Home...for awhile at least

Greetings again from Joao Pessoa, "where the sun rises first in S. America"...it`s true that we are near the eastern most point of the continent and have often been enjoying those early sunrises....beautiful.

A highlight of our trip thus far (hard to believe we have only been here for ONE week!) was a day spent on a fairly remote farm outside of Joao Pessoa. We travelled there with Lane`s teacher and his wife and spent the day roaming around pineapple fields, picking cashew fruit (which we later drank...who knew?), sampling strange and delicious Brazillian fruit, and standing in awe of the towering avocado, mango, and papaya trees. I wondered if these people realize they are living the dream of so many idealistic sustainablity loving American hippies? Most likely, no. Most likely, they have been living this way for a long time. Well, we loved it and felt honored to be guests in such a special place. More soon!
this is a cashew fruit !


pineapple fields forever:)