Organic Markets & Zumba! This morning Perpetua and I had organized to meet in a square in the centre - near to where Perpetua does her Pilates class. After some breakfast I made my way in walking; although I like walking- it is far from a pleasant experience in this city with some of the worst sidewalks I have ever seen. The organic market was tiny and there were only two stalls open so we sat at some table and chairs and tried to come up with an alternative ...

Perpetuas House!! Another half decent sleep and I was up bright and early talking to my fellow Couchsurfers and saying my goodbyes to my host Sara. It was unfortunate that Sara couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak Portuguese as it was quite difficult to share any meaningful conversation. At around 9am I walked in the steaming hot sun to my new host; Perpetuas place - about a 40 minute walk into the city. Perpetua lives in a beautiful apartment complex and ...

Fortaleza!! After quite a good sleep in the hammock; I woke up early and did some exercises and made breakfast. Sara had to do some marking (she is an Art Teacher) so I decided to go for a walk into the city centre. As it is Sunday absolutely everything on the walk into the city was closed and the streets were completely empty - quiet eary. However when I arrived in the city centre there was some movement and there were quite a few people around the church and th...

Ain't No Rest For The Wicked!! I found myself up at 3am again partly due to the extreme heat and partly due to my obsessive and compulsive thinking mind. I managed to get a little more sleep before getting out of bed at 6:30am and joining Walter & Bruna for breakfast. I started the day with another cup of Brazil's finest coffee before saying goodbye to Walter. I also got to have a really nice chat with Bruna; a first as Bruna has been incredibly busy all week...

When it Rains it Pours!! Waking up this morning I was greeted with a huge downpour of rain that lasted about 3 hours. The rain was a welcome occurrence as it meant I didn't need to stress about rushing out to visit one of Natals famous outer beaches and instead take it easy and hopefully workout how I can get to the airport tommorow. I started the day again with some Brazilian coffee with a little sugar and salt (a tiny bit of salt is used to take out the bittern...