Galinhos and São Miguel de Gostoso

Tuesday the 19th October: The wind goes down in Barra do Cunhau the forecast looks really bad for the next couple of days.

We decide to check out the paragliding spot close to Pipa called Praia de Madeira. The wind is strong but not to strong and luckily there are still two guys at the spot with a tandem paraglider. Luc the tandem pilot gives us some useful tips like don't fly into the rotor over there above the cliff (i would have flown there instantly after takeoff). Luc helps us to start and Sabrina and me fly for 1.5 hours along the shore in a beautiful scenery.

21th October it seems that the wind will not come back the next days in Barra do Cunhau so we plan a little trip towards the north together with Claudio and his buggy. But never trust a buggy and much less the mechanists maintaining the buggys. The buggy is not ready the other day and we take a taxi to Natal. Somehow we manage to get a rental car for an excellent price. Our next stop is Galinhos. The advertisings for Galinhos promise pure nature "A place of pleasure and tranquility!" Our first impression of Galinhos is the pure nature of donkey shit. Galinhos is only accessible by 4 wheel drive or boat taxi. Means that the little hicktown is almost free of cars but full of donkeys. Even a taxi consists of minimum one donkey. Anyway Galinhos is the only place with wind along the north coast of Brasil and we have a couple of days with nice winds and unfortunately lots of choppy water. After three days we leave this place that reminds us to the Dark Ages.

After two hours of driving we arrive at a charming little village called São Miguel de Gostoso. The pousadas at the beach are incredible expensive but we find a superb pousada  along the main road of São Miguel called Vila Bacana.

In the afternoon there's still some time for a nice kitesession. Claudio Sabrina and me stay on the water until the full moon rises behind the palm trees ohhh damn it's so romantic :-)

Some nice restaurants, kitesessions, beers and caipirinhas later we are back in Barra do Cunhau planning a bigger trip towards Canoa Quebrada, Barra Grande and Jericoacoara.

Pura vida...