Blogs from Jericoacoara, Ceará, Brazil, South America - page 2

Dia 09 - Finalmente fomos para Jeri Não é que estivéssemos mal em Fortaleza, muito pelo contrário. Mas a viagem a Jeri era muito desejada. Acordámos cedo, estava marcado irem buscar-nos às 07:40, a Van chegou por volta das 08:15. Arrancámos para Jeri, parámos a meio do caminho para uma pausa de 20 minutos. Depois foi sempre a andar até Jijoca para mudarmos da Van para uma carrinha de caixa aberta mas coberta. Éramos 8 lá atrás (tudo aos saltos devido ao caminho, foram 50 minutos entre dunas, água e vegetação, burros e vacas). O caminho é simplesmente fenomenal. Chegámos à pousada, ficámos instalados na pousada Capitão Thomaz, fomos comer, esperáva-nos uma caminhada de 2 km sensivelmente, entre burros e vacas, a pastar no feno, muito próximo da praia. Fomos ver o pôr do Sol à ... read more

Und wieder eine fantastische Reise voller Ueberraschungen hinter mir. Es erstaunt mich jedesmal aufs neue, wie unterschiedlich das Klima hier innerhalb des Landes ist. Da ist man im Norden, genauer gesagt Saõ Luis, Maranhau, zu Besuch bei der Familie von Elma, meiner Gastschwester, und schwitzt sich die Seele aus dem Leib, weil es so tropisch feucht ist. Nun, zurueck in Brasilia friere ich in der Nacht, weil Wuestenlandschaft!!!!! Diese Woche war kunterbunt, mit allem was dazu gehoert. Zuerst sind wir von der Familie (Muter, Vater, Tane, Schwester, Nichte, Esel, Hund und Vogelspinne (!!)) in Saõ Luis warm empfangen worden. Elmas Mutter ist eine unglaublich herzliche und religioese Frau, die es liebt, alle zu bekochen... Saõ Luis befindet sich in einem der aermsten Laender im Nordosten von Brasilien, das ist an der Struktur, den Haeusern und den ... read more

We left Barreirinhas on a 4by4 and headed through the dunes to the small town of Paulina Neves from where we jumped on another one to Tutoia. The journey was very rough and scenic and much more fun than doubling back on ourselves on a boring bus! From there we hopped on a bus to the town of Parnaba. We had been unsure of whether to stay a night but decided we would rather move on to our next spot, Piripiri. So after the 3 hour bus ride we finally arrived at about 9.30 that night and went to the first hotel we came across, a very nice little hotel that not only fed us with huge delicious breakfasts but cost us peanuts (we have questioned how people make money over here). We intended to get ... read more

So...Lets go to Jerri... Jerri Jerri you´re so fine, you´re so fine you blow my mind.... heh Jerri...(tap tap tap)...heh Jerri! Okay, well...in all fairness, if you need to pay some dude 16 deep sea squids to take you across a beach and 2 rivers for a good hour and a half sitting on the back of a deathtrap of a beach buggy (like a VW beetle, with a frame and massive wheels) you must be going somewhere pretty special and it must be worth it! I´ll let you in on a little secret - it was!!! We tried to barter with this dude because he wanted 66 pound to take 4 if us (Locky on tow plus Cyril frenchie Portugeese translator friend...good man!)on the back of his mean yellow buggy machine - where health ... read more

Jericoacoara "Jeri" - As we switched from the bus to 4WD and headed into the sand dunes towards Jeri, Frank looked around and commented "this must be the most remote I have ever been..." and it certainly did feel like that, knowing that the little town was surrounded by sand on all sides! Jeri is a hippi town and a destination for windsurfers or kitesurfers and not the idyllic swimming and sun bathing beaches we had hoped for. Given we only had a few days it wasnt really long enough to have lessons in either, so we took advantage of the cool cafes, bars and relaxed in hammocks.... A full day dune buggy ride was great fun....although on the way back we were driving into the wind and the force of the sand was so strong ... read more