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In Adventure, Bahia, Brazil, Cycling tour On  20/10/2016  2 comments

• 1st day: Mangue Seco – Sítio do Conde 52.51 km
• 2nd day: Sítio do Conde – Baixio 32.69 km
• 3rd day: Baixio – Porto de Sauipe 40.93 km
• 4th day: Porto de Sauipe – Praia do Forte 25.18 km
  Download here the gpx of this trip

Cicloturismo: Mangue Seco – Praia do Forte from Karla Brunet on Vimeo.

I had already seen photos from this cycle trip organized by Lucia Saraiva (Amigos de Bike) and I was very interested. This year, luckily, I was able to go. I loved the idea that it would be 4 days of cycling on the sand at low tide. It reminded me of my teenager years when I would go with my “Brisa” from Capão da Canoa to Capão Novo, alone on the beach (about 25/30km in total). My boyfriend would meet me there for a snack and I go back down on the road.

In this edition of 2016, we were a small group of 4 cyclists (Lucia, Dora, Paulo and me), plus Zena who was our support car and the official photographer. The cycling was beautiful, miles and miles only of sand and sea. Every day, we had to cross...