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…

The odd little town of Seabra

Arrived downhill in darkness, departed uphill in daylight

Always good to see one of these signs

Landscape getting prettier

Cycling through chapada ain’t too bad

1 day tour: first stop = waterfall

Lovely place for a swim

See that kinda rectangular bump…

…now we’re on top of it!

Unorthodox photography

Cacti is the Latin plural of cactus, and some writers use it in English. Cactuses is the English plural. Dictionaries list both, and neither is right or wrong. Ok?!

The tour group

After lunch, time for another dip

Lots of little fish in this lake

Gruta Azul = Blue Cave

Cave entrance

Another, much bigger, cave entrance

Caving selfie

Local transport

Colonial Lencois

View from the bridge into town: upstream

And downstream

More Lencois

HI Hostel’s back yard

Bike envy? No, I’d take my Thorn Raven any day!

Farewell lovely hostel, back to the BR-242 we go
Since then it’s been two more 70km cycling days heading east along the highway, and I’m now in the decent town of Itaberaba where I just had my first Bahian street food, got no idea what it was but hoping my stomach can handle it!