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Guarapari
Well we finally have to leave our home at Paulo’s in Itacoatiara and head north. Our visa runs out February 16, and we have a lot of ground to cover. We have changed out plans and instead of driving the extra 3200 km from Salvador de Bahia to Fortaleza and then Brasilia, we will drive to Bahia and then Brasilia and fly from Brasilia to Fortaleza and Manaus. This allows us time for 13 days in Cumbuco the number one kite surf location in the world and 5 days to go to Manaus for an Amazon boat trip.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7558/...d3a1efaa_c.jpgguarapari 4 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Step one is get the 1700 km to Salvador in 5 days. This is in 34 plus heat on 2 lane roads, with an amazing amount of truck traffic = slow going and long hot days. So glad we are flying some of the north now. Today we are making for Guarapari in 471 km. https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8628/...802da08b_c.jpgScreen Shot 2015-01-07 at 10.02.02 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
Guarapari
We left from Paulo’s house with instructions and the best route to take to avoid the city and the terrible traffic. Our ultimate goal was the highway 101, but we took the 106 and then cut up on the Ubatiba road at Marica. Driving along the 106 we were speeding a bit, but so was everyone else. These 2 Policemen on motos came up behind us and passed us. About a km later they suddenly flipped on their lights and signaled us to get over. The funny part was they almost clanged into each other and then into the car passing in the right lane while trying to do this. Long story short the reason they pulled us over was to ask where we were going and to tell us that this was not the 101! They thought we were lost. I assured them by showing them our route on the GPS to show that we were turning in 9 km to go to the 101 on the small local road with no traffic.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7569/...f867de93_c.jpgguarapari 8 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7551/...bdea6665_c.jpgguarapari 5 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7547/...5732c1f6_c.jpgguarapari 6 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8594/...4b5751a3_c.jpgguarapari 7 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
Guarapari
Taking some of the beach roads you find a few sections of dirt roads.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7559/...a96fa1e5_c.jpgguarapari 9 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7550/...fc16026f_c.jpgguarapari 10 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr We met this guy with this awesome ride at the gas station of course. He was so excited to put our sticker on. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7520/...be27d0f8_c.jpgguarapari 11 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7577/...88c03346_c.jpgguarapari 13 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
Guarapari
We left Paulo’s at 830 and arrived in Guarapari after 471 km at 530 hot and tired. The town is very nice and is on the ocean and our hotel was on the canal.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7504/...5bb92054_c.jpgguarapari 16 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7561/...241f2a1b_c.jpgguarapari 17 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8636/...af5a303d_c.jpgguarapari 18 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8616/...f60c1888_c.jpgguarapari 19 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7472/...35afe73a_c.jpgguarapari 20 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8602/...614632e4_c.jpgguarapari 22 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7500/...75c14ecc_c.jpgguarapari 23 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr I love the signage in this country! https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8574/...cd48f7ab_c.jpgguarapari 24 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8581/...acb9edc9_c.jpgguarapari 21 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr This may be Dan’s perfect location since there was V power fuel, a nice hotel with secure parking, a luncheonette, and Brazil Acai shop on the same corner. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7523/...c265b845_c.jpgguarapari 26 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7569/...002545ae_c.jpgguarapari 15 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
Teixeira de Freitas
Today is just about getting north as far as we can stand in the heat and with the amazing truck traffic. We aimed for Teixeira de Freitas in 418 km. We experienced the moto lane at the tollbooth, which actually seems slower and a pretty tight squeeze. There are so many moto clubs here in Brazil. When you get gas often the attendant will ask you for a sticker for their collection. We made good time and arrived in time to enjoy the pool at a Posada we found right on the 101.
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8679/...822c7240_o.pngScreen Shot 2015-01-09 at 9.37.21 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8622/...0783a3b4_c.jpgteixera 2 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7502/...7414c620_c.jpgteixera 3 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7463/...aafdc1dd_c.jpgIMG_0108 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7547/...694910ef_c.jpgIMG_0107 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
Porto Seguro
We did not have far to go today at only 230 km to Porto Seguro, but it still took almost 4 hours due to rain and long lines of trucks to pass. We did get lucky a few times with road repairs and were able to get to the front of the long lines before the traffic was allowed to go in our direction.
