Atlantic Beach- June 18, 2007

Finally we visited a beach around here!

So class was at 9:30 AM like usual and today we talked about CNN. It was interesting to find out about all the influence that newscast service has. It has its CNN effect which forces the federal government to act and has the power of making news important, or negligible. The twelve of us take the class together with no other students and the only hassle is having to move to a different class during class time.
Later that day at 2PM we all rounded up by the front desk of the hotel to visit local beaches. It was a cloudy day with no cold waves of wind, but no rays of sun either. First, we went to a beach called Joaquina. As we got there we saw these tall large sand dunes and some people renting boards- we were definitely gonna have to come back. Past the sand dunes we parked in a nearby parking lot and walked over to a small store. Well not a store, you know one of those set ups that come out of a truck with thin blankets as walls and poles as corners/foundations, yea one of those. It had attractive tourist gifts which featured the beach or city name along with a nice design.
Walking past the store I followed the sound of the ocean and that breeze of water that makes you feel alive. Not far up ahead there it was, the mesmeric Atlantic Ocean as I saw it for the first time. The water rode in clear waves of some color between blue and green, and the sand was a vast space of land, empty but covered with footprints. The vast sea was empty because aside from it being a cold day it was winter and few people go to the beach during winter. After seeing the water I made my way into a small tourist store (yes an indoor store this time) and I finally bought some souvenirs for my people back at home.

The next beach we visited was not very far away and seemed like a nicer beach to go for a swim seeing as how it was more secluded and made you walk about 300m from nearby parking. The set of wooden stairs leading down to the beach was as far as any of us went and were home to the numerous pictures we took. As I left I couldn't help but seeing the one statue they had, a man of athletic build holding a surfboard positioned 10 feet above the ground, as if it was their king. Happy I had seen some great beaches and content I had finally bought people gifts, I called it a day.
Surfing around this island seems like a big thing. The surf shops are rather expensive and there are many surf oriented businesses on the way to the beach. I heard they hold national surf competitions on the island for its beautiful beaches and good waves. I'm glad we came to this place in Brazil, its a great island.