It was still dark when we left the hostel in Sao Luis to reach our afternoon excursion in plenty of time but I didn’t mind as we were heading for what will be the highlight of the trip for me so far. We arrived in our Poussada (B&B) with enough time for a dip in the river at the back of the hotel before meeting our guide who took us in a 4x4 to the Lencois National Park. Our destination was the white sand dunes and fresh water lagoons. We spent the afternoon climbing dunes and then taking a quick dip in the refreshing and beautifully clear lagoons. It was heaven. Some of the guys started a game of rolling down the dune into the water. Looked like fun but I preferred to watch from the water!
We climbed the final dune of the day to watch the sun set and although some clouds had rolled in it was still great. I was an amazing day and I think the pictures speak for themselves.
The following morning we left in the 4x4 to meet a speedboat which took us for a bit of sliding down more dunes (as demonstrated by the Ross & Anki Race below) and Cabure lighthouse.
We climbed the 120 steps for a 360 view.
The boat then took us on to our pousada in time for lunch. The Pousada was on a bank of sand which had the river on one side and the sea on the other. After our liquid lunches we had a choice of hammocks, sea, river or all of the above. The river had a very strong current which made getting back entertaining. Especially as I chose the “quick mud” part of the river bank to get out of the river but I gave a few fisherman a bit of a giggle so my days work was done! The pousada only had generator electricity so lights were out at 10 and the water pump also failed while we were there so nothing to do but try to sleep. Some of the gang slept in hammocks but there was an almighty storm during the night so we all slept in the rooms.
The following morning some of the guys were covered in sand fly bites but I was lucky with only a couple on my elbow maybe the quick mud was a miracle deterrent!
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