Back from the Beach, Planeta Atlantida, and Bernardo's Back

We just got back from the beach a few hours ago. I was there since the 5th so it's good to be back. I went there with Guto and his family at his beach house in Capão, and went out that night with some friends that were also there. The next day was Planeta Atlantida. Pedro, our cousin, and his family bought the tickets and we all met up before the party. Planeta Atlantida is actually 2 days but the parents thought it would be better if we only went to the first day.

We got there around 6 o'clock and it was already full of people. There were tons people outside, a lot of them drunk. We passed through security which was very tight. There was an ID check, a pat down, a metal detector, and another pat down. Brazilians have a specific ID card and all I had was my drivers license. I showed it to the guy and he was very suspicious. Pedro was behind me and he said that when I passed through, the ID guy said "I could make one of those in one afternoon". We passed all security and we were in. There were tons of littler stages from different sponsors like "Vivo" and "Renner" that had a DJ and rave music. The main stage was where all the big bands played. First there was a sort of emo band called Fresno. The best bands of that day were Chimarruts, which is a reggae band, Marcelo D2, a rapper, and Ivete Sangalo, a female singer. There were so many people there. They said that the two nights together had around 100,000 people. I wasn't really familiar with the bands but they were really good. The party was so tiring though. By 3:30 or 4 am we were pretty much dead. There were tons of people just sitting on the ground and a few passed out which was pretty funny. We met up with a lot of people from Veranópolis there and everyone stayed in a big group. It was like a mini-Veranópolis in the middle of this gigantic party. We took a bus home with a bunch of other exhausted people. We also had these really really loud and obnoxious neighbors at Guto's house. They were a group of about 6 or 7 guys and two women who had these gigantic speaker systems in their cars and blasted their music literally 24 hours a day. Guto's dad didn't like it at all. It was actually kind of nice sometimes to have music. They drank so much beer that they made a huge pyramid with the empty cans. I counted and it was somewhere around 200. They only stayed for 2 days though because on the night of Planeta one of the guys got robbed twice. The first time he hid his cell phone in his underwear but he lost everything else. He escaped the robbery and called his buddies to tell them when he was robbed again, this time they literally took everything. The poor guy had to walk home naked to his house which also just happened to get robbed! The guys lost almost everything and they had to go. 

On sunday Guto and his family left and I stayed the night with Pedro and his family at their apartment. Nana, Paulo, and Lala came on monday with two of Lala's good friends, Gabby and Carol. We went to the beach which was the most beautiful I've ever seen it. We went to the beach everyday, sunbathed, swam, and boogie boarded. I got so much tanner than I've ever been in my life. I even got some sand in a jar to take home with me.

On the 13th Gabby and Carol's parents came to take them home but first we all went to a water park called "Marina Park".  It wasn't very big but it was fun. We went on all the rides in about an hour and then relaxed in the indoor heated pools.

Then on the 16th we went to Porto Alegre to pick up Bernardo from the airport and went back to the beach. Unfortunately after he got back it rained non-stop until we left. He bought a new laptop, an ipod nano for him, an ipod shuffle for Lala, a season of Family Guy for me, and many other gifts for people. He showed us some of his pictures and told us stories about walking in the snow, snowboarding, seeing an NBA game, going to Niagra Falls, going to school and everything he did.

Later in the rain we were pretty much stuck at home. Sometimes we went to our aunt's apartment which has tv, and internet. We did go to another city called Torres. We went to the top of some cliffs and on a little bus tour of the city. It was rainy and cold but at least we got to see it. We also went to a little suspension bridge that leads to another state called Santa Catarina but we couldn't go there because there wasn't enough time. We finished the tour and went back to Capão to eat Xis do Fofo which is the best xis restaurant in Brazil. Bernardo was very happy to be able to eat there again. Then early this morning we filled the car to the brim with stuff and drove home. It is very nice to be back.