16/7/12

Today was the best day ever! We are in Natal, the capital of Rio Grande do Norte. We spent most of the day swimming in the ocean, which had so much seaweed! Later in the afternoon, though, we went on a dune buggy ride up and down the sand dunes of Natal. It was so much fun! There were four girls in our buggy and we would scream like we were on a roller coaster ride. I think the driver liked how excited we were, so he would drive super fast and bounce us all around the car. I also tried sandboarding, since I like to snowboard back in the U.S. I fell down a lot, but it was still fun. It's different from snowboarding in that you can't make a lot of turns. The sand is really thick and once you slow down too much, you fall over. What I liked about today was how I could see the way that people react to each other's emotions. Our car was having fun, so our driver decided to go on crazier paths that the other drivers didn't. Today was an experience that I will remember for a long time.