Another Goodbye

My experience with the riders and with Tour D’Afrique, was short, but absolutely magic… I’d love to share my experience and my emotions in these 10 days… I’m brazilian and I’ve past with then, through many places and cities that I already knew. But I saw and I felt a “different” Brasil, riding my bike with very friendly riders, and it was really great… The sensations are absolutely different than when you are into a car or a bus. The smell, the wind, the sun, the rain, the views… The most precious of all is people we met along the way, very friendly, always curious and trying to help us with everything that was possible… The contact with local people has no price… When we past into Iguape, a small town in São Paulo, there was a big religious Festival. We arrived in the city with many people coming from different places in Brasil. Some of then were coming by horse, in a 03 months trip from the south of the country. Me and the others, ate a special and delicious local sandwich, made with meat and some vegetables. We were very lucky to being there while the Festival was happening, participating a little bit of that..   Everything worked very well, very organized, the staff was really great, competent and very professional. They work hard for everything goes on the best way and it happens like this… The riders haven’t lost their sense of humor, even it was raining for many following days… I came back to São Paulo, crying… It was really funny… happy and sad at the same time, cause I’d love to continue with the group, but I really couldn’t…   I’ll never forget this great experience…
                – Talita Giglio