Out to the lake and foward to the Coast

Evandero asked my to come to then lake for the weekend and was it ever nice , lake side house of his friend , fishing, swimming and B-B que´s.Well fishing was interesting as the fishe were about 2 inches long and we kept them they were cleaned and salted and fried all before the supper, I actually felt sorry for the little guys... but such is life ! We apent 2 days here and then I decided to go to the coast to visit my friend Jorden in Caraguatatuba. Nice ride down thru a city called Salesopolis nice twisties and not traffic. I ended up staying 3 days at Jordens house and doing some flying from the local site landing on the beach in the city . Jorden has a nice house in the jungle outside of the city , lots of bird and wild life. Jorden I met a few years ago while riding past this city and we have kept in touch , he lives in Toronto Canada 8 month and here 4 months . He has hanglide and paraglided for 30 yrs and is still in the local club contact him thru me if you want information on this area for flying or traveling he is a geat contact in this area . Thanks for the hospitality ..It was on and off rain so, I headed back to Campinas and got soaked on the way back, stopped in the local bike shop and put on some new tires which I had ordered . Yahoooo new tires I´m excited again, amazing how little thing make you happy , but their was not tread left for the roads I still want to do and the mud here is so slippery . I´m back in Evandero´s planning the next week and over to GV via Adradas and Pocos de Caldas to Belo ... cheers

to be continued ...

The city of Guaratuba was crowded with family´s on holidays as was everwhere else on the coast amd is expensive over the holidays everywhere except inland . This does not stop untill after Carnival i´m informed ! Great ! I left this city the next day and had a flat tire at the ferry crossing , with a 4 inch nail in my tire . Like how does this happen is the nail sticking up on the road ? or after you run over it does it get propelled into the tire ? This i can´t figure out ? Anyways it was an easy fix and I put in an old tube and continued . Nice ride from Caioba up to Morreles which is a nice little town very beautiful and lots of water in the area rivrs and small lago´s . After this town up an old route that is up the Serra´s again with original rocks inlaid all the way to the top by early slave´s brought over in the 1700´s Cool Road !! Back out onto the Br 116 hwy and stayed in Registro.
Next day left and headed towards Campinas thru a park up to Sao miguel Arcanjo up the Serra´s again but not after I had a flat tire again, guess what.... the tube I put in the day before was rotten and fell apart, smart thinking on my part I had stopped and bought a spare as soon as my spare was used ! Learn from your mistakes and never trust an old tube or repair !
I made Evendero´s house by the evening and we went out for beers and showed me his new biker house . This time at the house was so welcome to clean fix the bike and talk about new trips ect., he is also helping me with my blog and adding pictures and soon a map of my travels as he is a computer wiz. Thanks for the stay and the help Evandero that is great ! cheers

Dear diary....

We´ll its now Feb 4th, and I am in Campinas staying at Evandero´s house www.pisteriros.com.br . Cheri and I met him last year inthe campground in Uruguay with another biker called Peterson they were starting their journey to Chile. He is a great person and invited me to check out his new business. He is starting up a company to provide motorbike adventure and tours as well as a place to park your bike or stop and recover from your trip on the bike . He also can provide information on routes and plan trips for group rides , very useful if you want to go and travel and find interesting places to see !
After I left Saprianga I headed north towards thru the Serra´s undeing up in Cambara do sur up to Bom Jardim da serra then down the Rio do Rastro road to Florinopolis thru the backcountry for me slow, dirt roads are the best way to enjoy the flavour of the country and the people. I managed to get lost a few time with the backroads but how lost can you really get with maps and your gut feelings ! Nice scenery and clean water simular to what you would find in Canada or other countries . I ended up in Florinopolis in the rain... great ! No beach time or women to look at !! Or flying !! Picked up and bug and was sick for a day here as well or was it from drinking Caipirinha !
Well after 2 days of torrential rain and my cloths not drying I decided it was time to move north. Good decision as now my cloths dried and I was having fun again, went up past Joinville and over to the beach city called Guaratuba.