Thursday, June 11, 2009: Day 29
I awoke at Rosalie and Sara’s homestay home. Rosalie or Sara called a taxi and then we headed toward the meeting spot (near McDonalds) to catch the bus to Jericoacoara. The bus ride was about 6 hours and we took a few breaks to stretch, get snacks and use the restrooms. There was a toilet on the bus but there was no toilet paper so everyone was glad we stopped. We finally arrived near Jericoacoara and then transferred to a different vehicle- truck. Some of us sat in the inside of the truck, others sat in the back with our luggage. The back of the truck had a roof to stay shaded from the hot sun. The roads were unpaved. We drove on sand for about an hour to our hotel in Jericoacoara. Once we recieved our keys to our rooms and decided how we were grouping up as roommates we settled in and went out exploring. We chose a restaurant after a few minutes of walking and ordered our food. It began pouring rain while we waited for our food and it was an outside restaurant. Luckily there was a roof protecting us. After we were threw devouring our meals we walked around town (the rain let up) and stopped at all the mini grocery stores and checked out the scenery. We then headed to the beack. It was gorgeous, amazing! There were mortorcycles, cars, dune buggies and people walking all aroundthe seashore. They were traveling back and forth to different parts of the beach. A few of us climbed up a sand dune and watched the sun set and then even fewer of us stayed until the night sky lit up with twinkling stars. We even saw part of the milky way and I think, a shooting star- the beauty and feeling from the view was indescribable. According to some of my peers the planet, Venus, was also in view of where we were. We headed back to our hotel took showers and got dressed to go listen to music and explore the night life around the town. There was music, food, vendor (selling homemade jewelry, belts, bags, and all sorts of trinkets.) When we got back to the hotel I fell asleep outside in the hammocks that were set out infrom of each of the doors of the hotel rooms. Boi noite!
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