IMPRESSIONS
During the night the roosters cock-a-doodle. The donkeys Braaaaaay day and night, sound like they are mating but i think this braaaaying is just their normal voice cause i see them during the day on the main street making the same bray. Lord only knows what the mating sounds like.
Oh and the other day I tried to take a nap in the afternoon, the neighbor was blasting "I wanna live forever", same song, over and over. Why this song? Sometimes if the wind is just right I hear sweet choral songs wafting in from the church. Or even the preaching, not so sweet sounding, actually it sounds quite adament.
Then one night there was some wicked cat fight or mating or both? Of course in the morning there are many birdsongs during the sunrise, which normally I only half hear in my sleep. Some nights there are too many dogs barking while I try to sleep.
Loud buggy engines and trucks driving in the sand during the day.
Rattling of shutters, doors and windows from the blessed wind.
Walking past the back door of the bakery the other day the salivating aroma of cinnamon cake, OMG, wonderful.
The smell of fish on the grill in the little alley where they grill your choice. Then there is the fish seller cleaning and leaving the smelly guts in the middle of the street.
Horses and donkeys are often seen eating out of the trash cans on the sand streets or eating grass in a hotel.
When the waves were good, I saw a medium sized black dog riding a wave on a longboard for at least 25 yds, I didn't see how he caught the wave, I'm assuming someone pushed him into it. He looked so happy.
Walking near an outdoor local bar I could hear a guitarist and a woman with a sweet church like voice singing when all of a sudden everyone started cheering. As I passed, could see everyone was watching Futebol on the TV. Brazilians loooove their futebol. I don't think they heard her at all.
One morning there was the distinctive loud sound of metal on metal, then lots of excited voices. Of course there was a fender bender. Right in front of my condo a garbage truck hit a 4X4 Hilux. After much commotion I watched from my porch the Hilux pull the bumper out of the garbage truck with a cable so it could continue on it's rounds. I couldn't see any damage to the Hilux. They drove off apparently without much more consequence. Can you imagine this happening in the US? "Oh your bumper is rubbing against your tire? Well, let's just take care of that right now and yank it out".
