Safety in Lagoa da Conceicao
In an early post to this blog, I wrote that Jurere (which is where we are now living) is a very safe place - which it is. We can walk out at any time of the day or night without feeling worried and we feel completely safe in our apartment.

30 years ago we lived in a small wooden house (fairly primitive by today's standards) on the edge of Lagoa da Conceicao. It was an exceptionally beautiful spot and we never even considered our safety. Then it was a fishing village, with a small and friendly local community.

We considered living again in Lagoa this time, but it seemed to us when we visited it at the beginning of our stay here in April, that it had been over-developed and spoiled.

Evidently it is also no longer safe. We have now read in the papers and blogs on the internet about 3 recent cases where american and australian tourists have been assaulted by thieves armed with guns. This must be a horribly frightening experience.

I am really pleased that we didn't try to relive the wonderful experience we had of living in Lagao da Conceicao all those years ago and decided to try living somewhere new.