Three weeks in Brasil. I have been support crewing for team Orion Health in the Adventure racing world championships. It was awesome! The race was great, and they won!!! Out of 60 teams... World champions!!! They are amazing, it was such a tough race...Kayaking, trekking, mountain biking, running and climbing - 550km, 80 hrs racing, 2 hrs sleep...and so hot!!!! 49 degrees at one stage! After the race there was lots of celebrating to do....Anna has proven to be the toughest girl in the world, by not only winning the world champs, but then following it up by partying like crazy, two more nights without sleep.
After the race we have just been hanging out in the coolest little beach town called Jericoacoara which is set among the sand dunes... I have been learning kite surfing which is a lot of fun. Feel like I have the hang of it after four days..its quite addictive, might be looking for a kite on trade me when I get back!! Also been doing a bit of surfing, walking, sandboarding on the dunes, reading and relaxing in hammocks. Its been pretty social with lots of people from the race sticking around for a while too.
Not everything has been easy sailing though... so far i have been mugged, had our brand new camera stolen and had over $1000 of credit card fraud....sweet. Brasil is pretty dodgy actually, although most people we have met and interacted with have been really lovely and friendly. Tomorrow, we leave the heat and fly south. I meet up with Matilda and Shane in Santiago and then fly on to Ushuaia. Anna is flying to Ushuaia via Buenos Aires.
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