Santos. How Brazil does beaches better.

Pitched up this morning in the busy port of Santos, Brazil. Lots of container ships and bulk carriers all over the busiest port in South America. Very Suki Land👍

Santos is the port for the massive city of São Paulo about an hour and a half away. For comparison sake, Santos population is about 450,000 whereas Metropolitan São Paulo is about 22 million to 25,000,000.

But for our purposes, Santos is the city of beaches. We took a short bus ride into town and walked their version of the Copacabana strip. Just a beautiful beach, packed with people, tons of colourful umbrellas vendors and just a really good happy vibe.

Got yakking with a local fellow named Albert who gave us the rundown about life in Santos, how family life revolves around the beach, especially on weekends and with this being a Saturday it was pretty crowded. The beach reminded us a bit of the one in Zihuayaneji/Ixtapa in Mexico, with good dose of Parksville and Sonoka for fun effect.

A nice relaxing day, Nancy caught a few rays of unexpected sunshine back on the ship and we are looking forward to a special Chef’s Brazilian Feast at the Terrace Grill tonight

Let there the BBQ’d meat!

Not too many days of warm tropical evenings and outdoor deck dining left as we head south to colder climesRead more