Going to Moreré

Today we had planned to go to Moreré, which is along the beaches we walked last Sunday, but then around the next corner.
You can only do that at low tide as you have to cross a river at the end.

We noticed at breakfast that the tide was still coming in and we would not be able to walk there for another few more hours.
Philippe recommended taking the Tractor to Moreré and then walk back at low tide.
I thought we could actually walk the land way, but he said that would not be a good idea ……

So we walked to the village up to the “tractor point”, which is something like the Bus stop in Boipeba.
An alternative to being transported in a tractor trailer would be getting a ride on a quad bike or an enduro!!

The Tractor point was quite busy with people going the same direction. We bought our tickets to Moreré, which were $R 10 per person and waited for the next trailer to arrive!
We just got on, as it was really full and then we set off!!
Well - after this trip you have an idea how our sheep are feeling in a trailer!
And the “roads” were pure sand - single track and up and down hill. It was some adventure indeed.
It took us 25 minutes to cover the maybe 3.5 km to Moreré where every one got off.

Moreré is the second biggest village on the island after Velho and as we discovered is little bit more alternative and hippie. 
We walked along the beach. I had an Acarajé, which is some deep fried bean dough, filled with with prawns cooked in a tomato onion sauce. Neil had a tapioca with chicken and cheese.
Then we set off to Bainema Beach, further along the island. 
This was very quiet, beautiful  and HUGE! 
We went for a swim and around 4 pm we set off again, as we had an about 2 hour walk in front of us and the sun goes down at 6 pm.

We realised that on the way home there was more to Moreré as that we had seen earlier, and there was also another beautiful beach. 
Moreré seems to be more the place for backpackers, as there were a few nice and shadowy camping sites just at the beach. Sheltered by trees. It was lovely and I would like to come back here one day.

Between the trees there were a few sellers of the usual hand made jewellery and passing by one display, I found myself attracted somehow and walked back to have another look.
The girl selling was from Peru but was travelling around South America since many years selling jewellery they had made and surviving somehow.
There was a stone I really liked which was called Lodolita, A quartz with inclusions, native to Brazil.
I bought a quite big pendant which was really beautiful. Mounted with a Peruvian metal called Alpaca, or also “false silver”.

Then Neil and I continued you walk along the beaches. As the sun was lowering there were some most beautiful skies!
I was excited and took plenty of photos with my small Sony, as I could not be bothered taking the big one.
It will take some time to go through all these shots ……

The last bit of the way we did in the dark, but that was not a problem. 
We were quite knackered when we arrived in Luar Das Aguas and stopped at the bar for beer and a chat with the staff and Kirsty, a dutch woman who lives here.
Then the electricity went.

Kirsty told us that this and water shortage always happens when the island has too many visitors over New year. They put candles out and the diners had all a candle light dinner.

We went for a shower in the dark and set off for Velho to grab some food.
Here was still electricity and we ended after a couple of rounds at Punto do Barra at the beach, with the feet in the sand.
I ordered pasta with king prawns and a big salad and was big time defeated by the amount of food!!!
The pasta portion was huge with a lot of prawns and surprisingly delicious!!
I would come back for this although I was not able to finish it.
Neil had a Pizza, which also was surprisingly good!! 
The Caipirinhas were strong and actually too much for us after 20 km walking in the sun.

We waddled home, overeaten and dropped to bed.
Luckily the electricity was back and we had the luxury of air-conditioning over night.

Main blip is a low tide delivery, look at the left, there is the boat he was collecting crates of Red Bull, probably preparing for the New Years Parties on the beaches.

Extras:
*  Beach
* Tide coming in
* The "bus"
* Moreré incoming taxis