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8609/...fa282584_o.pngScreen Shot 2015-01-09 at 9.28.37 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8563/...f7e97eb0_c.jpgporto seguro 1 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7505/...1b1767f5_c.jpgporto seguro 2 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr The traffic in this busy beach town is incredible. We did spend the rest of the afternoon at the beach hiding under an umbrella and enjoying some Itiapava. https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8636/...16757d1c_c.jpgporto seguro 3 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8651/...984f3545_c.jpgporto seguro 5 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7555/...77394314_c.jpgporto seguro 4 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7508/...850b5970_c.jpgporto seguro 32 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
"Discovery of Brazil" 1500
When it finally cooled off at about 6 we could ride up to the historic center. In 1500 Pedro Cabral landed just 16km north of Porto Seguro at Coroa Vermelha and this is said to be the first Portuguese landfall in “Brazil”. They just stocked up on supplies and left. Three years later Gonçalvo Coelho arrived and his men planted a marker in what is now Porto Seguro’s Cidade Histórica.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7546/...598087d2_c.jpgporto seguro 6 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8562/...56919751_c.jpgporto seguro 17 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7528/...aeec30b2_c.jpgporto seguro 12 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7559/...c1a981f0_c.jpgporto seguro 20 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7466/...5f510977_c.jpgporto seguro 21 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7501/...6f168b8a_c.jpgporto seguro 25 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Jesuits on the same expedition built a church, which is now in ruins. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7468/...4f56fe06_c.jpgporto seguro 27 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7502/...c4441e70_c.jpgporto seguro 28 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr In 1526, a naval outpost, convent and chapel were built. We stayed just north of the historic center, but drove thru Vermelha on our way north. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7503/...70b84001_c.jpgporto seguro 8 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7516/...49b303b7_c.jpgporto seguro 9 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8682/...edd540eb_c.jpgDSC07203 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7494/...d44a973d_c.jpgporto seguro 23 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7561/...e94c266f_c.jpgporto seguro 7 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7554/...9a02326a_c.jpgporto seguro 10 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8616/...5a11df8e_c.jpgporto seguro 14 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8635/...0c35e2d8_c.jpgporto seguro 11 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7578/...d49c050a_c.jpgporto seguro 16 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8617/...7aceb072_c.jpgporto seguro 19 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7573/...7bb37b85_c.jpgporto seguro 13 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8632/...04fe53a6_c.jpgporto seguro 15 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7513/...6bc9a56a_c.jpgporto seguro 18 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
Itacare the back way
Today it was 374 km to Itacare, but on the back route. You know those days when your GPS says go right, but the map says there is a road north to the left, sometimes it does work out. We headed left and north despite the “make a U turn” on the GPS and the guy at the gas station telling us to go right.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7471/...e6de8ec8_o.pngScreen Shot 2015-01-10 at 9.52.23 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7515/...cce5c697_c.jpgitacare 1 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7463/...f3c9e711_c.jpgitacare 2 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
Itacare the back way
The road on the map was north and west from Santa Cruz, but when we got to the edge of the town there were no route signs at the round about. The GPS was no help and neither was the English-speaking guy who stopped to ask us if we needed help. There were 3 roads bricked coming off the round about. The left looked like an alley, the middle looked major and went up the hill to the city hall or so the sign said, and the last looked major, but seemed to head more north than we wanted to go. Picking the middle we drove around the dirt roads in what looked to be a subdivision, and then backtracked to the “alley”, which it turns out actually becomes the “highway” BA 683. This is bricked initially, and then paved for a few KM before it is packed sand and for us raining, but you are soon back on the pavement.
