The long and winding road to Jericoacoara

After a kind of 'pitstop-day' in Fortalelza (relaxing on Praia Futuro, Thomas got his hair cut, I got my legs, feet and nails done as well as my laundry...) we took the bus to Jericoacoara on Wednesday morning. The bus took about 6 hours to reach Jijoca, where we had to change to a 4WD kind of truck-bus. The bus ride to Jijoca was interesting as the landscape changed from very dry, desert like to green, and full of Cashew trees and we crossed many little cities and villages. But the best part of the ride was definately the last 1,5 hours in the 4WD truck. We left the paved road shortly after Jijoca and went on dirttracks through farmland, little villages and right along the beach. In one of the villages I noticed what must have been the local night club. A kind of wall with a hole for the 'bilheteria', where you could buy the tickets, and a door labeled 'entrada'. The place was called 'Giga dance' and a shack beside it 'Giga byte cafe'. When we drove by I could see that there was about nothing behind the wall, just a patch of sand. But I guess when they turn on the music the place will be crowded soon - it seemed to be the only place of that kind for miles and miles.
When we reached Jericoacoara a crowd of Pousada owners came to the bus. After about 8-9 hours on the road we were kind of overstrained with the offer - especially as the prices where all very good and most of the pousadas seemed to be ok. We then picked one, Pousada Ibiscus, and it was a good choice - its colourfull, has spacious rooms and a little garden and the breakfast is fine, too.
Today we went walking on the beach untill the 'Pedra Furada', a kind of stone archway right on the beach. From there we went back to the village over the dunes - you have a spectacular view from there. The colours are so amazing - white dunes, colourfullstones, blue sea and even bluer sky - Jeri just takes your breath away!
After a relaxed afternoon in the hammock we watched the sundown on the famous Duna do Por do Sol, the sundown dune. Everybody goes up there at around 18:00 to watch the sun go down on the sea. Once again, the colours just leave you speechless- its so beautifull! After the sun had gone down we went back to the beach to watch a round of Capoieira...
For tomorrow we have planned a Quad ride to two lagoons...
(More pictures will follow soon!)