Out on the boat - Day 40

We headed off after breakfast to go and find our boat - well first we had to find the pier!! luckily Paraty only has one pier so it was easy to find.  Then we had to find our boat - the pier was full of people and their boats selling tours of the islands but we were booked onto Banzay - yup the same name as that crazy Japanese tv endurance programme on the telly - I was really hoping we wouldn't have to swim through mud then eat worms before we could get on the boat!!!

Luckily we found our boat and didn't have to do any tricks to get on board - well all they wanted was the trick of opening my purse and paying for it!!!

The boat wasn't too packed either so we got a couple of seats on the main deck - we didn't want to sit up on the top deck as we were sunburned enough!  The boat headed off passing lots of tiny islands on the way - they looked fab!  great places to hide away from everything!!  there are 365 islands in this area big and small.

Here I am with some of the islands in the background and also wearing my famous orange scarf!! Mark commented on how I seemed to have worn it every day I have been away - well it has saved me from some severe sunburn in Chile (wish I had been wearing it yesterday) and it has helped me breathe through the dusty mountains of Chile and it has kept the rain off my head in Macchu Piccu - it also can be used as a top, a skirt or a dress - what more do you want from a scarf.... my favourite piece of clothing by far!

Thankfully the sea wasn't too choppy - I had my sick bands on but didn't need them at all, very pretty scenery...

The boat stopped a couple of times to let everyone in the water for a swim - it was actually not too cold and was beautiful and crystal clear.  We went on shore using the wee dingy which I made a complete tit of myself the second time by falling out of the boat - luckily I had left my camera, phone and wallet behind on the second trip otherwise more than my pride would had been damaged!!!  Mark was to hand to help me up to my feet although you could tell he really wanted to laugh but since I had hurt my leg in the fall onto the sea bed he had to stifle it and show concern instead!!  The wee boat driver didn't stifle anything and had a good old laugh to himself...fucker!

Here is my very own daniel craig walking purposely out of the sea!  Mark was swimming with his tshirt on, as was I, because of our sunburned bodies!  Thats our boat behind Mark.

I was starving when we got back but we needed to find an ATM as I have booked for me to go horse riding tomorrow so needed to get more cash out so we headed off to do that first before I could get anything to eat - as usual I had to try three different banks before I got money - my bank is owned by HSBC - one of the biggest banks in the world, surely it must be easier to get money from other banks?!!

As we arrived at a restaurant it started to rain so a good excuse for a couple of Chopps (draft lager) and a chickpea and aubergine sandwich for me.

I am off riding with Raul tomorrow while Mark has a restful morning in the jacuzzi.  Really looking forward to riding as I haven't ridden in Brazil yet!

suzxxx