The first leg of our South American cycling adventure is over, and we´ve made it from Rio de Janeiro to the Argentine side of the Iguazu falls.
It wasn´t too hard an introduction to cycle touring – a week on the coastal road from Rio to south of Santos, where we headed inland for a week in the hills in the Atlantic forest, followed by another week cycling through farmland to Foz do Iguazu.
We´ve settled back into a routine of wild camping, worked out how to use our stove again for the nightly pasta and sauce, and grown a bit fitter. Having cycled 15 consecutive days to get to Iguazu we´ll have a few rest days here before setting off on the next stage of our journey – to Buenos Aires, via Uruguay.

Brazil stats:
Days in Brazil – 33
Distance – 1,815km
Time – 108h40

Days of cycling – 20
Rainy cycling days – 10
Maximum speeds – 68.8kph (H), 68.7kph (N)
Dirt roads – 126km
Longest day – 139km
Punctures – 3 (all H)

Accommodation – 20 beds, 5 campsites, 8 wild camps
Thunderstorms camped in – 4

Chocolates eaten – 22
Pasta and sauces – 11
Brazilian beers drunk – Brahma, Novo Schin, Itaipava, Bohemia, Skol, Antarctica, Kaiser, Bavaria, Crystal

Places people asked if we were from – Germany (x5)
Number of cycle tourists we met – 0

Trekking
1 day – 13km, 800m ascent/descent

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