unfortunately, like many of the beaches of
ilha do governador, praia de
pitangueiras on most days is no longer suitable for swimming.
the garbage that
washes to shore fills the beach every morning.
a sweeping crew
of twenty-eight men with aid of a tractor arrives at dawn to
collect the waste to leave the small beach clean for the
day, until the next morning when the tides bring in new waste
from the north zone of the rio area.