were stunning and all dirt with lots
of rocky areas, lush forest and little
rivers meandering through. With the
blue skies, and great company we
couldn’t have asked for more. Lu-
ciano had even brought us a packed
lunch.
We stopped off at a biker restau-
rant before the day was out and
visited the waterfalls at Cascata da
Barrinha, followed by the famous
Serra do Rio do Rastro on the SC-438,
one of the curviest roads in the world
and home to many Coatis (cute furry
animals with long snouts) waiting to
steal your food!
It was one of the best rides we’d
done for quite a while and we just
turn in a heartbeat, if we could … SP
wished we had longer to stay and
explore the area, but time was ticking
by fast, and sadly we needed to be
careful with Kelvin’s shock.
Suzie and partner, Kelvin, rode their two
Time came for us to bid farewell to twenty plus year old Suzuki DR650's around
out new friends, we needed to head
South America for two years.
back towards the coast for our last
It's just the beginning of a lifetime spent
couple of days in Brazil. We had a lit- travelling the world and with it comes a
tle more off-road adventure to come
wealth of adventure and knowledge.
including the Itaimbezinho Canyon,
Suzie and Kelvin are AvVida, Life Is An
but essentially our short Brazil adven- Adventure. Oh, and we mustn't forget about
ture was over, and without not one
Cyril, their travelling companion. Check out
police stop or paperwork issues.
their adventures at avvida.co.uk
Brazil’s a country with so much to
offer. A huge biker community with
friendly, welcoming people. We’ll re-
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