Boy was it great to get out of Curitiba the same night of the game. I couldn't bear hanging around with all the Aussies commiserating and congratulating. The perfect place to go was a beach town with nice weather and luckily that's what we had booked!
Jericoacoara (jerry-kwah-kwahra) is an old hippy town about 4 hours west of Fortaleza, right on the north side of Brazil. These days it's a bit like Byron - hippy pretenders, a handful of weed dealers and city slickers who've decided the city is no longer for them.
It's a nice place though - beautiful beaches and minimal development while still having the nicest shopfronts outside of the malls in the bigger cities. The streets are just sand too, so you have to get a 4wd to get you the last 10km.
Aside from some relaxing R&R we joined up with Tyler and the USA crew. Nina and I met Tyler in South Africa at the last world cup and I travelled along the garden route with him for the best part of a week....so it is good to catch up 4 years later!
Jeri is best known for it's sand dunes, beaches and wind sports and it definitely didn't disappoint! If it wasn't so far from Australia, I'd definitely recommend spending a few weeks there for a holiday.
The only downside to our Jeri experience was on the way back to Fortaleza and seeing possibly my first dead guy. He'd been hit on his motorbike and judging by the lack of activity by the onlookers and police, there didn't seem much likliehood he was getting up anytime soon. Definitely brings you back to reality as to how fragile life is.
The only downside to our Jeri experience was on the way back to Fortaleza and seeing possibly my first dead guy. He'd been hit on his motorbike and judging by the lack of activity by the onlookers and police, there didn't seem much likliehood he was getting up anytime soon. Definitely brings you back to reality as to how fragile life is.
The beachside town of Jericoacora in Brazil's far north. A 4 hour trip from Fortaleza, including a jeep over the sand dunes just to get there.
All the tourists make a dash for the dune close to Jeri at dusk to watch the sunset directly in front over the ocean.
We stayed at a hostel for the first 2 nights before moving to a Pousada to meet up with Tyler and company. Our hostel dog followed us after we left for the best part of the day to make sure we arrived at our new accommodation safely.
The constant winds at Jeri mean that it is a great location for kiteboarding.....so I took my first lesson with Eddie and Tyler!
My 14 year old kiteboarding instructor who could only speak Portugese managed to get me up on the board successfully!
Nina sipping away on one of her first Caipirinha's as we watch the sunset. This was followed by many, many, many more over the coming weeks until we realised it is comprised of about 1/3 cup of sugar for each drink
Tyler and Eddie enjoying the sunset.
A good night out dancing to a Samba band.
Dinner with live tunes. Jeri had lots of little restaurants with good food and good tunes.
Hi Nina! Notice the crocodile with boobs in the background.
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