Merry Natal

We had a fabulous Saltzman family get together in Natal (which means Christmas in Portuguese) in August. There is too much to cram into one post, so please enjoy my favourites:

Eating more meat than humanely possibly:

Gigantic slip and slides:

Silly faces:
Walking along the beach to get lunch:
Eating amazing food in tiny shacks:
ABC football game that only the night owls attended:
Renting a native for the week:
And becoming best friends despite the language barrier:

The largest cashew tree in the world (we can confirm that cashew juice is disgusting)

Feeding cashew tree monkeys (get this they eat cashews!)
Did you know that a single cashew grows under a piece of fruit, as demonstrated by this wonderful plastic replica:

Enjoying our own private beach (that we sometimes shared with others, we are nice like that)

Dune buggies!


Watching the locals fish:

Kissing a shark (this isn't really how he kisses...)

Building sandcastles with the family contractor:

Cavern (you had to grab onto the wall for dear life when a wave came in)

Dolphin watching and just being plain cute:

Team volleyball practice:

Becoming "friends" with officials (aka bribing)

Our house:

Snorkeling in a rain storm:

Enjoying great times together:

Being with family is always great, no matter where you are....so Australia next time?