Buzios beaches: aka Paradise

Back from our whirlwind trip to Buzios this weekend. Left at 9;30 at night and got in at 1 in the morning. Not exactly a fun car trip, but as always worth it. What an incredible place!

We only really had one full beach day, but dont worry, I have some photos from the archives, and Buzios is one of those great places that just doesn't change, and you really don't want it to!

{JOAO FERNANDINHA}

Above is a photo of Joao Fernandinha, the little brother of Joao Fernando beach which is right next door. Miss Sandy Bottoms is going to get some "cement" for the sand castle. What is great about the beaches of Buzios is that there are so many with perfectly calm waters, and as you can see, the view isnt too bad either!

{TO DO}

You must think I am bonkers to tell you what you need to do on a beach...well you obviously know that you should do absolutely nothing. But I do want to fill you in on an aspect of Brazilian culture that you might not know about:

the BEACH CHAIR SETUP.

I personally love it. You dont have to bring a billion items to the beach, just some cash and your kanga (sarong).

(BEWARE: if you do bring a beach TOWEL, you will automatically be labeled gringo, which might not be a bad thing, but just want to let you know.)

In the city of Rio you actually pay "rent" for the chairs, but in Buzios you pay nothing for the chair setup. They set you up with little reclining chairs and a little table and THEN, comes the great part - they set you up with one of those famous CAIPIRINHAS (dont forget to read the CAIPIRINHA post). If you want something a bit lighter they also have cans of beer and for those even lighter yet they have soda. What more do you need in life?

Above is the view of a beach from one of the many deserted cobblestone roads that go over the mountains.This is one of the few surfing beaches, called BRAVA. Talk to your hotel and rent a BUGRE (yes I wrote booger...), which is a sand buggy with a bad name.

Sorry I couldnt get the sun to shine for this one, but the beach above is called FERRADURA, and is one of my favorites. There I am suffering with the 2 kidlets. We suffered for 10 whole days, while we rented a house on this beach. Absolute paradise. Look for the younger brother, once again, FERRADURINHA, which is also beautiful.

This is a photo of AZEDA beach. Now you might think I don't want you to go there, as I must admit this is a rather strange photo. Where is the water you ask? I couldn't get it in the photo, in any case all water looks the same in Buzios - completely placid and turquoise and total heaven. But how cool is it to sit in the shade of a beautiful tree, 5 meters from the water?

This is the famous beach with those work of art CAIPIRINHAS, and it is my favorite beach in Buzios.