Day 556 27th January 2018 47 miles (Vila Velha to Porto Grande) Average speed 11.8 mph Top speed 25 mph A day of searching for a campsite. I got up at 9 and had brekkie of sausage and onion rolls with tea with fresh milk. I left at 11.15 and took the beach cycle … [Read more…]
Day 555 26th January 2018 39 miles (Jacaraipe to Vila Velha) Average speed 10.3 mph Top speed 33 mph A longer day than expected. I got up at 9 o’clock and had breakfast of cereal and melon with orange juice, then had a shower and left at 11:30. I followed the cycle path along … [Read more…]
Day 554 25th January 2018 1 mile (Jacaraipe) Average speed 6.4 mph Top speed 12 mph Day off. Hostel buddy House 40 reais
Day 553 24th January 2018 31 miles (Barro de Riacho to Jacacraipe) Average speed 12.4 mph Top speed 29 mph I was awake at 6.30 after a good nights sleep. There was no brekkie being served so I went for a walk and then returned for a shower and had coffee and two fried egg … [Read more…]
Day 552 23rd January 2018 46 miles (Linhares to Barro do Riacho) Average speed 10 mph Top speed 23 mph One of my toughest days. I got up at 8 for a good brekkie of ham and cheese rolls, juice, coffee, melon and cake. I left at 10 and went in search of a bank. … [Read more…]
Day 551 22nd January 2018 58 miles (Sao Mateus to Linhares) Average speed 12.8 mph Top speed 36 mph Another tough day but a much faster one. I was up at 8 for brekkie of ham and cheese rolls with melon, cake and another orange fruit with a green skin and coffee and caju juice. … [Read more…]
Day 550 21st January 2018 57 miles ( Itabata to Sao Mateus) I got up at 7.30 and had brekkie at 8 after another night of listening to the radio. I had toasted ham and cheese sarnies with coffee and cake and banana with grapefruit juice. Not feeling my best after a couple of drinks … [Read more…]
Day 549 20th January 39 miles (Teixeira de Freitas to Itabata) Average speed 12.1 mph Top speed 39 mph I was awake at 4am listening to the radio again. I managed to get some sleep and got up at 8 for good brekkie of ham and cheese rolls, sausages in tomato sauce with sweet corn, … [Read more…]
Day 548 19th January 2018 41 miles (Itamajaru to Teixeira de Freitas) Average speed 9.9 mph Top speed 36 mph Another tough day of hills and trucks. I was awake at 3am and listening to the radio again. I did go to bed early but I really should be sleeping more after all this … [Read more…]
Day 547 18th January 2018 40 miles (Itabela to Itamaraju) Average speed 11.3mph Top speed 40 mph A totally different day today. Yesterday I saw one car, one tractor, two lorries( one of which was broken down) and 6 motorcycles. Today I was run off the road by numerous tourist coaches, the odd lorry and … [Read more…]