I went to work yesterday and after lunch my boss tells me that he is sending me to the Northeast of Brazil to a town named Mossoro. The benefit of this is that I will be able to gain lots of experience since the jobs are more frequent and mostly on land rigs. So after this notice I packed my things and left in 6 hours through a plane flight to the city of Natal. After getting to the beautiful city of Natal I left my things in the hotel room put on my Asics GT 2120 running shoes and went out to a jog with my fly rod strapped on my back. I jogged all the way through Ponta Negra, a beautiful Caribbean like bay in Natal. I climbed a couple of cliffs and decided it was time to undust my fly rod and throw a couple of casts. As I do this I see two locals on a handmade wooden sea raft looking as if they were floating in the water. They were casting their nets in the water and I asked them with my butchered Portuguese what fishes were they catching. As in every country that I go I realize that they always change the name of the same type of fish, I had no idea from what they said what could bite my line.
I did a couple of casts here and there and really enjoyed being out there with sand in my feet and the fly rod in my hand. I am not only saying this because I caught nothing but because I had a blast just seeing and trying.
Walking back to the hotel I saw a nice gym open so I decided to stop by, pay 20 reales, and move around some weights to stay in shape. After this I used my complimentary drink coupon from the hotel and drank a suco de abacaxi con hortelon (pineapple juice with mint leves). Oh let me tell you what an indulgence this is. It is like my natural healthy addiction. Then I took a quick shower and went to eat at a typical Brazilian steakhouse named Sal E Brasas. I barely could walk out of this place after having the all you can eat buffet.
The next morning at 5am the driver picked me up and took me on a 4hr drive to Mossoro my new Wireline base. Mossoro is a town 20 min from the coast. I am staying in a huge mansion/house with 9 other roommates from France, Brazil, and Bahrain. Here are some pics of the new crib. The lady in the fourth picture is Anna, she is the cook and she was making some good ol Guava juice. In the last picture you can see my roommate Wellton challenging me to a game of ping pong, oh he doesn’t know what he is getting into!
