More interesting encounters
Well I'm out and about again and straight away things happen that you don't expect. It does seem that people here will just stop you in the street for a chat, whether they know you or not. This happens a lot to John as people are particularly interested in his wheelchair and tracker and want to know where he got it as they have a friend, relation or whatever who could use one.

However, this week John was stopped by a man who wanted to advise him to seek stem cell therapy. Although the man is now retired, he had spent his life working in this field and was clearly an expert on it. Now what are the chances of meeting a stem cell therapy expert on a beach on an island in southern Brazil! However, when we got back to our computers and researched stem cell therapy it is very evident that it will be many years before this amounts to anything.

Our second interesting encounter this week was a bit more bizarre. A car stopped beside us as we were walking down the street. When the driver wound down the window we thought he was seeking directions as this has happened quite a few times since we have been here. It took us a while to understand that he was trying to sell us a bed! I wonder what it was about us that made him decide to randomly pick us? The funny thing is that one of the few things I really don't like about our apartment is the bed -too small and so uncomfortable! He must have known!