Fishermen Along Brazil´s Coast

Fisherman in Bertioga

Aren´t these just the cutest little boats you´ve ever seen? They are quite prevalent along the coast and are used for fishing by the locals, called caiçaras, a mixture of early inhabitants - Indians, slaves and Europeans. The tire on the front keeps the wooden boat from being damaged against the dock. What looks like sacks of potatoes are actually fine nets used for fishing. The  salty morning fog leaves a slick, moist coating on the cabin roof as the lone sailor cares for his boat that rocks gently in the marina.

Bertioga is a less than a 2 hour drive from São Paulo (106 km) . Even though the first Portuguese navigators landed their ships close by in 1530, the area was pretty isolated from tourists until the 1960s when a highway opened up the area.

Even though today many city-slickers have their second home in Bertioga, we can still see simple fishermen making their living as their ancestors did before them.

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