May 25 To Jericoacoara.

Today we left fortaleza for Jeri. The group was aline ramine, ramine's parents and sister Sara and dmitry Tony Jessie and I. We took a 14 passenger van that was very comfortable and had AC. The ride was about 4 hours and was pretty boring. It was definately nice to get out of the city though. During some parts there were some big mountains off to the west but the landscape was generally very flat and arid. We drove past what looked like some coconut plantations but they we kinda ramshackled. There were a couple cute villages along the way but we didn't stop in any for lunch.

At the end of the van ride we stopped in the last town before Jeri and swtched over to a 4x4 truck for the remaining 45 min ride to Jeri. This part was very cool. The road is completely sand and it twists it's way past huge sand dunes some probably 100 feet tall and remiscent of what you see in movies about the sahara. There were also a could lagoons in the dune area.





The ride was awesome and all off us except ramine's parents sat in the bed of the pickup. We got dropped off at our hotel Pousada de Norte which is very cool with lots of hammocks, nice grounds in a cute part of town, and a swimming pool. It is a little back from the beach but very nice. Upon arriving I fell asleep for 3 hours since I haven't been feeling very good and my throat has been extremely sore.



Around 730 Jessie sara Tony and I went to walk around town and get dinner. We first went down to the beach where there are little carts the make alcoholic mixed fruit drinks called caiperinia. The are made with the local Brazilian liquer cachasa which when drinken straight kinda tastes like tequila. Any way the drinks are very good and you can get almost any fruit you want. I got mango and orange combined which I figured would be a good combo and it was. They're also really cheap costing about $1.25usd each! We then found a great restaurant with the help of our van driver which had some live music. Tony and I split a filet mignon dish with sauted onions, rice, beans, mashed potatos and salad that fed 2 people and was delicious and only cost us each 12 bucks! I turned in early for the night becuase I really want to kick this illness. It's getting annoying.