“Whoop whoop”
The words burst out of my
greasy salting lips as my huge smiling eyes focus through the thick
morning glare. A maze of obstacles appear from the ocean surf, green
and red navigational buoys in the Forteleza, Brazil port multiply as
the South America landfall approaches.
“Holy big cow wow, this
is insanely exciting!!!”
I say out loud to the
Captain. His long ash blonde hair blows in the breeze as it has for
many an ocean crossing. His 60 year old freckled hands grasps an
I-pad. His polarized sunglass covered eyes peer down confidently at
the LED screen as the chart coordinates for the marina appear. He has
reached his final continent of a sailing circumnavigation. I have
reached the Americas, my final continents to complete cycling around
the world.
“Crossing
Africa by magic bicycle is one thing, but crewing on a sailboat
across an ocean to South America... this is just toooo cool.... water
travel is the original form of travel after walking, it's how
countries were discovered... this is way too cooool”
I
practically hoot and holler with the exhilarating force of an
ecstatic happy bomb about to detonate. There is no containing my
excitement at this point. I am firmly gripping the yachts salty
steering wheel trying not to jump up and down. I haven't slept, night
time came and went as I steered the boat under the approaching
equatorial stars towards a South American landfall.
My hyper lever has spiked
on high, I can feel it in my bouncing toes. Focus Retta focus
I think to myself, keep both feet firmly planted on boat, hands on
the wheel... focus on water obstacles, look for floating stuff,
don't hit anything I grin to myself. The white sandy Brazilian
shoreline and the historic Cathedral Metropolitana Central rise on
the shoreline. Cycling a route through the Americas awaits.
Any route suggestions anyone?
4 comments:
You are a funny bugger keep up the great work hugs from Thailand.
Second star to the right and straight on till morning.
How about head up through the Gayanas into Venezuela and then down through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, etc. Or up the Amazon to Manaus and then into Venezuela?
I haven't found anywhere in South America that isn't good to be so I'm sure pretty much anything you do will work out.
The Brazilian coast is nice, very off road but fantastic.
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