Day 23

*This entry starts with an original map drawn by Renaud, I'll try to scan it in so yo can all have his impression of the town as well as mine*

Got up early today today, considering last nights late end, but when we got to the bus station there were only two places left for tonight. This has put us in a bit of a bad money situation; we have enough for the bus tomorrow morning but not for accomodation tonight and barely enough for the day. Jamie is staying for another night so he should be ok, its just us three roughing it.

All four of us went for a long walk in the mid-morning, along the coast edge. Spent a few hours just lieing down or swimming on our own private beach, apart from the odd couple of person selling beer we didn't see anyone all day. The water is so warm in the sea its untrue, and on these less sheltered parts of the coast the waves are head high. This area of coast was gruelling to get to, the exposed sand burning our feet up and down different hills most of the way there, but it was worth it. In just a few hundred yards here the contrast and variety in rock formations and life is startling, especially considering the tranquil sand dunes that line the other side of Jeri.

Theres a rock which you can watch the sunset through but we walked back along the encrusted shore instead, and watched it on the sand dunes after a quick game of football. We were only playing against a few Brazilian kids and it was quite a funny match, in which at some point we all got embarrassed by someone about a decade younger than us (two in Jamie's case).

To be honest the sunset on the dune was underwhelming, I think we've been a bit spoilt. The view from high was wonderful though, dunes flowing down one side and the idyllic little town on the other.

All in all it was a quiet evening. We had a great meal on Renaud's credit card and then picked up our hammocks and went back to the dunes to sleep under the sky, full of the brightest stars you'll ever see. The whole sky glowed, vivid with these burning clusters of light. So we watched for a while and then drifted off. Despite the sandy wind I could sleep rough here anytime.