08/06/04 – 14/06/04 Lençóis

We intended to spend a few days here in order to break up the journey to Brasilia and ended up staying for longer than we have in any place so far. It is really very beautiful here and everyone was so friendly that we just couldn’t leave.

The countryside surrounding Lençóis is some of the most stunning that we have seen on the journey so far and we were definitely the most active here than we have been anywhere. The first few days that we were here we took organized tours around the area to explore the waterfalls, caves, mountains and rivers, but then for the rest of the week we stayed closer to the town and swam in the river, went down the waterslides and properly chilled out. We met up with a really great bunch of people while we were here so it was really hard to leave.

This is me talking on what passes for a phone in Lençóis- as you can tell it is a mobile.


And in the background on the right is the natural water slide on which no one has stuck razor blades on with chewing gum like we were told the ones at home had had. Oh and in the foreground is us. The slide is actually quite long and locals can go down it on their feet. Visitors can as well but are more likely to die.