Leaving Tuesday 10th

Tuesday Leaving Sao Paulo

Leaving for our destination at 7130am we learnt that Erica had left her camera and hat in the gangster van , then she found out that she had left her medicines back with Rodregis so she had to pay a courier to pick up all her belongings cost over 100reals (nota good start),

We are on the road weaving in and out the traffic as leave the big city of Sao Paulo .we make our way down the Atlantic coast.the ride is stop start up hill down until we get to the out skirts of town.

We pass many little towns with faveles (slums) then we go through tunnels some are 3klms long 3lanes wide just brilliant.

We stop in Santos Pele soccer fame and have a coconut drink and a stretch.then it is back on the bike again.Nina is having trouble mounting as the panniers are just near the foot peg so she is doing the push back system.

The panniers make the bikes real wide so we have to stay in the centre of the lane.

We stop for lunch after we ride a twisty road up the mountain side  where we see a fantastic water fall.

The main road to our destination has speed bumps through little villages to slow the traffic down major intersection they are about 1metre apart some we hit pretty fast and I was nearly airborne,so the rider got a thump.

We get on the first ferry and Burnos panniers hit  witches hat,  this ferry went to Guaruja  and Vic an I get put behind a truck, so the others had to wait until we disembarked the next ferry is to Bertioga,half way to our destination ,this is three ferry ride.

We stop for Petrol and Renato finds his credit card does not work so we filled the bikes up and Vic paid as it is now late in the afternoon and bloody hot 26deg with all our clobber on it is getting uncomfortable.

We get the last ferry to Iihabela the then we ride 11klms on cobblestones to our Pausada.

It is  a very nice little place with a swimming pool and beautiful out look to the Atlantic ocean but the only draw back is there some "can't seem  ems" which are like little miggies that bit and suck and make you itchy.

We had a beaut dinner in the resident restaurant and cracked 6 bottles of beer which did not hit the sides as we were so dehydrated.Erica got stuck into some alcohol lime drink that packed a punch and was quite pickled.