Friday, November 12, 2010

Don't be gentle it's a rental

We left Canoa Quebrada and landed in Cumbuco three days ago. It was a little mission to find a pousada that fitted our needs. We don't need a beachfront appartment for 250 Reais where the wind is hammering 24 hours against the window.  Most of the nice pousadas were all fully booked. An older dutch lady sent us to Manfred's Pousada and adviced: "Don't take the next road to the right, take the second to the right since the first is full of sand.

Can you imagine what I did? - It's like if you tell a little boy not to touch the hotplate.  I took the first road and honestly I almost made it ;-)  Thanks to two friendly Brasilians the last then meters took us only half an hour. Sabrina was not in a very good mood. Driving this car now feels like walking at the beach since there is sand everywhere inside.

A lot of the roads along the shore are dirt roads out of sand and stones. And we have to treat our rental sometimes like a little offroader. As the world famous kite dude Heneee Filleeee would say: "Don't be gentle it's a rental!"

Today we enjoyed a nice session in Taiba with some good waves and steady wind for the 9m2 and the 7m2 Kites.

1 comment:

  1. Boohoo, jealous of all the kitesurfing and paragliding action, looks like you're having quite a time!

    Looking forward to shred some waves & fly lion head with you guys mid-January till early March down at the Cape, but for the moment, you two enjoy Brasiiiiiil!

    G

    P.S. Please get a proper car, that thing and Beat's "Random Race Mode" (BRRM) style of driving obviously don't go well together!

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