Monthly Archives: April 2014

If you’re a kid reading this then I heard there’s an ace new cartoon on TV so quick, close this page and go watch it! Parents/teachers, I did my best to divert their attention. There’s nothing overtly rude in here anyway, just ‘adult themes’ which might be considered a bit seedy… Almost every time I … Continue reading »

Some comments I heard from Brazilians down south gave me the impression that the north would be a poverty-stricken wasteland (although I may have over-exaggerated my expectations, a la Blumenau). So how’s it been so far as I’ve headed up the coast? Bahia was good, I really liked Sergipe, Alagoas was decent too, that is … Continue reading »

I’m now into a run of 6 new states in only a few weeks as I round the north east corner of Brazil – currently in state number 13 of the trip (Alagoas), after passing through number 12 (Sergipe) via the good old BR-101 highway. PS. Check out these superb photos of the WC footy … Continue reading »

I set off from Porto Alegre on 21st Jan, so just over 3 months ago, and to celebrate that here’s a few top 3’s of the #SambaCycle so far… Stadiums 3) Estadio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre – has to be on the list since it was my first Brazil 2014 stadium, where the locals gave me a … Continue reading »

This third and final stint along the coast will last for 7 weeks and take me all the way to Belem in the far north! Now that I’ve passed the halfway point my outlook has changed – you know when you book a two week holiday and spend what seems like ages looking forward to it, … Continue reading »

t’s 10.45pm here in Salvador and I should be watching the final minutes of Bahia v Villa Nova from the Arena Fonte Nova’s VIP section (ie. the Brazilian equivalent of the prawn sandwich brigade!) thanks to the free tickets I was given yesterday by the stadium’s Comms team… but I’m not, because the match had to … Continue reading »

Ok it’s been a while since my last WC stadium city, but regular followers know the drill by now; first the ‘I’m in a new city’ post, followed a day or two later by the ‘I visited the stadium’ post – so let’s kick off with the former… What a way to arrive in Salvador! … Continue reading »

Last weekend the Al Jazeera English tv channel broadcast a short video profiling me and my #SambaCycle! I don’t have the link yet but will share it when I can, however I do have the slightly longer version below from Douglas Engle, the journalist who shot the video back on the Rio-Santos Highway a couple of … Continue reading »

Seven weeks after I left Rio for the big inland loop via BH, Brasilia, Cuiaba and Brasilia again, on Saturday I saw the sea once again and also Salvador for the first time across the bay! My cycle east across Bahia was delayed for a day in Itaberaba when I realised from zooming in on Google … Continue reading »

After my big Saturday cycle to Seabra, it was another hilly one on Sunday to Lencois, but then I took two days off to enjoy the Chapada Diamantina National Park. Here’s lots of photos… Since then it’s been two more 70km cycling days heading east along the highway, and I’m now in the decent town … Continue reading »