Leaving Praia de Frances early the next morning we jumped on a local bus to the next beach town further down the coast. With the help of the friendly locals (always conveniently positioned at the front of the bus to act as translators between us and the driver) we found ourselves in Praia de Barra, another picture-perfect beach setting. We’d read that there was one particular beach that we shouldn’t miss so after managing to find a local who spoke pretty good English we came to realise that the locals on the bus had in fact meant that we needed to get a water taxi. After being totally ripped off by the gringo prices we jumped onto a motorised pedlow and sped off through the stunningly clear water towards a beach fringed by a field of coconut trees.
Arriving on Praia de Gunga we were speechless. It was absolutely beautiful and definitely worth the expensive boat ride. We walked around the tip of the beach to a totally deserted part of the coast facing the ocean with coconut trees behind us and spent the day relaxing (again) soaking up the Brazilian sun (again!) with a whole beach to ourselves.
With our return journey booked for 4pm we made our way back to the main beach and whilst waiting for the bus back to our village I spotted something rather peculiar. On first glimpse I actually jumped out of my skin, mistaking the creature for a large rat. However as I took a closer look and as the animal licked its lips, I realised it was some kind of small monkey – obviously a local’s pet. It was actually pretty cute and I suppose just one of those random encounters made by travelling (Tom also made “friends” with a local mangy goat).
Leaving the beaches wasn’t something either of us wanted to do but if we are to make Buenos Aires in time for Christmas we’ve got to keep moving so the next day we boarded a bus (9 hours) to Salvador further down the coast.
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