Beach Hopping

Since this week was spring break, we decided to enjoy our surroundings a little and visit several of the beaches around where we live. On Wednesday we went snorkeling at Lagoinha Beach. It was amazing. Swimming with thousands of fish in crystal clear water. I don't have any pictures of that because I forgot to take my waterproof camera but I definitely will next time.


On Thursday we went to Florianopolis. That is the capital of our state (Santa Catarina) and the city is an island. We had never visited the beaches there and they were spectacular. We saw these huge sand dunes where you can rent snowboards to ride down them. Anna and Marilze thought it would be easy to slide down them. It wasn't.


Right next to the dunes was Joaquina Beach. It was beautiful.


There were huge waves and a lot of surfers. They were holding a surfing competition and some of the surfers were excellent.


We bought grilled cheese sticks from this guy. Believe it or not, he had charcoal burning inside that can and would hold cheese on wooden sticks inside the can until they were grilled. It was pretty good.


Florianopolis not only has beautiful beaches but is surrounded by high hills where you can take some spectacular photos.


We had a great time. Marilze and I plan to go back in a few weeks for our 20th anniversary. This time we'll leave the kids at home.

You can see more of my photos at

http://www.flickr.com/photos/westnashvillegringo