Well I hope you're ready for a visual feast.....yes, and you all
know by now what that means.....beaches, greenery, sun, sea etc.....and we haven't even got Hannah or the lovely Pedro to set off the foreground....I'm sorry but I'm doing what I can....
......anyway have you ever tried taking pics on one leg???? Plus you have to hobble to somewhere that you can reach to take them in the first place.....so I did.....and it's hard work I can tell you, solo, with one crutch and no cars or wheelchairs or assistants.....well at least we've moved on from me in a wheelchair with flyspray and a self timer.....I think.....
Anyway here we have Boqueirao, the area just near where I've been staying....a couple of minutes (normal) walk from Uli and Maria's house.
In the pic above, the light wall above the lagoon to the right in the distance is Marco and Ornella's house, the one with the amazing view, and to the left is what we call Johny's bar, actually called "Estacao Boqueirao"....Boqueirao Station...unfortunately there are no trains, unless you're drinking caipirinhas in which case there's pretty much anything you like.....

If you carry on ahead the other way you end up in Saquarema town, by the church, via a causeway or two across bits of lagoon.....it's a brilliant walk along the lagoons to the ocean......as far as I remember.....
Now I assure you, this is neither self interest nor advertising.......honest......just past Boqeirao Station and round the corner is Uli's small condo "Lindagoa" which I am attempting to sell for him online, my first venture into estate agenting.....and probably my last.....however having been a dodgy record dealer I should be well suited.....

......however although I'm marketing the property, until today I'd never actually been to see it, other than over the garden wall.....coincidentally my mum was in that film.....

.....no really, shot in Manchester in the forties, starring the very famous(who?) Norman Evans, who Les Dawson kindly copied his entire act from.....ahhh bless (I'm referring to the phrase, and film, "Over the Garden Wall" by the way.....) ......she got to say "rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb" whilst smoking a fag in a nightclub scene......errrrr were was I ......oh yeah, so above is a view down the garden towards the private lagoon beach......with some reeds......you can easily chop those down though....if you want..... ......and a view from the private beach over to Marco and Ornella's pad.....nice.....

So to continue with this blatant display of non self-interest and not at all advertising......oh here's the link for the property on the net http://www.viviun.com/AD-64494/
...just to display my realtoring skills of course......anyway above a pic of one of the houses....ok there's a few below as well but it's very nice there and it's well worth a look and .....


.....well it's got it's own beach and everything and you can't buy beach except you can on a lagoon......

Ok I'm sorry.....here we are a bit later on and the sun is setting and the light is nice and they're loading bicycles and people onto the boat that replaces the bridge that the mayor spent on a helicoptor.....nice sturdy long lasting aluminium boats they use here.....especially viewed in a photograph from a considerable distance....I hope Mister Cooper has made a note of that.....he let me buy him one on eBay without him seeing it first.....see how trustworthy we realtors can be.....how was I supposed to know aluminium corrodes in salt water.....it looked ok in the picture......from a considerable distance.......
.....anyway I expect many of you need cheering up by now, particularly Mr.Cooper......so here's a picturesque sunset view of the road I broke my leg walking to the shops along.....now I look again it's obviously fraught with perils for the unsuspecting gringo......but on that fateful day, aye, seven weeks ago today it was, as I live and breathe.....
.....actually, I'm really amazed to see that there's plaques there now to mark the spot.....must have fallen off my teeth when I banged my head on the wall on the way down, great big lumps of it....
A nice tree at sunset so you can't see it properly......
....and just to round things off a pic from the private beach at Lindagoa looking towards the distant, well fairly distant, well they could just be very small.....mountains....there, finished.....