COLORFUL BRAZIL: Sailing on Rio Preguiças, the Lazy River (MA)

Rio Preguiças, Maranhão (MA)

Rio Preguiças, the Lazy River,  has a length of only 120 km, runs along Barreirinhas (gateway to the dune landscape of National Park Lençóis Maranhenses), and ends in the Atlantic Ocean, near Atins. The distance between the locations is only 16 kilometers in a straight line, but when following the strong meandering river, the distance is 42 kilometers long. The river flows very slowly. You may even wonder to which direction the river flows. At low tide the flow is seaward, into the Atlantic Ocean; at high tide the flow is in opposite direction, landward. Hence, boat tours can only be performed at certain hours. In our case, our departure time at Barrerinhas was at dawn and at Atins after midnight.

The original picture was taken in July 2007.

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