In Pipa you have few choices on house/apt. rentals.  It’s either out in the woods {which I would love, but without a car not do-able} or in the center.  Unfortunately most of the houses in the center are noisy, lack comfort and outdoor space, and are basic fisherman houses.  While the houses in the woods have tons of space, are usually a bit nicer, but lack security and walking distance location.  We lucked out and found a little bit of both.

After finding our new little casa we had to go appliance shopping.  Well because…. another common flaw of house rentals here.   They come completely empty, with not one thing inside, including a toilet seat for the bathroom!  But after many horrible fridges that became an igloo after 2 weeks {constant defrosting} and stoves that burnt your eyelashes off when lighting, we were very excited to buy our own things, brand new!   So now we have the luxury of a “frost free” fridge, and a nice shiny stove.  {I know that most fridges you buy now a days any where else in the world come frost free, but here they don’t…. quite expensive}  Oh yeah, and we got a new washing machine, that for Brazil works great ,minus the lack of hot water.  

Now when we are ready to move to our nice piece of land we have back in the wild woods, we will have all new appliances to put in our freshly built house.  But before we start building our little dream casa, we must wait until the water and electricity reach our land or save money to bring it there.   Until then, we will settle for our little casa in the condominium.  

New Casa {excuse the mess on the veranda}

The view from the veranda looking out over the city

View at sundown

Malu's new place space