Sunday 22nd April

Sunday 22nd April  no 16
Well what an eventful day
First it poured with rain all night ,we were all dishearten ,as the ride was to have taken us up over the mountains to see the spectacular views.
As we were packing our bags and getting ready to ride, Vic had some visitors in his helmet,the little red ants had mad a nest overnight. He was not impressed,as he was banging his helmet against the bed to make them scatter.
After he  was satisfied, we went to breakfast, it was still pouring the day looked very bleak.We had to ride up the mountain and through the cobble stoned tunnels .
All decked out in our wet weather gear we set off, it was not a very pleasant ride,in the dry the Brazilian drives go so fast in the wet they go soooooo slow.
Vic was in his element wet roads and lots of corners, he even passed some drivers in the tunnels.We rode ahead of the group and waited at the top for them to arrive.Bruno had stopped as he could not see as he had left his pin lock at home (anti fog visor) Renato had a dark visor and he wears glasses it was still pouring until we reached the top.
We were suppose to do 450klm but with the rain ,it slowed us down and time was getting away.
But then shit happened,Renato was going around a right hand corner and he hit a bump in the road, lost control and went across the road and hit the gavel, he went down.he did not hurt himself, but big damage to his bike.Vic did a band aid fix to some parts  after about 1hour of getting things rideable we were back on the road.The rain had gone and the roads were dry again
Stopped at a chicken take away Renato was real down, we reckon shock had got him.So we did not take the long way round, we missed the national park and headed straight to our destination along the highway arriving at about 4pm.
Bruno and Nina spotted a cable car running high into the mountains so we all quickly changed and headed for a ride.
It was fantastic we are1750 mtres above sea level and at 5pm it was 10 c.
Bloody freezing.This place is a beautiful holiday resort it is like a  little switzerland as it has a lot European architecture,dinner tonight was downtown under the fairy lights in the trees, they even put on a fire for us as the tempture was dropping fast.
Renato has suggested we go for little ride tomorrow as it s our rest day, we have not made up our mind