Praia do Rosa

We headed towards Praia do Rosa again this week-end, with Sondre and his two friends, Guilerme and Fransisco.
5 hours in the car with their music and talking almost drove me nuts - only almost - because they are so sweet :-)


What a crowded beach!!


Cool - cooler - coolest.
Too bad there were no cute girls to look at them!



The best friends!! They are so great - we enjoy their company so much!

Pousada Vida Sol e Mar, absolutely recommended :-)

This mister had a relaxing week-end for once. On Saturday he didn't care to go running!! I took his fever! Of course it ended up with 30 minutes running at the beach!

Lunch time!

Of course on their own table away from us!

This flower is Praia do Rosa's symbol!

Another typical local plant.

"Flamboyant" - this beautiful tree flower in December. Very Christmasy!

Beautiful pathway down to the beach.


So far so good!

Beautiful weather, cute boys, almost empty beach, etc etc.

I went back to the chalet, had a shower, were sitting on the balcony reading my book waiting for the surfers to come home, so T-I and I could go for that oysters-dinner we missed last time (because of some kids!!)

Suddenly Guilerme came running;" Fransisco hurt his foot, they had to go to hospital"!

But the car was with me! "The ambulance came" he told me, very disturbed!

So what could we do other than wait for a message. And it took a goood while before T-I called from a small hospital in Garopaba, 20-30 km away.

So we went there and got the whole story; the fin of a surfboard (probably another surfer) cut Fransisco's foot open. He panicked when he saw his foot and screamed. Some life guards + Thor-Inge rescued him from the water. Someone called an ambulance, but because it cannot get all the way down to the beach they took the boy in their arms and startet running. Fransisco were screaming; "I don't want to loose my foot" "I can never play soccer again" "I can never walk again". Sondre and Guilerme were of course frightened as hell!

After A LOT of painful needles in the hospital, he finally came out with 19 stiches!!!!!

"You promise to be more careful!!!"

Sondre and Guilerme were really happy he survived the "shark bite"!!

The next patient came to the hospital in helicopter, bitten by the most poisonous snake in Brazil.

Guess there haven't been so much action in the hospital in Garopaba for years. The place is a really really small and quiet beach village.

And guess what?

We didn't go out for oysters, but ordered pizza and stayed home to take care of Fransisco who was in a lot of pain.


On the way to breakfast!
Fransisco asked if he could hire Thor-Inge to carry him around the next 2 weeks :-)