June 2016- Brazil Part 3

After Porto Seguro we got in our car and drove for 6 hours to a city called Ilheus. Our drive was on mostly dirt roads through small little towns. We even stopped at a gas station to have lunch. They had a whole buffet of food for all the workers around town to enjoy.

This was a cute chapel that we passed on our drive. 

 To get to this view we had to drive up a really steep road that was one way. You just had to hope that no one was coming down it. There was a cliff on one side and houses on the other. 

 We stayed at this fun resort on the beach. The guy who worked at the front desk was super nice and could speak English. Andrew's parents tend to stay at the same hotels when visiting the different areas of their mission. Sometimes the people who work at the hotels call him President and they really respect that he is a great leader in his church.

 Tiny hot chocolate! 

 Andrew and his dad went for a morning run and frisbee on the beach. They took some great pictures. Brazil is BEAUTIFUL!

 Andrew's parents said we didn't have to go to this whole zone conference and could hang out by the pool all morning. We met up with them for lunch!

 This airport was so tiny and had a river on oneside with the ocean on the other. In order to take off you had to drive to the back of the runway by the rive and then you took off basically into the ocean. Andrew did a little time lapse video to show it!

June 2016-Brazil Part 2

The the first leg of our trip we accompanied my in-laws to two different zone conferences. The first was to Porto Seguro. We hopped on a plane and headed south.

 Porto Seguro is the point of discovery of Brazil.

 The marker that the Portuguese navigators placed.

 After spending the afternoon walking around...we hopped on a ferry boat to go to Trancoso.

 Fresh corn on the side of the road.

 San Juan was happening the week we were there so they had these cool flags lining every street.

We found a church where we could do some fun poses with the light. 

 The first of many Brazilian Lemonade. Funny story about this dinner...we were eating and then we noticed that Michael Buble's Christmas album was playing in English. We think they liked to play it because they knew it was in English but didn't know it was Christmas music.

 We then drove down this long dirt road and over some tiny bridges to get to this awesome hideaway. It is these two houses that overlook a river that feds into the ocean.

 One of the only golf courses in Brazil is found in Trancoso. Andrew had looked it up before our trip and Andrew's dad treated him to a round of golf. The girls were good drivers!

 This hole you had to hit the ball to the the other cliff behind Andrew. They both made it.

 The view was breathtaking!

 Nothing like eating lunch on the beach

 In order to get to the beach you had to kayak out on the river to where it feeds into the ocean. We had the beach all to ourselves. The boogie boarding was awesome!

 This cute kid was fishing in the river. He showed us what he caught. 

 We then headed back to the city and enjoyed a dinner at McDonald's. It is big deal to eat at McDonald's in Brazil.

 I found my hot chocolate for breakfast. 

 This is a cool tapioca crepe. This is native to Bahia Brazil. You use tapicoa flour and then can put different things inside of it. I can't explain it very well but it was cool how they made it.

 We enjoyed being apart of a zone conference. It was a long day but very uplifting and fun to talk to the missionaries. Most of all it was fun seeing Andrew's parents in action!

 We were spoiled our whole trip with fun treats! Who wouldn't want ice cream in a pineapple! :)

 On our way out of town we stopped at a museum explaining the discovery of Brazil.