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8663/...b887f2ca_c.jpgitacare 3 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7519/...4839e4a3_c.jpgitacare 7 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8680/...d391167f_c.jpgitacare 4 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7487/...2a016354_c.jpgitacare 5 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr You then connect to the BA 275, which has short dirt sections at both ends and a bit of a maze of dirt roads in the middle section. Here we just stuck to what looked like the most main dirt road and finally we came to a roundabout with a sign and headed for Itapebi and the 101. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7531/...86fd8750_c.jpgitacare 6 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8620/...5a6f77bf_c.jpgitacare 8 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8633/...24f03274_c.jpgitacare 9 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
Itacare the back way
We had some intermittent showers to cool us down, but when we got to the coast it was sunny. We left the 101 traffic and went east on the 251 to Ilheus and then north on the 001 to Itacare.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7523/...d099b589_c.jpgitacare 10 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8625/...75e7c07a_c.jpgitacare 11 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr This was once a small fishing village, but since the road was paved it is mobbed with tourists. There are however many pristine beaches if you get off the beaten track. This was just a reasonable stopping spot for us on the way to Salvador. To really enjoy it here you would need to stay 4 or 5 day. Many of the nice beaches are 70 plus km off the road. https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8568/...f22abe03_c.jpgitacare 13 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7502/...83f59e70_c.jpgitacare 14 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7469/...475405a5_c.jpgitacare 15 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7486/...c805429e_c.jpgitacare 17 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7544/...6eeeeda8_c.jpgitacare 18 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7543/...ce7ec354_c.jpgitacare 12 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7474/...6702f0f1_c.jpgitacare 19 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
Salvador
We got up today to pouring rain despite it being bright and sunny outside, only in Brazil. But unlike Vancouver where this would last for days here it usually lasts less than 30 minutes.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7484/...a40216f2_c.jpgDSC07230 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr We planned to go up the coast to the “ferry boat” to Salvador. This is 225 km, but we were told it would take 4-5 hours and it did. This was a combination of traffic, poor road conditions, towns with cobbled streets and lots of speed bumps. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7551/...b607fab7_o.pngScreen Shot 2015-01-20 at 5.14.23 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7543/...3af8fe27_c.jpgSalvador 2 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7529/...20001103_c.jpgSalvador 12 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
Salvador
One delay was where a bridge was washed out. There was a diversion, but in the northbound section someone had not made it with a tractor-trailer and he had just dropped the trailer. This was an issue for the busses trying to get past. The issue for us was that the southbound lane of the detour was pretty steep and muddy and the drivers did not want to go that way. The route was one lane but cars from both directions were causing a jam. Finally the bus drivers got out and started direction traffic and we finally got moving.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7570/...08a1bc42_c.jpgSalvador 3 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7535/...a7d079dc_c.jpgSalvador 4 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr In one of the towns we came upon a religious precession with everyone dressed in white. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7488/...e915a91e_c.jpgSalvador 5 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8572/...642ac200_c.jpgSalvador 6 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7517/...25cca900_c.jpgSalvador 7 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8630/...f8d3d25b_c.jpgSalvador 9 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7535/...e3626d1d_c.jpgSalvador 10 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7553/...0fded125_c.jpgSalvador 11 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
"ferry boat"
We arrived at the dock in time for a quick snack and then loaded for the 50 min trip across the bay. It is about 10$ per bike for the crossing.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7568/...00e97b0d_c.jpgSalvador 13 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7489/...a9a427b9_c.jpgSalvador 14 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7554/...2cfbcbaf_c.jpgSalvador 15 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8563/...a9b396f4_c.jpgSalvador 16 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7549/...2e798f24_c.jpgSalvador 17 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7536/...f9c7fe4c_c.jpgSalvador 18 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7532/...34c7e77d_c.jpgSalvador 20 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
The local kids all climbed onto the top deck and then leaped off as we sailed away.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7489/...8a574e10_c.jpgDSC07253 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8579/...ef45a6fb_c.jpgSalvador 22 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8642/...53c4b89c_c.jpgSalvador 23 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7559/...4fb0686f_c.jpgSalvador 25 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr The crossing was calm and the breeze was awesome! https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7482/...15be60eb_c.jpgSalvador 27 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7576/...5ff73a48_c.jpgSalvador 29 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7578/...63b06854_c.jpgSalvador 30 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
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