31Aug

Across brazil… by bicycle!

It all started after i met Danilo, a Brazilian fellow last winter in India. He was traveling around the world on his bike! We quicky became friends and he invited me to join him for the last leg of his trip from Salvador da bahia to Belo Horizonte. His wife Gisele will direct a movie about his adventure and of course, i will shoot the pictures…

His travel is an inspiration for kids to follow their dreams and to integrate society through the practice of sports. His website: www.homemlivre.com

So here am i, about to leave for another trip, and i hope to post many pics along the way…

Tout a commencé aprés avoir rencontré Danilo, en Inde l’hiver dernier. Danilo est bresilien et parcourt le monde sur son vélo. Nous sommes rapidement devenu amis et il m’a invité a le rejoindre pour la dernière étape de son voyage, de Salvador da Bahia à Belo Horizonte. Sa femme Gisele organise un film sur son aventure et bien sur, je vais faire les photos…

Son voyage est une source d’inspiration pour les enfants, une invitation à réaliser ses rèves ainsi qu’un moyen d’intégration dans la société à travers le sport. Son site: www.homemlivre.com

Me voilà donc sur le point de partir pour un autre voyage, et j’espère pouvoir ajouter des photos au fur et à mesure…

voici le velo…


et c’est parti!…





09Sep

Brazilian hospitality…

the route is ahead… So from now on, we are biking all day, enjoying the scenery and spending our night under the tent, wherever the road takes us… For the 2nd night a sweet family gave us hospitality, delightful food and great memory…

 

 

 

 

 


12Sep

another day… another night… till the ocean: Itacare

Man has to live his dreams, because man believe that within the dream is the real freedom. No need to tell him, he must make his own experience… Until there is no more dream, no more nothing, to look, to search, to find… only then man will look inside and find what he was looking for…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


14Sep

On the road again

After laundry, internet, shower and good meals, we headed south again
The cherry on the pie was about to appear…

we said we were in brazil right?

sweet ride…

tudo bem!

the ride was great, still a bit hilly but great…

We ended up on ” the perfect beach” and met cool dudes who let us set up our tent by the beach

 

 

bruno, danilo and hew…

we decided to stay a day here

local fisherman coming back

Yes man, this is a fishing boat… a Jangada

More beach stuff…

 

 

 

 

We are here on the beach called Praia Pe da Serra in the village of Serra Grande (south of Itacare),

the best vibes since we left Salvador


17Sep

Going to Porto Seguro

We are following the BA 001, the road that follow the shore

Not much traffic because it is a dead end road, it stop in Canaviera

Yes, that’s me…

Sometimes, a local fire change the scenery

Got caught by the rain…

Still a bit hilly hu?

We ended up biking all day, till very dark and finally Danilo found us a school to stay for the night in a tiny tiny village

Always the warm brazilian welcome

Next day, heading to Canaviera, the end of the road…

So what next?

Yes!… That boat took us across river, mangrove, wet land, till Belmonte

20kms on the water

Great mangroves

We arrived in Belmonte, beginning of the road to Porto Seguro

 


19Sep

Arraial d’ Ajuda

Forgot to mention we passed the town of Ilheus

Ilheus, the old capital of cacao, the home of Gabriela (Jorge Amado’s novel)

Arriving in Porto Seguro, a wave of tourism, buses and noise… and a blessing from the sky

We didn’t like the turmoil of porto seguro so we went across the river to Arraial d’ Ajuda

we will stay here until danilo fly to Sao Paolo, then with Hew we will wait for him on a remote beach Caraiva


22Sep

11am, an Owl stared at me

 

What an Owl can be doing so late in the day, sitting on a fence post and staring at me?

I  stopped the bike slowly, got the camera out and very slowly aimed at him…

But he flew away…

The Owl represent the Vision in the dark, it is a mystical symbol…

Om Kali Om, i do my mantra all the time…