Brasilia

We were very happy to receive an invitation from Erick and Danielle in Brasilia and so we made our way there today a short 311 km to the Capital.

Danielle and Erick are supper hosts. They fed and housed the bikes and us. One of the best things was the amazing job their washing machine did on our very dirty suits.

This is a very unique city as it was totally planned and then was built in 5 years. The Capital was moved here from Rio in 1960. The design planning was as the result of a contest and the layout of the city is an airplane shape. The city itself has sectors so that like business are together.

There is an industrial sector, hotel sector, and residential sector. A huge man made lake surrounds the tail area of the plane. This is the sector with all the hotels

We dropped the bikes off at BMW Motorad Munique, which is the new dealership in the city. They have a detail service and our bikes need it badly. We were even happier when they did the amazing cleaning job “as a gift to us”! They are really trying to build a great relationship with the riders here in the city.

Erick took us on a tour including taking in the view from the famous TV tower. From here you have an overview of the city structure, parks, and architecture. You can see the multibillion-dollar soccer stadium that was built for the world cup and will now just sit empty.

We also checked out a number of the Oscar Niemeyer buildings here including the Cathedral and the iconic National Congress building.

The president lives less than 2 km from the congress on a road that only accesses her house. Despite that she takes a 12 man helicopter to work.

We also had a culinary tour of the city and tried all kinds of great new things. I lilke the Caiprioskas here just a bit of crushed fruit at the bottom for your vodka.

Brazil would be our perfect riding country if it were not so hot, but we started the day today with a double rainbow and so that’s pretty close to awesome anyway