Northern part of the island (Jurere Internacional), like that part most because it's quite outside of high season and during high season itself you get great nightlife and it's still easy to get to some quieter beaches to catch some waves.
There are some nice restaurants around, too, even though they can be a bit on the expensive side for Brazilian standards and lots of below average places, but tbh I don't care much about that because moving to CR (and Brazil afterwards) made me make some life changes and one of those was to eat healthier and therefore I started to cook at home most of the time. Here you have easy access to fresh fish and decent fruit & vegetables, even though I still believe that I would give the advantage to Nosara, CR, in that regard. And for the occasional dinner out, there are places like Donna, RED Dining and a few good sushi places...so even though they def. charge more than your typical Brazilian places, they offer decent food and it still ends up way cheaper than a comparable meal in Western Europe.
Have been to a couple of Reggae bars around here and spent quite some time in Barra over the last few years, but not sure which place exactly you're talking about. Chilly water isn't a problem, at least the waves aren't crowded, for anything else you just get a wetsuit and you're set.
Probably isn't for everybody, like pretty much every place. But for your typical foreigner places like Floripa or Balneario Camboriu (or Coritiba) are probably better suited than most others since they are rather safe cities and kind of "westernized". But unless you speak some Portuguese or at least some Spanish, I probably wouldn't recommend either place to most people because you would def. run into some problems due to the language barrier and might also have some trouble making friends/building a social life despite Brazilians to be very open and welcoming. Would be less of a problem in CR imo.
There are some nice restaurants around, too, even though they can be a bit on the expensive side for Brazilian standards and lots of below average places, but tbh I don't care much about that because moving to CR (and Brazil afterwards) made me make some life changes and one of those was to eat healthier and therefore I started to cook at home most of the time. Here you have easy access to fresh fish and decent fruit & vegetables, even though I still believe that I would give the advantage to Nosara, CR, in that regard. And for the occasional dinner out, there are places like Donna, RED Dining and a few good sushi places...so even though they def. charge more than your typical Brazilian places, they offer decent food and it still ends up way cheaper than a comparable meal in Western Europe.
Have been to a couple of Reggae bars around here and spent quite some time in Barra over the last few years, but not sure which place exactly you're talking about. Chilly water isn't a problem, at least the waves aren't crowded, for anything else you just get a wetsuit and you're set.
Probably isn't for everybody, like pretty much every place. But for your typical foreigner places like Floripa or Balneario Camboriu (or Coritiba) are probably better suited than most others since they are rather safe cities and kind of "westernized". But unless you speak some Portuguese or at least some Spanish, I probably wouldn't recommend either place to most people because you would def. run into some problems due to the language barrier and might also have some trouble making friends/building a social life despite Brazilians to be very open and welcoming. Would be less of a problem in CR imo.
