FORTALEZA, BRAZIL
Todays stop brings us to Fortaleza in north eastern Brazil. Fortaleza is a city of almost 3 million residents. It looks like most live in apartment or condo type high rises overlooking the atlantic ocean. The coast is lined with sandy beaches and a smattering of sea side cafes. There are around 25km of beaches inside the city. For today we booked a tour called the best of Fortaleza, basically a 4hr tour with stops at a local artisan mall with 500 small stores, the local cathedral, local beach and the theatre / opera house. In between the stops we had a good look at different parts of the city from the bus window. We were not to impressed with the city, not very clean and road construction everywhere. After visiting several colonial cities the past week, we are getting tired of the same shopping malls and old churches and buildings. We figured we should have gone to the beach instead today and suck on a cold beveridge while over looking the ocean. When we got out the tour bus at our stops, we were warned to be extra carefull for pickpocketers and muggers. As we were used to by now, we we left our jewelry and watches at the ship. Another isue adding to the safety was, that the local police force was currently on strike. Instead of local police, there was a lot of military police around and in a couple of areas we seen army trucks with soldiers in full gear stationed at street corners. For today we had an early departure 1:30. This early departure was, to make it to the next port by early Tuesday morning. For the remaining part of the afternoon, we hang around the pool and played a game of trivia.
Cheers
“South America” “Fortaleza” “Beaches”
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