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Mark and Lori
It's the small luxuries that really make life on the road great! Sara |
?BEST DAY of CURVES EVER?
Today’s 347 km may have been the most epic entire day of curvy mountain riding EVER. It included what is though to be the most scenic road in Brazil the Rodovia da Graciosa as well as the state park of Petar.
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8603/...222d57f9_o.pngScreen Shot 2014-12-05 at 10.12.32 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Leaving Merretes on the pavement of the PR 408 we headed 14 km to the other nearby historic town of Antonia, which in on Baia de Parangua. https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8632/...b2db1fa9_c.jpgeldorado 46 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7566/...55e8167f_c.jpgeldorado 47 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
Grasiosa
From here you backtrack 7 km to the entrance to the Graciosa route.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7566/...89508961_c.jpgeldorado 1 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7559/...c2e9e6d1_c.jpgeldorado 17 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr This 34 km road has 4 sections 2 are paved and 2 are bricks and starts when the PR 408 and 411 merge to become the PR 410. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7499/...e46dd755_o.pngScreen Shot 2014-12-05 at 10.13.38 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7543/...4dfddea0_c.jpgeldorado 2 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7569/...479a19b4_c.jpgeldorado 3 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7539/...42d310c9_c.jpgeldorado 4 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
Grasiosa
The rain earlier in the day did make the brick sections a bit slippery. The road is lined with rhododendrons in bloom. The PR 410 ends at the highway 116 and so you do have a 20 km stint here on the slab until Quatro Barras.
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8650/...268e6534_c.jpgeldorado 5 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7494/...9782fefa_c.jpgeldorado 7 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8666/...0663e5f8_c.jpgeldorado 6 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7572/...8115ed8e_c.jpgeldorado 16 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7556/...21d73b98_c.jpgeldorado 14 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8634/...5605ecdb_c.jpgeldorado 9 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7513/...a8bc5fd7_c.jpgeldorado 15 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
Br 476
From here you head north on the BR 476, which is a very curvy secondary road with awesome views. It is 71 km to Tunas do Parana and another 89 to Apiai.
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8614/...beed8585_o.pngScreen Shot 2014-12-05 at 10.14.15 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7553/...bf876b69_o.pngScreen Shot 2014-12-05 at 10.15.04 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8664/...69824ca9_c.jpgeldorado 20 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8580/...c8a4e217_c.jpgeldorado 23 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8620/...bbbd8afc_c.jpgeldorado 21 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Too much speed and too much wood = big mess. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7489/...fb24daaa_c.jpgeldorado 18 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
Eldorado
Eldorado is a nice little town and like everywhere in Brazil your beer comes with it’s own cooler.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7509/...ae3eea74_c.jpgeldorado 51 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7536/...ab8b56c6_c.jpgeldorado 50 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
Praia Grande SP
Today we had an easy 305 km to Praia Grande, but there was some light rain for the first 150 km. We were headed for the home of friends we had met in Tal Tal Chile in December of 2013.
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8596/...4dbbde55_o.pngScreen Shot 2014-12-05 at 5.11.59 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7558/...a5936367_o.jpgbahia-inglasia by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7471/...cd71b1bc_c.jpgDSC08981 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
They are such amazing hosts, who pampered us from the moment we arrived.
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8602/...7ceb6b8e_c.jpgIMG_3337 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Claudinei was making pasta for lasagna for us when we arrived and then we had a little blue label to celebrate. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7545/...7d9749a8_c.jpgDSC06333 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7537/...59465511_c.jpgDSC06337 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8629/...06c62b28_c.jpg10834162_574434149355055_484135004_n by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
Long Beach
Their place is a block from the 40 km long Praia Grande or “long beach” and they had the whole set up for us.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7557/...084ded09_c.jpg10833906_574434096021727_1256384877_n by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7568/...54fe055b_c.jpg10841700_574434146021722_916130292_n by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7544/...816a00df_c.jpg10836167_574434129355057_957438472_n by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7498/...b9f0495a_c.jpg10859781_574434072688396_201526408_n by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
40 km of beach
Claudinei and Fatima’s home at the beach is ours for the rest of the week as they must return to Sao Paulo to work. They left us the apartment, a fridge and freezer full of food and beer, and their pedal bikes too. Today we went for a ride and saw the firemen practicing helicopter recues. Lucky for us there is an oasis or Kiosko every 500 meters for some shade and a cold drink.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7463/...edd6ff82_c.jpgDSC06354 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8630/...ec4ee61c_c.jpgDSC06361 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7562/...80431acd_c.jpgDSC06344 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7554/...911f19d7_c.jpgDSC06349 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8656/...3b2e15c0_c.jpgDSC06351 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8572/...45fb5854_c.jpgDSC06363 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7570/...13eb3bc7_c.jpgDSC06371 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8568/...025b65d4_c.jpgDSC06375 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
It is official
WE have tickets on the ferry to Iceland in June 2015!!
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The BIG city of Sao Paulo
We headed from the beach into the city of Sao Paulo or more accurately Sao Bernardo where our dear friends Claudinei and Fatima live.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7507/...1bf629d7_o.pngScreen Shot 2014-12-22 at 11.07.34 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr They are incredible hosts. First thing was some Maracuja or passion fruit Caipiroskas before dinner. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7529/...b6cc1df7_c.jpgIMG_3365 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8582/...39f2cf19_c.jpgIMG_3369 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7570/...8620d878_c.jpgDSC06378 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
Claudinei invited his work friend Abdul to join us for a tour of downtown Sao Paulo. He is a great guy, but he also speaks perfect English and so helped us with understanding Portuguese.
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8618/...a242f6e9_c.jpgDSC06382 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7541/...89163af4_c.jpgDSC06379 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7570/...c14b1e83_c.jpgDSC06380 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr We needed to get a new computer cord so we braved the packed electronics district in the week before Christmas. I think you can buy just about anything here. https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8638/...dcc0d9b0_c.jpgDSC06386 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7514/...ca20571a_c.jpgDSC06384 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Of course Dan had to see the Brazilian stock exchange. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7581/...36a656f6_c.jpgDSC06387 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8673/...ccab5c9e_c.jpgDSC06388 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
We saw some of the main sites including the cathedral, the Theater, a 450-year-old college, and the famous 25 of March shopping street.
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8674/...39332c85_c.jpgDSC06402 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7527/...96fc6a05_c.jpgDSC06404 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8649/...a560848b_c.jpgDSC06410 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8579/...6d3bba23_c.jpgDSC06412 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8588/...3eb5d3ab_c.jpgDSC06415 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7555/...37babcd2_c.jpgDSC06419 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8566/...0f9355b2_c.jpgDSC06420 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7544/...a576c1c4_c.jpgDSC06393 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7582/...0af07d81_c.jpgDSC06390 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8562/...4f7d997f_c.jpgDSC06391 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7545/...f31ba170_c.jpgDSC06424 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7546/...a5a6609c_c.jpgDSC06423 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr This plaque in front of the Cathedral marks the original city center. https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8622/...7ee88ca6_c.jpgDSC06406 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr They have these great pedestrian signs here which are different depending on which historic building they are near. This is for the Theater. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7535/...4be33200_c.jpgDSC06417 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
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