Belem dia treze

Last night was our last night in Belem and it was just perfect.

At around 4:30 p.m. Raul picked me, Patrick, Tracy and Stephanie from the hotel and took us to das docas for the boat ride. However, his friend Amir, an engineering professor at CSULB, joined us. He had just arrived from California but decided to join us for our boat ride. He was a very interesting and funny man.We ate ice cream at Cairu and enjoyed one last beer at Amazon beer. At 5:30 p.m. we got on the boat, that took us out into the river for almost 2 hours. The boat ride was a lot of fun because they had two dancers, a man and a woman, who danced carimbo. They also got us to dance with them.

It was really fun and it was also a learning experience because the tour lady also spoke about the city and the many things to see.

After the boat ride we all went to this very fancy restaurant that had the most amazing view of the river. The food of course was delicious but what made the night very memorable was all the hilarious and amazing stories of Amir. He kept us all laughing all night. I then decided to go to the restroom and so did Patrick. After the restroom, we decided to walk down to where the river was at and out of nowhere it started to rain. It was amazing because i love the rain and the sound and smell of it. The rain lasted for about 30 minutes.

We then headed back to the hotel around 9 p.m. At around 10:30 p.m. Lucas, Isabella and the rest of our friends took us to Favela's for appetizers and drinks and then we headed over to Vogue, a nightclub, at around 1:30 a.m. We were there until 3:30 a.m. dancing and partying. It was a techno club. There was a lot of people and for some reason Brazilians start partying at around 1 a.m. and don't stop partying till the next day. It was the best night yet the worst because i was sad to leave.

Brazil was the best thing I have ever done. I wish it would have lasted longer but i hold no regrets. I did everything i wanted to do and enjoyed it tot he fullest. I will miss Brazil, it's amazing people, the great food and SIFE CESUPA.

I also learned a lot about deforestation and I really want to do something about it. But for now all I could do is just tell people that it is happening. The first step of doing something is letting people know about the problem so that then people can become aware of it and do something about it.