Route from Jericoacoará to St. Louis

The closer you get to the equator in Brazil, provided you are not on the main roads, traveling becomes an adventure in itself. When I began my travels I decided to go to Jericoacoara Sao Luis, the capital of Maranhao. Although the distance was not very far, it took me almost 24 hours in a series of tranportation adventures. The whole day was spent sweating in a buggy, raft, bicyce taxi, van, jeep and bus. We crossed rivers and beaches, swamps, went up and down dunes, and saw tiny villages and bogs which we were always in danger of getting stuck in several times. Nevertheless they always say