Originally Posted by Golfingworld

I visited a couple of sites in Maracajau and they have to take the materials up the beach as there is no inland road, just a track....so they are dependent on the tides and other things....this cannot be easy. I was taken around to some on a buggy and even that struggled throught he heavy sand...one was a huge allegedly Arab owned complex will be great inside the others were near the completed Danish or Norwegian place. I can see Dotty's point on this on and I now feel great moderating other people's negativity!

Originally Posted by MDV

Hi again fellow travellers,
Thought this would be an interesting subject for y'all to consider. The Natal coastal area seems to be divided not only and obviously by Natal city, but also by cultures.
In the North area, we have lots of new investments with huge off plan towns/resorts being built in the middle of nowhere and being bought mainly by Brits, who all like to stay together as we know, island mentality I think it is called.
In the South area they have some established resort towns, or real towns with resorts,and continued developement with a truly mixed culture of Portuguese,Italian,Spanish,Argentinian and of course Brazilians, but strangely enough NO Brits.
For me this is a very intersting, is it a deliberate attempt to keep these cultures seperate or merely a fluke of marketing.
What do you think? Brits being herded of to the North, or just one of these things.

Originally Posted by FCZ

My guess is that scandinavians are mainly in Natal, at least that was what I read in an agent site (scandinavian) suggesting why Cumbucu is a good choice .
My best friends used to be mainly Sweedish, they do like to party like Brazilians...Man, they do love caipirinha as well! Though a Finish friend disagree with the drinking thing; there are some dispute on who manage to keep drinking even when they are down to the floor. The Sweedish schnaaps songs are quite cool, no clue what they were singing, but what a heck, everybody is drunk anyway.
Sorry for the digression, but we still have Natal, Scandinavians and caipirinha
Weekend closing...

Originally Posted by Dotty

There are not a lot of Scandinavians in Natal ,but there are more Portuguese than any other European nationality.There was a period a few yrs back when we had the happy Dutch folk ,but they have kind of dwindled away ,Im not sure why as they loved Natal .

Originally Posted by robh

Most of the Scandies I see in Brazil are in Pipa, and quite a few Dutch folk there as well ....

Originally Posted by Dotty

Ah ,so not in Natal.Where in Pipa ?

Originally Posted by robh

Most of the Scandies I see in Brazil are in Pipa, and quite a few Dutch folk there as well ....

Originally Posted by robh

Most of the Scandies I see in Brazil are in Pipa, and quite a few Dutch folk there as well ....

Originally Posted by Dotty

There are not a lot of Scandinavians in Natal ,but there are more Portuguese than any other European nationality.There was a period a few yrs back when we had the happy Dutch folk ,but they have kind of dwindled away ,Im not sure why as they loved Natal .