After the initial 4 days in Rio de Janeiro we headed north to Porto Seguro. We spent two weeks hitchhiking 1100km along the cost and stopping  at many beautiful beaches and small non-touristic towns. Each one (some less than 40km apart) offered a new aspect of this diverse country. We made a 13 km hike through the sandy beach, with our heavy backpacks from two small towns of Corumbau  to Caraiva (where all the streets are made of sand and the whole village looks like a beach).  It is very rewarding to carry everything that is needed to survive in a backpack and surprisingly it is not as exhausting as it may seem.