Barreirinhas

The five of us travelled to Barreirinhas to visit the Lencois National Park. One of the main attractions are the sand dunes. Since it was a saturday during the high season, we were not alone. Brazilian turists were all over. So expectations for the tour dropped fastly. But the bumby ride through the savannah style landscape with all the waterpools made up for the shortcommings at the ferry spot at the beginning. When we arrived we told the 15 year old tour guide that we will do it by ourself. The huge lagoons in the middle of those up to 40 meters high dunes is truly an amazing place. The water clean and refreshing - a highlight of my whole trip.

The next day we were ready to go to Atins, but after waiting for hours with all our backpacks next to us, we had to admit that there was no chance of getting out of that town.
But Barreirinhas is not as bad as the first impression implies. There is a huge sand dune in the middle of town at the river. Brazilians are playing football, volleyball, sliding down the dunes with sledges, swimming and enjoying the way to loud music.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FREDDY (my brother)