Photo: Home for the winter. Atibaia, July 8, 2009, 75 degrees Fahrenheit. Patricia Ribeiro.
The first Vuelta Sudamericana, a transcontinental cycling tour that will cover some of the most beautiful landscapes in South America, will start in Rio de Janeiro on July 26 and follow part of the Brazilian coast.
The tour is one of the newest projects by Tour d'Afrique, which organizes the namesake journey across Africa and several other hardcore adventures. Vuelta Sudamericana will last more than four months.
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Photo courtesy of Tour d'Afrique.
I haven't yet been to Botequim Floripa, a bar in Florianópolis said to have great draft beer and appetizers, and I'm very curious about it.
On their website, that's chorinho you're listening to, and if you've been to old Rio de Janeiro botecos, the look of Botequim Floripa probably looks very familiar. That's right -- the whole idea is to evoke carioca bars, but with Floripa flair (what with bar goers talking in the musical local accent, for example).
I've heard the place is often packed on Saturday night -- make a reservation until 8pm (phone: 55-48-3333-1234). I called after 8 tonight and nobody even answered the phone.
