Blogs from Jericoacoara, Ceará, Brazil, South America - page 3

Hola de nuevo a todo el mundo.Tras reencontrarnos con Aimar (que como ya os podeis imaginar por su blog casi nos abandona por un par de razones...je, je) aqui os escribimos desde Belem donde ya estamos preparados para cojer el bote que nos llevara a Manaus cruzando el amazonas. Pues en fin, nosotros dos antes de llegar a estos lares hicimos una paradita en Fortaleza para de ahi ir directamente a una de las 10 mejores playas del mundo, JERICOACOARA, increible el lugar, una playa recondita a la que solo puedes llegar en 4X4 y que tiene unas dunas de unos 30 metros que miran hacia el mar. Pero claro, nada de esto seria lo mismo sin los caipirinhas, pero que invento!!!! imaginaros la tranquilidad de una playita brasileira, colgado en una hamaca y tomando caipirinhas ... read more

We arrived in Jericoacoara last night (try to pronounce it) what a journey!!! We had to change the bus at some point as our coach couldn't go any further due to sandy roads. (will try to put some pictures later on - from Karolina´s camera). Jeri is a tiny village on the coast, north from Fortleza. Lovely beaches, sand dunes, lagoons, the sun! - this is what we were looking for!... read more

Well its been another couple of weeks and I´ve been in country for five weeks now and when I last left you I was leaving Fortaleza heading to a funky little beach town called Jericoacoaca. It’s a cross between Airlee Beach mixed with Coral Bay (WA - people will understand Dowdell) with sandy roads everywhere and heaps of accommodation and restaurants for the tourists. It also must have one of the worlds largest number of beach buggies because everyone has them and run sand dune tours and take you out to some lakes to swim etc. Then in the arvo everyone heads up the sand dunes and watches the sunset over the town. The first day we got there you get off a bus and into a 4 wheel drive truck for an hour-long ride ... read more

13th November- 20th November Jericocoara, nicknamed Jeri, is without a doubt one of god´s little gems of beauty.... Imagine this. a broad cream sandy beach, palm trees swaying above the beachside bars where you leisurly lay enjoying your caipirinha. turqouise blue waters (but arent they all in North Brazil!!!). and the mystical sand dunes rising from the left where all the sunset worshippers make a pilgrimage each day to witness the daily changing magnificence of the sun setting over the horizon! despite having seen so many sunsets along my trip, i still feel overwhelmed by each one... Jeri is a definitely a european haven, blessed with strong winds, it has become the mecca for windsurfers and any sport requiring wind. It is not surprising to find about 80 people windsurfing in the same area, bypassing each ... read more

Dear Bob, I quit. Please accept my conditional resignation as an educator in this district. Upon reflection, and a three-day visit to Jericaocoara, I have decided that working for a living just isn’t for me. Getting to Jericoacoara is about as adventuresome as pronouncing the name of this idyllic location, the one-hour jolting trip in an open truck, plowing through sand and surf, will serious make you contemplate the following demands. If they are not met, I’m gone. Here are my stipulations: 1. You must make sandals the official footwear of the workplace. In Jeri, nothing is paved, so there is no point in wearing anything else. 2. Dune buggies must replace yellow school buses as the mode of transportation for all students, faculty, and staff. 3. Hallways must be of sand, about eight inches thick. ... read more