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I haven't been everywhere...
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It's the small luxuries that really make life on the road great!

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?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.

Screen 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.


eldorado 46 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr

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Grasiosa

From here you backtrack 7 km to the entrance to the Graciosa route.



eldorado 1 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr

eldorado 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.

Screen Shot 2014-12-05 at 10.13.38 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr

eldorado 2 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr

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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.

eldorado 5 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr

eldorado 7 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr

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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.

Screen Shot 2014-12-05 at 10.14.15 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr

Screen Shot 2014-12-05 at 10.15.04 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr

eldorado 20 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr

eldorado 23 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr



eldorado 21 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr

Too much speed and too much wood = big mess.

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Here you head off road on a very firm dirt road on the SP 165 thru Petar Park to Iporanga in 41 km and then on sketchy pot holed pavement to Eldorado in another 71 km.

Screen Shot 2014-12-05 at 10.15.18 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr



eldorado 33 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr

eldorado 34 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr

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eldorado 36 by Worldwide

eldorado 38 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on FlickrRide.ca, on Flickr

eldorado 40 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr

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eldorado 43 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr

eldorado 48 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr

eldorado 49 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr

There was a bit of good road at the end.

eldorado 44 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr

eldorado 45 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr
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Eldorado

Eldorado is a nice little town and like everywhere in Brazil your comes with it’s own cooler.

eldorado 51 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr

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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.


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bahia-inglasia by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr

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They are such amazing hosts, who pampered us from the moment we arrived.


IMG_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.


DSC06333 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr

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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.

10833906_574434096021727_1256384877_n by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr

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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 , 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.

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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.

Screen 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.

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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.

DSC06382 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr

DSC06379 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr

DSC06380 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.

DSC06386 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr

DSC06384 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr

Of course Dan had to see the Brazilian stock exchange.

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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.



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This plaque in front of the Cathedral marks the original city center.

DSC06406 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.

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