I'm headed north ,,,,,

Leaving Valadares was hard this year , flying was good and I like spending time with my flying buddies some of which were staying on , but all good things must end and on to the next adventure . Last day in GV I rode my bike up to launch to say bye to everyone and then hit the road to Prado in Bahia for Carnival .
The ride was busy and long I was so tired and we arrived at 9;30pm well after dark and on super busy hwy I didn't help that i put on my new visor which is tinted dark ! But we made it , and ended up spending the next 5-6 days relaxing, eating and flying ,oh a little drinking as well as dancing . The flying was coastal and fun for the guys whom had never done this before , like Wayne , Lyle and Doug it was really great ! Lots of hangovers after the parties... thanks Wayne for getting me home at 6am when it was sunny out !!
Our little group split up Wayne headed back to Rio, Doug and the rest headed to GV and I went north on the BR101 highway. I put in 3 600km days then needed a rest which was at Porto de Galinhas south of Renclife nice spot but a tourist trap , very expensive and I hit the weekend ! 1 days rest, went running, swimming and touring around ! I headed north again towards Fortaleza and stopped at a place I had always heard about called Canoa Quebrada from flying magazines , lots of big dunes and sand and windmills , nice place to hang about and learn kitesurfing. I did not want to go further towards Fortaleza , I could see a big storm brewing , when I went thru the city to get to Paracuru north of the city I missed the rain by about 20 minutes and the roads were flooding in some places , I am staying at Pousada SOL e Lua which is owned by a pilot Roland Zgraggen from Switzerland whom I knew thru paragliding and Urs Harri, Small world I met him in GV and he said he was now living in the north and to come and see him. The bike is ready i'm finishing my blog and ready to hit the Amazon river ferry from Belem to Manaus. yahhooo...

Governador Valadares .....

Well these past weeks flew by quickly, I sort of let the blog slide by and am now getting ready to leave GV. The bike is ready to go again and we are heading to Prado for carnival its in Bahia on the beach .
After leaving Andradas I headed north along the gold trail towards Pocos de Caldas then over to Vaginha which wqsa a nice ride . From here I went up to Ouro Preto around the south end of the city then up the valley behind the city toward Belo and over to Ipatinga then Governador Valadares .
The flying here has been good this year the first 2 weeks were great and now the weather has come in , time to leave . The tour with the guys was great everyone had their personal best and will go home with great memories of GV flying and nightlife !!!
My first day flying in GV was great and flew 124km missed the last climb out as i thought it was going to OD. Many good flights the following week with 116km flight and a easy 100 km flight if it was not for the cloud suck and worry about OD. but did manage a 87km flight with Greg, Manny, Wayne and myself. Now it is time to leave here and find new adventure in northern Brasil and get home ....pictures to follow...