Travel in Brazil: MARANHÃO (10). Boat Trip to Atins II

MARANHÃO (10)
Boat Trip to Atins II

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Bestemming São Luís, capital of the state of Maranhão.
The boat trip of four hours, from Barreirinhas to Atins, on the slow Preguiças River.

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The wide Preguiças River indeed has
something of slow and lazy…   

Floating

In a straight line, the distance between Barreirinhas and Atins is only 16 km. A well-trained man or woman is able to walk this distance in 2.5, maybe 3 hours. But if you follow the curves of the strong meandering Preguiças River, which connects the two places, then the distance increases to no less than 42 km. A cyclist could do that in about 2 hours. Our boat was almost floating on this lazy river (the almost literal meaning of the Portuguese name for this river), the progress had been slow, lasting four hours, with an average of 10 km per hour. A long journey, for those who take this boat routinely; to go to their work, to visit their family. But for us tourists it was new, and above all we enjoyed the magnificent views of the beautiful landscape.

For many passengers, this boat is like
a car or bus to us.

A lot of green vegetation along the riverside.

Sometimes the boat had to moor,
so that we had a closer look at the vegetation.

These passengers are following an imaginary
path through the vegetation.

This scenery could easily fit in a
TV commercial or movie.

Blue the sky and blue the water; pale yellow
the dunes, limbs from Lençóis

Small settlements along the Preguiças
riverside.

Covered by the vegetation

A closer look

One should not fear the water when
entering or leaving the boat.

 

Door Dr. Adriano Antoine Robbesom
Original text in Dutch, translation with help of Google Translator
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