JACKPOT!!

today was an eye opener. people live here for nearly free. we were on the beach and a friend who invited us to a party last night showed up. we start talking and he~s a 24 yr old traveler from argentina. he just waits tables where he has traveled to get by, but here, in rosa, he only works 6 months out of the year...just like everyone else.

see, you buy a lot, build a house and you are a landlord. the people here only pay for electricity, gas and water! there are no taxes on food, property, businesses. in fact, most of the businesses are closed 6 months out of the year fow low season. so people live in praia do rosa for somewhere around $50 a month. it~s incredible!

i found the loop i~ve been looking for. this is not to say that i would only work 6 months a year, because i would be teaching english. but i can say that i will be able to do what our friend did today. wake up, go swimming in the lagoon, walk on the beach, lay in the sand, eat a big dinner, go play on the internet, walk home, take a nap, wake up, drink some cachaca and go out to a bar where i find all my friends dancing and hugging me. this is the life. i~ve hit the jackpot!!