The first wine lunch of the cruise was the Craft of Caymus Vineyards Food and Wine Pairing lunch. Regent Seven Seas’ wine lunches are usually very good. Let’s see if you think that this one was.
Looks like an interesting line up.
Time to get to work!
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Our fourth and final port in Brazil was Recife. Recife is home to around 4million people and is the forth largest city in Brazil.
The beaches along the coast of Recife are some of the most dangerous in Brazil due to the abundance of sharks, sounds a bit like Adelaide. It also has a high crime rate apparently, looked pretty quiet to me, but then my tour for the day was a cruise along the waterfront with a brief visit in the town.
Our arrival in Recife required some good seamanship by the crew, enjoyed this from my balcony…
In the port facility there was a local band that was playing and seemed to be having a great time.
Our next port of call was Maceió, Brazil. Maceió is the capital of Alagoas, Brazil, and is home to around 1 million people.
Maceió gets it’s name from the numerous maceiós, springs, in the region. The state of Alagoas also gets it name from water features, lakes which are fed by the numerous springs. Lagoas is the Portuguese word for a lake.
Looks like another beautiful day in Brazil, though it is going to be a warm one, 31C (87F).
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The second stop on my Atlantic Crossing was Salvador de Bahia. Salvador was founded in the 1500’s and is the capital of Bahia.
Salvador de Bahia was the first capital of Portuguese Brazil and is recognised as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Salvador is also the home of the World’s largest Street Party, well it is according to the Guinness Book of Records. We missed it by a couple of weeks.
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After leaving Cabo Frio we headed to north to Salvador de Bahia, but before our arrival in Salvador we had a relaxing day at sea. Not much to report other than a great sunset and some great wine.
My first espresso bump (espresso with tonic) on board the Splendor. Luckily for me the barista knows what an espresso with tonic is. I did get a few interesting looks from the other passengers and some of the crew.
Ahi Tuna Steak Burger with cheese and fries. Not that healthy, pretty tasty though..
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Our first port of call on our Atlantic Crossing was Cabo Frio.
Cabo Frio was a very short overnight transit from Rio de Janeiro. It gets its name from the fact that the water in Cabo Frio is cooler than in Rio, Frio means cold in Portuguese.
As Cabo Frio is a small town so there isn’t a wharf big enough for us to dock, which meant we had to transfer via ships tenders. This would be our only tender port of the cruise.
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