Jericoacoara

After a somewhat tubulent (and yet again late) internal Brazilain flight, a long bus journey and a trip on bouncy ‘4×4 bus’ we finally made it to Jericoacoara. ‘Jeri’ as the locals refer to it is a small, isolated surfer town set between beach and miles of sand dunes. There are no real roads, so you can only get there by boat, buggy or the strange 4×4 bus we opted for. We befriended areally cool  Dutch couple (Bram and Tara) on our journey into Jeri and ended up spending most of our time there with them – it’s easy to meet up with people in Jeri as there are only about three sandy ‘streets’ and several small adjoining streets, all lined with cute artsy boutiques, restaurants and surf shops. We soon stocked up on new beach wear and found our favourite sunbeds. When you take away the odd storm and Chris’ day in bed with a bad stomach (which was MUCH worse than Sophie’s bad stomach in the jungle) Jeri was a truly stunning place to sit back, drink agua de coco and enjoy the Brazilian vibe. We even got involved with a private salsa class (which has given Chris his new nickname ‘snake hips’), had a very poor attempt at sand boarding and enjoyed speeding over the sand dunes on a buggy. Jeri is one of the only places in Brazil where you can see the sunset over the horizon so everyone climbs the sand dunes to watch this ritual sunset followed by the quality Capoeira on the beach and enjoying cocktails from one of the stalls until the wee hours…this is where we discovered the kiwioska that is a new must-have for any cocktail party (kiwi + vodka = divine).

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