Pipa

I couchsurfed in Pipa the first few nights with a girl named Rafaela and she had an awesome apartment in a complex with a pool. I stayed there 3 days and the Her boyfriend Jack set me up in a room in a 4 bedroom house that a Norwegian woman named Marette rents out for R$100 per week. It was nothing fancy but the price was right. Marette also runs a community non-profit project for kids in town. It's in the vicinity of Cavalo Marinho Pousada on the same street as the Rose Hostel. I hung out a Cavalo Marinho a bit and definitely recommend that place for a pousada. Laz (from Chicago) and Ed (from NH) are still holding it down. Watched the final four with Laz which was fun cause he always bets a lot of money on sports. If you know the right
people you can rent a surfboard for R$100 per week, maybe even R$150 for a month. The best beach for beginning surfing is Praia do Madeiro it takes about 30min to walk there at low tide from the main beach which is cool because you walk along Praia do Dolfinhos where there are often dolphins swimming very close to shore so you can swim with them. You can catch the collectivo back to town from Madeiro for R$1.50.

Leaving Pipa I took the collectivo to Goianinha for R$3 then you walk across the main road, turn right and walk 200 meters to a restaurant that sells bus tickets (R$58). They have a sign outfront. The bus company website is www.progressoonline.com.br for the schedule. My bus was suppose to leave at 8am but it stops for 30min at the restaurant because of this, I almost caught the 7am bus. The bus is really nice.