ahh the memories. this is a little wooden shack, a bar where you can get a beer and some little bits of fried fish. it is located inside the sanddunes, about a 5 minute walk from the ocean. the little puddle of water you see here is a fresh water pond which is filled during the rainy season (between jan and june) and which evaporates during the dry half of the year. i came here virtually everyday and hung out in this place, reading and drinking my cold antarticas, or talking to the few tourists who discovered this little paradise, or the few locals who ventures this far. the dunes are on the left side of the village of canoa quebrada, about a half hour walk. most people get there by buggy. i recommend the walk. 

 

 

if you walk down to the ocean, and then take a left, and walk for about an hour, you will reach a portion of beach that is completely deserted, clean, wide and gorgeous. take water, as there are no shops along this patch of nature.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

amazing colours. 

 

this is canoa quebrada. once upon a time it was a quite, slow, naturally gorgeous fishing village. then the french arrived and now its a little hub of fashionistas, models, hairdressers, all part time owners of one of the dozens of BBs dotting the red sandhills of canoa. despite all that bad influence ;), canoa is still a super relaxed and fun place, with a magnificent sea and gorgeous sand dunes all around. to get here is a bit of a trip. its about 2 hours from fortaleza, the capital of ceara. by bus it takes more like 5. the bus actually goes to aracati, and from aracati you can either hire one of the hundreds of buggy drivers or a taxi for the 20 minute drive to canoa quebrada