For want of a little adventure before the day was done, we took a city bus from the street near Andrew's house which is called Avenida Everton da Costa Xavier but which everyone refers to as Central, and for R$3.30 we had an hour long ride and got to Praia de Piratininga which was the end of the line. I was a little disappointed to discover it was the very same beach we visited two days ago but it all turned out fine since we walked on a different part of the beach that felt quite different. We ate our supper of spaghetti, which we carried with us, in a little fishing boat on the sand since there were no benches in sight and nothing but sand to sit on. After a piece of dark chocolate to wrap our meal, we took a walk on the rocks, past some dead fish and parts of fishes--this being an area where the morning's catch is sold right off the boats and fishing nets.
While waiting for our return bus, Raphael got a cup of coffee at a thatched "Starbucks" on the beach, while a local woman called out to a couple stray dogs to come get their evening meal.
On the corner before we turned into our street, Rua Guatemala, we stopped to peer at a woman's homemade desserts displayed on a small wooden cart. We bought a slice of something that looked like it might be flan in the dim glow of the street light but turned out to be a stiff pudding of sago and shredded coconut. It was pleasant tasting.
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