Number 23 - Caminho dos Pescadores, Leme

One of the things that I discovered when I made my vision board for 2016 was the "theme" of the beach. I am definitely not a beach lover, but I live in a city where the beach is the equivalent to a park in other cities. It is where you go to relax, to meet your friends, to practice sports and eventually to sunbathe! So I am making finding "my beach" one of my goals this year.

On this Sunday morning I set out to go to Leme. Leme is the left hand corner of the famous Copacabana beach, when you stand facing the sea. It is usually less crowded than Copacabana, and usually more of a family part of the beach. I was out to see the "Caminho dos pescadores" - the Fishermen's path.

I knew that the path was at the base of Morro do Leme, which I could see in the distance.

It was still pretty early in the morning, not so many people on the beach yet, but lots on the "calçadão" - the beach promenade.

As I was getting closer to the hill, the whole of Copacabana beach came into view.

I started up the path, where there were already lots of fishermen and some tourists like myself.

And from the path I got a new view of Copacabana, and even on a day that was not tropically picture perfect the ocean was a surprising greenish blue.

The fishermen where all lined up, not catching much as far as I could see, but then I suppose fishing is not all about catching fish...

The path is really short, so I stood taking in the sight for a while then made my way back.
As I left the path I saw a military band all lined up and got curious - what or who were they waiting for?

Turned out it was hundreds of soldiers running for peace.

And I realized that behind me there was a military fort and a green area, there is a trail there up to the top of Morro do Leme, but I decided to leave that adventure for my next visit.