We arrived in Pipa intending to spend a couple of nights there. We left a week later... I sort of figured that it was going to happen. It is a great beach town with enough sand to absorb even the large crowds of local weekend tourists, a good night life and enough interesting characters to make people watching a blast. We also found a great spot to surf long boards on nicemellow waves without any crowds. Other than the dolphins of course!
Alas, I do have that flight home from Iquitos Peru on the 12th of May and so we had to move on. We caught a bus from Pipa to Natal, sat around for 6 hours, and then caught a night bus from Natal to Fortaleza, which is the capital of the state of Ceara. We are going to be here two nights and are going to be exploring the giant central market.
Because we spent so much time in Pipa we are going to be flying from Fortaleza to Manaus. This means that we will be skipping Belem and the associated boat journey from Belem to Manaus. This also means that we will only be spending a week and a half on boats on the Amazon instead of two and a half. I have the feeling that one and a half will be more than enough anyway...
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4 comments:
good call. after a couple days, I imagine jungle starts to look pretty much the same. ooh...green. again...
EM
yes! you made it to my state! boo ya!
Sounds like a kick ass time regardless. But what's with losing all the cameras?
Angela
Cameras... Brazil is a VERY poor country where digital cameras are VERY expensive. This of course makes them a very high target for theft. I am not sure what else to say.
If you travel long enough you are going to have things stolen. It is not a metter of if, but a matter of when.
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