Porto de Galinhas

Porto de Galinhas ("Port of Hens") is probably the most popular beach in Recife, but unfortunately the day we chose to go it was very rainy.  The Porto is famous for its "piscinas naturais," natural "swimming pools" in the reef that trap hordes of tropical fish when the tide goes down. 

This is me with the fishes.  When the tide started coming back up, they let us jump in with them, which was kind of sweet.

  And this is what the "piscina" looks like from a backed-up view.

The fishes.

 On the beach I bought a little crab and a couple of raw oysters to eat (I didn't get sick).  Then for the grand finale we bought this plate of 5 lobsters with some lime--so, naturally, our lunch was literally was sub-lime.

There was a second beach we were supposed to go to, but unfortunately the weather was getting pretty crummy so we just stopped above it and took pictures.  It was too bad it rained!  We didn't get the full Porto de Galinhas experience.  But what are you gonna do.