So in the morning we left the truck to go on the barge across the river while we took the faster passenger ferry. It was a lovely sunny morning and we had some lovely views. We reached Sao Luis which is split into two parts. The old historic area, which we stayed in, and the modern side across the bay. So imagine how impressed I was to see that our hostel as at the top of some very steep and uneven steps. I am clumsy as the best of times but with my back pack and tempretures increasing my the minute….. I was impressed with my ability to negotiate the steps. We dumped our gear ready for our tour with Bruno the guide. He kindly supplied us all with paper fans from the local tourist office and off we went. Sao Luis was lovely with some lovely old buildings (some restored and some not). An interesting place, full of history. We also visited the local markets and tasted some of the fruits local to Brazil which we had not tried yet. Some were lovely, some were interesting. One great bit was the cachaca that we saw and then later tried (sugar cane spirit).
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| Bottles of Cachaca with Crabs in them!!! |
We went to fantastic place which appeared closed but we were let in to find a small bar with hundreds of bottle of this home brew with many different flavourings. The owner likes to experiment and was happy to give us a taste of his 3 most popular versions: cinnamon, cashew and ginger (I think). They could all strip the paint of walls!!!!
At lunch time a few of us took ourselves off to find some lunch and found a local place which severed typical food but none of us spoke any portugese so we had to practice our sign language and pointing. The several beers we had helped with the translation! The historical part of town would not get a top score from me due to its lack of icecream! Our time in Sao Luis ended in a strange makeshift bar for a few beers in the evening before heading off for some sleep before out earliest yet departure.
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