May 26, Jericoacoara.

We took dune buggies today to the Blue Lagoon. The ride was very cool. We probably went about 30k out there along deserted beaches and across rivers. At one point we had to put the buggies on wooden barges that could carry 2 buggies each. Then we went through a bunch of huge dunes and we stopped to do sand boarding again. This time the boards were more legit with bindings and looked like a snowboard. The hill was also much steaper and longer. I did it twice and actually was able to make some turns. The hike back up was gruelling though and the second time down I was exhausted and fell a bunch. Fun times though.





We continued on to the blue lagoon. It is a pretty big fresh water lake not far from the ocean and surounded by dunes. There were about 3 barracas on the beach of the the lagoon and we stopped at one and laid on hammocks in the water and had lunch.



Lunch at this barraca was the best I've had at a beach yet. We picked out a whole fish and the grilled it for us and served it with rice and beans. The fish was seasoned perfectly and was delicious and the rice and beans reminded me of central America. After lunch we got back in the buggies just as it started raining. We got cought in an absolute downpour which was pretty miserable. The storm was blowing rain and sand sideways and there was zero shelter offered by the open buggy cause the wind was coming from the right side and blew straight in the side. At one point we were trying to get up this huge dune and all the buggies made it up but ours kept getting stuck towards the top. It took about 5 tries to finally make it up. Our buggy was a total piece too. It kept stalling, the accelerater kept sticking, and at one point it just died and our driver had to go at the engine with a screw driver but whatever he did he was able to get it started. The downpour subsided for a little bit but we got cought in another downpour towards the end but made it home alive. I'm writing this on my iPod touch and it's awesome btw.