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Jeri and Lençois Maranhenses

Last update the Domingo, 01 of November of 2009 16:52 Written by Ana (cántabruca) Domingo, 01 of March of 2009 23:44

After ten months following the 3 adventures of willys from Barcelona, the destiny (and the crisis) offered the opportunity me to accompany to them in a part by its trip. Brazil was the country in which it would find me with them after as much time. As much Guillem as Charly, has been writing on places that we have crossed together in this immense and incredible country.

Now it touches the turn to him to Jericoacoara (Ceará) and to two National Park Lençois Maranhenses (Maranhão).
At Jericoacoara we arrived after more than 30 hours of bus of Salvador at Strength, Strength to Jijoca and of there in bus jeep until our destiny.

Pousada Massimo in Jericoacoara. A luxury, safe by the leaks

It is the favorite destiny of mochileros in the northeast of the country. It is surrounded by one long beach, hills covered with grass and one immense called dune Pôr-do-Sun, where as much tourist as people of the town, raises all the afternoons to see the dusk.

Charly on the dune do Pôr-do-Sun

Typical photo of Jericoacoara taken from the beach

Dune do Pôr-do-Sun with Jeri to the bottom

Rush hour in the dune

They were three days of beach, small long walks and many, but many caipirinhas to rate of covered and reggae.
Stress zero, like the rest of both months.

Guillem and I was a day walking until the Pedra Furada, one of the attractiveness of the environs.

Pedra Furada, near Jeri. That one seemed the boulevards behind schedule a Saturday.

Guillem shining palm heart in lPraia Malhada

One hour of stroll by border of sea (only if it allows it to the tide), and returned by hills.

Returning to Jeri by the hill.

Following to leader

In the afternoons, after the dusk, people congregate themselves in the beach to see tests of capoeira.

Stem of Capoeira in the beach of Jeri

And by the nights, the main activity of the town is to approach rich the beach to taste caipirinhas, caipiroskas or capetas (mixes of chocolateen dust, dust of guarana, cachaça, condensed milk. we go, a pump).
As it said to you, zero stress.

In Jericoacoara, our destinies separated temporarily, Charly marched towards Recife to give the welcome to Takings that venia from Barcelona for the Carnivals (other that nothing knows), and Guillem and I was towards Lençois Maranhenses.

Two National Park Lençois Maranhenses has a surface of 1550km ², in a spectacular dune extension with crystalline water lagoons, formed by the filtration of rain at the humid time.

Pretty Lagoa, at the beginning of the park. Still it was the best thing.

Three days of trip until arriving at Barrerinhas, the town that serves as center for all the excursions and to the 7 in the morning already estabamos ones looking for like arriving at the Park.
At first we went to make the trip that makes all the tourists: to take a Toyota until the entrance from the Park, to visit the Blue Lagoa and the Pretty Lagoa and to return.
But the adventurous spirit of Guillem awoke when they spoke to him of one excursiõn that much people do not dare to do: 5 hours walking between dunes to cross the park until arriving at Atins (in the coast).
When I was wanted to back give to account, habiamos lazy to all the tourists in the two first Lagoas, and caminabamos in the absolute solitude, with the exception of our guide, Mão, that from time to time explained some curiosity to us of the Park.

Almost absolute solitude

5 hours were contemplating a landscape difficult to describe, for my one of the things prettier than never I have seen, but as the beauty is totally subjective, I leave images you, so that juzgueis you yourself.

It is a vision? : P

Doing the goat, pa' to have mataó

That opinais?

When finishing the day, we arrived at the village of Song of Atins (unique 2 houses) where we spent the night. It was in a privileged place, in front of dunes of the Lençois, and with the sea to the back.

To grow dark in the middle of dunes

Pousada the nontapeworm electrical light as of the 21 hours, which allowed to contemplate a sky us filled with stars.

On the following day it was called on to rise to us soon to us to walk during two hours until arriving at Atins, where “supposedly” a line boat took of return to Barrerinhas 14.30h, furrowing the river Preguiças.

The line boat never appeared, but in its place we traveled in a boat of fishermen along with other whichever travellers who also habian themselves been wire drawings.

Here still sonreiamos

The fishermen decided to leave to the 18 hours, when the tide was in its lower point, which caused that the trip became all an adventure.
We begin at night and without lights, which caused:
- 2 attempts of upsetting to 2 canoes of fishermen who walked that way and who did not take light either to signalize themselves
- to run aground 3 times in the sand banks. 1 of them serious one, with all the fishermen in the river pushing the boat
- 1 tropical storm with rays that illuminated everything to ours around and torrential rain
- 6 hours of trip instead of 3.

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