This morning we leave for Brasilia on an 11 am flight. No lunch will be served on our airline so I made myself a sandwich from the breakfast breads with cheese and turkey for a snack with a hand zip lock bag. I will miss the Bola Souza Leao treats but no manioc based sweets further south. Liz looked up the preparation of manioc online and it is a very long process taking over a week to prepare the root by soaking, pounding grating etc. I did buy some tapioca flour with the recipe on the back for tapioca con queijo - tapioca crepes with cheese that I have loved here in the north of Brazil. Interestingly, no Brazil nuts so far but plenty of cashews. I don't really care for the cashew fruit though it makes a pretty good juice.
All of our luggage is getting a bit heavier and I notice that some bags have their expandable options utilized. Both Esther and Kamillah bought cotton woven hammocks yesterday from Luciano, a Gallinha Beach resident yesterday. At first the light went out of his eyes when he found that we were American and not Canadian but after a spirited haggling with Esther for a yellow hammock his mood definitely improved. With Kamillah's purchase of the orange hammock, he was in 7th heaven. We were sitting outdoors drinking capirinhas enjoying our time before we departed for our hotel.
On the way back home - heavy traffic time - we found that there was a major traffic problem which the bus driver conveyed to Ni, our tour guide. It was decided to take the private toll road owned by the Brennand's who had it put in for the condos and private owners. No one, not even most tourists know about this road so we saved 2 1/2 hours of travel time. The toll is expensive, around 35 $Rais but so worth it. We arrived back at Boa Viagem and our Atlante Hotel at 6 pm far earlier than if we had sat in traffic.
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