Brazil

Beach run to Cauipe

Hard-sand miles north.

Cauipe ride from Cumbuco

Lagoon tracks, kite beaches, tapioca stands. Fat tires help.

Cauipe yoga Cumbuco lagoon

Lagoon-edge flow before kites launch, tapioca after.

Christ the Redeemer at opening

First cog train to Corcovado.

Churrasco Sunday lunch

Rodízio done right in Botafogo.

Copacabana dawn swim

Posto 5 before the crowds.

Cumbuco beach break dawn

Pre-wind glass, empty peaks, tapioca after. Kite capital surfs too.

Cumbuco downwinder

Twenty kilometers of trades to the lagoons. Buggy back.

Cumbuco seahorse estuary

Seahorses in the mangrove roots, jangada drift. Tide-timed.