And just like that the 5 day camp out came to a close. The last day was like the others, some played basketball, volleyball while others relaxed at the pool. For lunch they treated everyone with a special meal called Feijoada (I'll go a little bit more in depth about this food on the next blog.) Because of its very heavy and filling nature, a lot of people hit the beds for a while after eating the delicious feijoada. To close two final events took place. A very special baptism of one of the youth that was attending the camp out and a final picture slide show with some words by the leaders. While the baptism we attended was done at the pool side, the sun and small space for a large crowd forced everyone to watch from under shade (or two or three stories higher up from the dorms). To beat the traffic that was sure to clog the streets from people getting back from the beaches after the Carnival weekend, we decided to leave early. As a result, it took us less than 30 minutes to get home as opposed to the two hours it took us to get here. You could probably imagine that everyone getting home was completely exhausted. Just to get an idea of how much these people like to party, we got wind of an dance that was going to be taking place that very same day at 8:00 as an unofficial camp out reunion. Well even though Anders and I were tired, we decided to get a ride and go to the dance. What we thought would be one short car trip turned into a hour long ride getting lost in the outskirts of São Paulo and subsequently missing the dance. When a friend of ours finally arrived to lead us to the dance, the car broke down and rolled to a stop. After an what seemed like a hour, two hour long wait, we hitched a ride to go to a food place where everyone had gathered together after the dance. The place was called Ponte de Açai, a place where they sell bowls of Açai (an icream-like dish). At that point we were definitely ready for our little adventure to come to an end!
- Anders and I pushing the car off the road
Arriving at the Ponte de Açai and meeting up with some friends
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