So let’s take this back a tad. When we were in Buenos Aires staying at a party backpacker hostel called Milhouse, David spotted a girl he thought he recognized from University… after awkwardly going up to her he realized it was her and we ended up hanging out with her and her Brazilian boyfriend Renan. Katie lived with Renan in Florianopolis before having her visa expire and an unwilling embassy to let her return. They had to vacation to Argentina to hang out… CRAZY! Anyways, we were told that we HAD to stop by Renan’s place when we arrived on the island. Katie warned us that he would be incredibly hospitable and boy was she right! 
Upon yet another night bus we arrived in Floripa. We gave Renan a call and within 20mins he was at the bus station to pick us up. He gave us a little tour on our drive in and pointed out some of the must see beaches out of the 42 that were on the island!!! We were so pumped. He took us to Praie Canasviera on our first stop for some must try beach food! The first was mozzarella covered in oregano and toasted on a portable bbq!! Can I get a yummmmmm? Next was corn on a stick, we weren’t so impressed with this, definitely not as good as Taber corn. Then there was David’s favorite, CHORRIPAN! Basically a hot dog… Dave had about 5!
After stuffing our faces yet again, Renan took us to his place to get settled in. He was so cute and set up a nice little room for us with all the amenities. He made us feel completely at home so much that we didn’t want to leave! After unpacking and getting changed we headed to one of Renan’s favorite beaches so he could get his surf on. The beach was called Praie Brava and was absolutely gorgeous. Only problem was that there was no surf. Didn’t matter though because Renan had some mate prepared so we climbed up on the rocks up to the point and enjoyed the sunset. It was such a good evening.
We found out that Renan was a chef and had recently started a sushi delivery company. He ended up having to prepare a bunch that night so we tagged along and got to learn how to make a bunch of different roles. We also ate about 90% of everything we made so I guess we weren’t that much help! It was some of the best sushi I’ve ever had! So fresh and delicious!!!!
Unfortunately the rest of the time that we spent on the island it rained but we still got to visit tons of beaches. We bussed it south one day to Barra Lagoa where we had a nice breaky and then bought some sweet havaianas. We ended up wanting to check out a beach nearby and thought we could short cut it through some sand dunes… turns out the shortcut turned in to 40 days and 40 nights in the desert!!! It was sooo hot for the first time that day we kept walking in circles… The beach sounded sooo close… for about 2hrs! We finally found it though, Praie da Jaoquina and it was well worth it for the 10mins before it rained!!!! And when I say rained, I mean torrential downpoured!!! It was 3pm when we arrived at the bus station and were told that the next bus would arrive at 5:30pm! We decided to run to a hotel and try to call a cab. Finally one came and we got back to Renan’s place safe and sound. Renan leant us his car for the following days which was a heck of a lot faster than the bus and we were able to check out a few more beaches, Praie dos Igleses and Praie Brava again… They were really nice! On our last night there, Renan insisted on preparing a traditional Brazilian Barbeque. It was amazing!!! A whole lot of meat prepared on a fire bbq with a ton of caiparinas! Sooo good!
We were really sad to leave Renan’s place but opted for better weather in Rio! We’ll have to go back to visit him sometime soon!
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