My long time friend from New Zealand, Barry, arrived on Saturday the 10th. He’s been cycle touring around Brazil for a few weeks, he started in Rio and cycled over 1000km to our place, visiting São Paulo, Florianópolis and Cambará on the way here. He also invited his friend Eduardo from Caxias to come too who he met on one of the cycle touring sites, Eduardo arrived the next day on Sunday the 11th.
It was really good to catch up with Barry who I hadn’t seen for a few years, and great to meet Eduardo who’s really local to us and shares so many ideas and values in common with us! they taught us a lot about how to cycle more efficiently to go further while expending less energy, and what the best and lightest weight clothes, tents and sleeping bags are.
After Barry cleared a spot in the bracken, they pitched their tents ready to settle in for the week 🙂 I installed some hooks for them to hang their bikes on since we have mice around who love to chew plastic and rubber things!
