Paranaguá - up the creek

On a quiet March morning we motored the rest of the way up the river to the Iate Clube do Paranaguá (eeyatchee cloob). When we got there, there were some friendly chaps who helped us dock. There were 2 striking things about this: 1. Friendly chaps,  2. A walk on mooring that didn't involve abseiling. Now at this stage,  Rafael and Ricardo were not with us, sk of the 3 of us I had the most Portuguese in the bank. I am also the skipper, it's my job so I had no excuse,  I had to go and sign in and discuss mooring fees with the reception. It went something like (pardon the spelling):

"Ola. Onde esta recepcião?"

"Ola. Eu es um comandante em meu barco. quanta costa.... eeeeerrrrr...... ummmm... mooring?"

"Ah shit bru, I dont know what youre saying anymore and I'm all out of porra"

"Okay. Meu amigo fallar portugues. Meu amigo chegando.... ummm... later today.."

Anyways, I think the message got across. And while we waited for Raf and Travie to arrive, we treated ourselves to cold cokes and showers all round! That feeling of appreciation of an ice cold drink after a long sail will never get old. We all noticed that our wounds from the barrachudas had finally had a chance to do some healing.

When Raf and Traveena arrived we had a little catch up, sharing stories from our respective carnivals. We had some lunch on the boat - canned feijoada, which was surprisingly good. The rest of the day was laundry, and drying things from the sail. I spent a good part of the night in the empty security guard hut, because it was the only place that I could get wifi and power, and still stay dry from the rain.

The next morning the crew went to town to do some provisioning, while I got some more masters work in the bank. They got back, and between what they'd bought and what raf and trav had nicked from their backpackers, we had enough food to see us through to Florianopolis. After filling the water tanks,  folding and packing all the sails and having lunch we got on our way. We decided to stop in our trusty anchorage for the night and choose what to do with the next day when it came. Personally, I saw very little of the town - only what we could see from the river. But sometimes that is all you really want to see, and to see more would only ruin it for you. So I left it at that. I had work to do anyway.