Sal, Cape Verde to Recife, Brazil. Olinda. 6 - 7 Nov 2005

Challenging crossing of the Intertropical Convergence Zone

What a pleasure the following day to eat a sumptuous breakfast of tropical fruit and other Brazilian specialties served on the shaded terrace of a beautiful garden!
Lena joined us at lunchtime. We wandered around Olinda with her and ordered some lovely hand painted place mats from a well-known local artist. I told her that we were travelling around Latin America in a small plane and she said she lived a different kind of adventure. She dreamed as she painted and never knew what each day would bring.
Rua do Amparo boasts two gastronomical restaurants, so we indulged ourselves at both lunch and dinner. We overdid both the caipirinhas and the fish, but didn’t care in the least! We dined at the Oficina do Sabor where, together with Lena, we had had lunch with our old friend Armando and his wife Maria Lucia back in May 2002 in the final stage of our world trip.