Last Thursday we took our bikes on the 7am ferry boat from Sao Luis to Alcantara and after the usual find pousada/unpack/shower/change routine we went to explore the town as it celebrated the Divino Espirito Santo (God’s Holy Spirit) festival…
Igreja Nossa Senhora do Carmo
Post-procession lull outside, but inside…
Tree through door
Pretty cobbled streets
Boys on the march – and here’s the live version…
Another smaller igreja
Evening light
Young girls pretending they’re in the ceremony, in a few years they probably will be
Next morning – visitors sleeping under the main stage
Reflection in a tour minibus window
Inside the igreja
We then got packed and loaded the bikes once again for a 112km cycle to Pinheiro.
Packing
On the road again
Mmmm ice-cream
A new friend in Pinheiro
That night we couldn’t find a restaurant, just two little burger joints, so we went to both and had a burger in each of them! #HungrySambaCyclists
