Etching Sand Castles on a Single Grain of Sand

This is so cool!  Plus I love that the one guy's name (Coelho).  One time, Peter and I were with his friend getting açaí in Sao Paulo, and I was still learning my Portuguese vocabulary.  I held up a spoon and said, a little too loudly, "Coelho!"  Peter and his friend cracked up laughing, and I had no idea why!  I was so proud of myself for remembering the word!  Peter and his friend kept laughing and finally told me that I had just called my spoon a bunny.

(In my defense, the word for spoon and bunny are similar!  Spoon = colher, bunny = coelho)

Over the River and Down a Road - To Beaches and Sand We Go

Yes, the beach is very close!  And beautiful.

From the other side of the river, looking back at our apartment and the balsa we took to cross the river