Mar 10 Sao Francisco

After a day at sea we were supposed to visit Itajai, Brazil. However, there is no dock there and tendering is necessary (indeed, in this segment of our travel, most of the ports are tender ports). But the anchorage is not protected and swells were running 2m in height.  That's too much for tendering, so we skipped it, and moved on to Sao Francisco. 

A lighthouse in the evening light as we leave Punta del Este.

Cynthia's favorite barista, and an old friend from 2016, Paulo drives the olive oil cart around the specialty restaurant Toscana.

Surprisingly, at least for me, Itajai is highly developed. And this is only about 1/3 of the waterfront. Tall skyscrapers, some of them VERY thin, like the one at the far left of the picture. There are more further to the left. They look like the very tall and thin buildings going up in NYC just south of Central Park. In NYC the buildings are tall and thin to stay within "air rights".

You'd think that the solution in Itajai would be to expand away from the sea. But Brazil has a very narrow area along the sea, with a huge Brazilian Shield behind it. The shield is 800 meters tall with a cliff like face. Sao Paulo is one of the few cities away from the coast in Brazil, but it takes over an hour to drive from the port to Sao Paulo, winding up roads cut into the cliff face.

End of geography lesson. This is Sao Francisco do Sul, a small town on a slow Sunday morning.

Doors and windows

Art along the seafront celebrating the 500th anniversary of the city in 2004.

The market is small inside, nothing much going on Sunday morning. We were able to buy a Coke here.

Uphill to the city square, and the local cathedral

Two phone booths!

The municipal building. At first I thought someone had a great corner office, but actually it's just part of the entrance atrium. 

Church of Our Mother

A Presbyterian church nearby, with a service going on. About 30 parishioners were listening to the sermon.  In Portuguese, so we did not attend.

This appeared to be an ADA-compliant ramp. I guess that skateboarders would love it.

In the terminal building, waiting for the tender.