Day 5: June 21, 2012

     Today is my fifth day in Brazil and I'm having a blast.  To start off my day today I decided to shop for some souvenirs at the Artisan Market.  While at the market I tried acaraje, a Behian delicacy.  It was astonishingly good.  After a few hours looking around the market I decided to go to the beach again but try to do some surfing.
     This time I decided to go to Barra beach, known for it's strong waves.  I rented a bright yellow surfboard and  a wet-suit and then hit the waves.  I took up to surfing rather quickly and found it very fun.  While surfing you feel like your in a totally different world.  I surfed for about an hour before I finally got wiped out by one of the biggest waves I had ever seen.

     After returning my surfboard and wet-suit I decided to rent a bicycle and simply bike around the city for the remainder of my day.  I took a nice ride around the city and met some very friendly locals.  I even met a new friend whom I biked back to my hotel with.  Soon my fifth day was over and I was laying my head on my very welcoming pillow.