Dune Buggies in Brazil

On two of our day trips from Natal, we rode in these bare, low-slung vehicles that looked like modified racecars. They sped up to 70 mph on the highway, and on sand they could slide sideways, skidding and fishtailing at the whim of the (insane) drivers. I cannot overstate the thrill, which was pretty much based on a constant feeling of real danger (no seatbelts in the back). I have no photos of the stunts because everyone used their camera hands to hold on for dear life.

There are parts of the coast that can't be reached any other way.

There were a couple of points when we needed to cross bodies of water. Here we're waiting for the ferry to cross an inlet. We assumed that we'd be stepping off the dune buggies and walking onto the ferry.

We were wrong.

And when the mama boat wasn't around, we took the baby boat...