First Day in Recife

As far as I can tell, Recife is just another smaller tourist town. They have the same type of street going down the same type of beach with the same vendors. So far the highlight of Recife has been the quilo place. It’s not that I particularly like quilo. I just don’t want to spend tourist prices for a steak at a fancy place on the beach.

The one thing that Recife is known for is shark attacks. There are signs all over the beach saying not to surf and others saying that certain areas have higher than normal probability of shark attacks. The water is very warm, though. If it weren’t for the fear of being eaten by a shark, I might swim.

I leave tomorrow for Salvador. A friend gave me the name of a good pousada so I’m hoping to get a room for a week or so.