THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF RECIFE . ( REEF )

THE CABANGA YACHT CLUB LENT US THEIR OLD WOODEN ROWBOAT TO TRANSPORT OUR STORES TO OUR BOAT TO SAVE US THE LONG WALK AROUND THEIR MARINA .

THIS NAKED LADY SITS UP ON A ROOFTOP IN OLINDA THE OLD CAPITAL WATCHING THE WORLD PASS BY .

PALACIO DO GOVERNO .
A MAGNIFICENT BUILDING THAT SITS ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER IN THE CITY .

WHEN THE CONDITIONS ARE PERFECT YOU GET A MIRROR IMAGE OF THESE GRAND OLD BUILDINGS ON THE RIVER . PITY ABOUT ALL THE UGLY MODERN STRUCTURES IN THE BACKGROUND .

I GUESS THAT BECAUSE OF THE THOUSANDS OF CRABS THAT LIVE ON THE BANKS OF THE THREE RIVERS THAT RUN THROUGH THE CITY IT WOULD ONLY BE RIGHT TO COMMEMORATE THEM WITH THIS WORK OF ART . 

UNFORTUNATELY MANY OF RECIFE'S OLD COLONIAL BUILDINGS WERE DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR THESE UGLY MODERN HULKS IN THE BACKGROUND .

WINDWARD SAFELY TUCKED INTO HER BERTH AT THE CABANGA YACHT CLUB .

EXPLORING THE OLD CITY .

BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED HISTORIC BUILDINGS ALONGSIDE THE RECENTLY RESTORED WATERFRONT .

GOOD TIMES IN RECIFE .

THE VIEW OF RECIFE FROM THE OLD CAPITAL CITY OF OLINDA .

THE OLD CONVENT STILL IN USE TODAY .

THESE BRIGHTLY PAINTED BUILDINGS ADD CHARACTER TO THE OLD CITY OF OLINDA .

GRAND OLD BUILDING CURRENTLY BEING USED AS MUNICIPAL OFFICES .

BOA VIAGEM .
ONE OF RECIFE'S POPULAR BEACHES .

THE OLINDA LIGHT .
WITH OUR ARRIVAL OFF RECIFE AT MIDNIGHT , WE SPOTTED THIS LIGHT WHILE STILL WAY DOWN THE COAST .

THEY HAVE A PECULIAR PROBLEM AT BOA VIAGEM BEACH . THIS PIC WAS TAKEN AT HIGH TIDE WITH THE BARRIER REEF SUBMERGED . AT LOW TIDE THE REEF DRIES AND TRAPS ALL CREATURES INCLUDING SHARKS INSIDE THE PROTECTED INNER REEF WATERS . THEY HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF SHARK ATTACKS INSIDE THE REEF HENCE THESE SIGNS POSTED ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE BEACH , NASTY !