Jennifer's Joyous Journal

Yesterday, our final organized outing,

Yesterday, our final organized outing, our group rented a bus to take us to a place Doug and Luciana considered having the wedding at called Sea Paridise where we chartered a boat to a small sand bar called J Island (though I don't remember what the place is actually called). I think the boat trip out took much longer than expected - at one point we encountered a sand bar where we all got out to play while the boat waited for the tide to come up so we could pass the bar. We saw a few small fish and found some sand dollars that were fairly big for sand dollars and still alive - when you turned them over, you could see the filla moving around. Once we got to J Island we were only allowed about 40 minutes to explore the beach before the boat had to head back. On our walk to the point, we saw a very cute, sand colored crab that we harrassed for a while. It was fast little critter and would scurry sideways at our approach and eventually burried itself in the sand. Once back on the boat pretty much everybody took a nap for the return trip. Though boat ride was long, we were well cared for on the trip. There was food and beverage available for purchase and a live 2 man band that played great music on both legs of the trip. Once back at Sea Paradise, we enjoyed a seafood buffet. The food was okay, but not nearly up to what I've come to expect from Brazilian cuisine. We were promised shrimp and lobster. While the shrimp was tasty the lobster was well disguised in a casserole that I would be surprised if it contained more than one or two lobsters for a dish meant to feed 20 people. It was a very satisfying excursion and a great way to end the trip for most.