We drove from Estrella d’Agua, a Relaix & Chateau, to Itacare Eco Resort. We had an interesting drive here highlighted by a highway blockage by local citizens. They were demonstrating for better education. They blocked BR101 with debris and burning tires. The Policia and Militar just looked on. The blockage in Chiapas and the Grand Taco in Vitoria came to mind. Anisa saw on her i phone that there was another way to Itacare. We hightailed it out fast by a quick U turn and aggressively driving
over a log that was being rolled to block all the ways out. This was a Silverback Moment, as we did not want to arrive at the Eco Resort after dark. In general, the poor rural people living along our route were as poor as any we saw in Central America or Peru. They could just as easily protest the poor road conditions that hamper their economic development by isolating them. Lets keep in mind that the people here are very nice and helpful. They have problems with their circumstances. The pictures tell a lot.
We have learned a few words to get us by: Gasolina; Completa; credito; baneo; abrigado(a); ciao; ta; sim; nao & hola. Of course a lot of words as close to Spanish but pronounced & spelled differently, e.g., izquerda, derecha & adelante or directo. We understand the street signs and directions.
The digs here target the Brazil market and are nice. Very little English is spoken here. We all had fish with octopus sauce for the main dinner plate. We ate every bit of the starters, rice, fish and desert. I guess that we were hungry and liked the food.
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