visit of Brazil... stay tuned for the French Guyana.
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