Monday 23rd Arpril no17The sun was shinning when we woke this morning so we decided to go for a short ride Renato wanted to show us some rock formations in the mountains about 50kl away.
After a beaut breakfast an d discussing it with Nina and Bruno they decided to stay back and explore tis wonderful village and have some time together,it was Renato Vic and I and Erica
Renato took Bruno's bike as we think he was too embarrassed to ride his own with all the dents and scratches, leaving at nine we rode through the village and headed for the mountains, the road was fantastic to ride it had many corners some very sharp and some not so.A couple of puppies ran out to attack Renatos bike so he gave them a quick kick, they did not attempt with us Erica just blew her horn,
As we climbed up the scenery was spectacular but we could not see any rock formations,we saw a motorcyclists with a couple of small trees strapped upwards on the back seat (thought we were back in China)
When we reached the top it was 1000feet above sea level,we rode into a little village that had cobblestones (wore a better bra today) took some photos and
Renato said that he had been bitten by a bee so Dr Vic got out his trusty tweezers and removed two stingers from his forehead (he rides with the visor open),
We are disappointed that we could not see any rock formations as the cloud cover came over so we decided to return to the village,on the way we see a garbage truck with three workers sitting and standing on the back tray no OHS here.The ride was wonderful the roads are in good repair Renato then decided to take us to the Itapeva Peak which is situated 2035 mtres above sea level,so again we ride up and up many many corners the scenery is great, but the cloud cover is coming in, as this is a tourist lookout there where many cars, we could see about 20foot In front ,the view if you could see was the Paraiba valley below.
We arrived at the top and it s tourist paradise with little stalls selling every thing from woolie jumpers gloves beanies and all the souvenir junk.But of course you could not see the view it was a white out,we headed back to the village got changed and had an expensive bite to eat and wandered the town.Erica had gone back to have a Nanna nap, we wandered for about 1hour then went to our pousada where we find Bruno and Nina Renato and Erica on the front verandah having a drop of red, of course we joined them with our bottle and a block of taste cheese
It was a very pleasurable day
Tonight for dinner we are heading for Brazilian BBQ as it is our last day on tour as we head ak to Sao Paulo tomorrow and be on the plane on Anzac day
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