Dunes and lagoons beckon in Brazil's wild north-east

Jericoacoara, Brazil - Many places in north-eastern Brazil remain insider tips, even for Brazilians. One of them is the area between the fishing village of Jericoacoara and the colonial city of Sao Luis, an almost surreal- looking landscape of dunes, turquoise-coloured freshwater lagoons, dense mangrove forests and the longest and most secluded beaches in Brazil. For most travellers to Brazil, too, Jericoacoara was a blank spot on the map until fairly recently. Then the surfing crowd made "Jeri," as the village and its beach are fondly known, a kite-surfing mecca. Not long afterward the Washington Post Magazine dubbed Jeri, whose dunes are immense, one of the ten most beautiful beaches in the world. The secret was out and surfers no longer have the beach to themselves. Surfing schools, handicraft shops and cute hippy and... [read full story]                    

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