Eu Amo Jericoarcoara

First, my apologies for the lack of blog posts as of late. I could dredge up all sorts of excuses, mostly related to work....but I will only hint at them.

Now onto some more exciting stuff!

This last weekend I went on an excursion out of Fortaleza, and up the coast to Jericoarcoara (pronounced jeri-qwar-qwar-ah) or "jeri" for short. The name apparently means "alligator sleeping in the sun" and is supposed to conjure up said mental images when one sees the absolutely magnificent sand dunes for which the town is known.




Ok, it's a sleeping dog, but it might appear to some like a sleeping alligator, and it is on top of the giant dune.

Anyways, it's hard to write a blog post about Jeri because it is such an amazing and idyllic place. It's definitely hippie land as evidenced by the number of places one can get their chakras realigned (seriously). But there are so many beautiful places to explore around Jeri.

Right outside of town is this giant sand dune that literally everyone in town climbs every night to see the sunset.



Climbing the Dune: Exhibit A



Climbing the Dune: Exhibit B


Sunset from the Dune: Exhibit A


Sunset from the Dune: Exhibit B

Aside from the warm ocean and the phenomenal sunsets, Jeri is known for it dune buggy trips (pronounced boogie).

 

I went on one to Lagoa Azul, and boy was it a blue lake...

 

There were all sorts of mini excursions along the way, including to another lagoon amongst the dunes

 

and chances to jump around!

 

Some general ruminations: one thing I love about Brazilian beaches is the abundance of services that one finds on the beach. Granted this can become annoying when one doesn't want a henna tattoo or some chatchka. But, if one wants to eat some delicious fried fish right out of the ocean, or perhaps buy a lobster from a basket...(carefu1! they're still snapping!) a Brazilian beach is the place....



Of course it's also the place if you want to get a "caipirinha" Brazil's national mixed drink of choice...