Am I really in Brazil?! Already?

Could it be that I have made it to my last country-destination of this trip? Yes, I decided to save Peru for another trip because I got to Brazil a week ago and decided that I just couldn´t cut this part of my trip short. I was originally planning 3 weeks in Brazil and 3 weeks in Peru, but then I realized that I had a bit less time than I thought, so I said "ok 3 weeks Brazil, 2 weeks Peru." But ONLY 3 weeks in Brazil? No way. So here I am, in Brazil, coming home in just less than a month. And what will I be doing for the next 30 days? Exactly what I´ve done for the last week... sit on the beach.

Now don´t get me wrong. Sitting on the beach is hard work. I have to wake up in the morning, eat a huge (and delicious!) breakfast of fruits, cheese, and coffee. Then I have to put on my bathing suit, cover-up, and flip-flops, take my brazilian flag towel, sunscreen, and water. Finally, I have to decide which beach to sit on that day. Or at the beginning of the day, because we could always decide to move if we want to. Yes, life is tough here in Brazil. I don´t know how I will survive.

What do we do while we sit on the beach? Well yesterday, we were at a beach on Ilha Grande (and island a few hours south of Rio), and my friends and I went in the water, played in the sand a bit, and towards the end we even got a boogie board from some guys who didn´t want it anymore. So I boogie boarded for a few minutes, snapped a few photos with our new toy, and then left it for someone else to play with. In addition, I´m doing a lot of reading and writing--I just read Brave New World in 2 days, which I have been waiting to read since I read 1984 in Mrs. Fisher´s 10th grade English class. I´ve aslso been playing a lot of guitar, which makes me very happy. Like everything else here.

Anyway, I can´t believe that I will be back in the US of A in less than a month. Kind of sad, but I´ve been doing a lot of daydreaming about the summer and next semester on the long busrides. Being the optimist that I am, I have begun already looking forward to what will come after the grand adventure is done. But I can´t say that all that daydreaming is making me wish that I were coming home one minute sooner...