Composition About A Place To Go On Holidays- (Morro De Sao Paulo)

Morro de São Paulo is one of the best examples of Brazil’s diversity. This island’s beautiful beaches and clear natural pools are not it’s only attraction. This is a place for contrasts: from packed parties lasting till sunrise to deserted beaches covered in palm trees. Its beauty awes everyone, whether you come with nothing but a backpack or stay at one of the island’s luxurious resorts.
IfBrazil is considered a place of diversity, Morro is one of the best examples. This island of the Atlantic attracts not only for its lovely beaches and its natural pools of crystalline water. Morro is the island of opposites, from the party animal who hardly sees daylight to the adventure freak who wants nothing more than a deserted beach covered in coconut trees. A backpacker will feel as marveledover Morro de Sao Paulo as will a guest of a luxurious five-star resort. The island has become a favorite, and as you walk along the narrow streets – without any cars – you will hear the most varied accents of Spanish, English, Hebrew, German, Finnish, Japanese, Portuguese and “bahianese”. There is room for everyone.
In order to explain Morro de Sao Paulo one must start by how you arrive at theisland: there are two ways to do it: by air (through one of the two airstrips), and the most common way to get there – the harbor. And if you think there are large ships and tall cranes here – how wrong you are! It is nothing but a narrow concrete walkway with a tarpaulin roof. As you leave the harbor you face a three-hundred-year-old monument – the Portaló. This gateway is part of the fortress ofMorro de Sao Paulo, built to contain Dutch invasions during the 17th century. The village here is almost as old as Brazil itself, it was fouded in 1535, and had strategic value, mainly during early colonization. Not that it lost its valueas time passed: just to cite another historical fact, it was in front of the island that german submarines torpedoed Brazilian merchant ships, causing Brazil toenter the Second World War.
As you walk up the hill (yes, you must climb a hill to leave the harbor and the fortress behind – aren’t you glad it’s the only one?), there is the church Nossa Senhora da Luz. It is said it she that made the Dutch believe there was a great battalion on the island, which made them give up on attacking the village. There! We have arrived at the central square AurelianoLima. Here, the night brings on a small arts and crafts market and Foom – the most Brazilian Argentinean there ever was – who plays Brazilian pop music.
Its impossible to loose your way - there is only one street. All you have to do is follow the stream of people and swerve away from the wheelbarrows which serve for carrying simply everything: luggage, groceries from the market, children or evensomeone who cant walk up the hill. What about cars?! Forget about them. There are a few on the island, but none in the village. The only motorized vehicle there is a tractor that collects the garbage early in the morning.
Oops, another hill...I did say there was only one...to climb, yes. This one is for going down...to the First Beach. What about the village? Is that it? I guess you can say so.From here on there are still a lot of buildings, but the “city center” is over.
First Beach
The First Beach is very small – with an extension of about three hundred metres. A few holiday homes, some guesthouses, a few travel agencies. This beach is the only one on the island that has some waves. It is a sandy beach on a steady but gradual slope. There are coral walls on both ends of the beach. Itis a perfect location for various types of sports: swimming, diving, scuba-diving, banana-boat, and a very unusual feature: the biggest canopy in Brazil going as far as the water. It is the preferred spot by the locals and has no nightlife.
Second Beach
After a short walk ove some rocks you reach the next beach. Which is obviously the Second Beach once the beaches are named with numbers. The...