ESTRADA REAL 2010

[Nimrod11]

OK, so my trip to Bolivia and Peru hasn't happened yet. It will, some time.

Anyway, as we had less time that we thought, we decided to go on a shorter 1 week trip, almost 2800 km

We left Sao Paulo towards the cast line, stopping just outside Caraguatatuba. We then went on to Paraty, Petropolis, Tiradentes, Ouro Preto, Delfinopolis and back.

A good part of this is along the ESTRADA REAL, the old Royal Highway that used to take gold from the mines to the port to ship off to Portugal. There are lots of old colonial towns, full of churches and buildings from the 17th and 18th centuries. Some of the old road is now a highway, some is still an old dirt road with old stone bridges.

Here are some pics.

[Nimrod11]

More pics

[Nimrod11]

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[KuzzinKenny]

Hey Nimrod11 !! looks like you had a blast !!

grrrrreat pics, love the old cars  

KK

[Timbox2]

You can see the Portuguese influence in some of those shots, great,
Obrigado, Te Logo.

[Bixxer Bob]

Nice photos Nimrod.  The Girly looks properly feline against the overdressed BMWs.  Feline as in lithe, agile and fast.

[Nimrod11]

Nice photos Nimrod.  The Girly looks properly feline against the overdressed BMWs.  Feline as in lithe, agile and fast.

And likes to lie down in the sun!?!?  

[Nimrod11]

Just for curiosity, in the DC-3 picture, you can see Brazil's "Air Force 1" in the background. TAM's museum is also their maintenance centre so a lot of Airbus planes from Latin America come over there, including the President's.

[Timbox2]

Nice photos Nimrod.  The Girly looks properly feline against the overdressed BMWs.  Feline as in lithe, agile and fast.

And likes to lie down in the sun!?!?  

Has your Girly got a Brazilian? :shock:

[Chris Canning]

Great

More photos please.  :D

[John Stenhouse]

Nice Trip report. Those BMs are a bit over dressed aren't they?

[Nimrod11]

Has your Girly got a Brazilian? :shock:

Nope, still has all original stripes...  :lol:

[Nimrod11]

Nice Trip report. Those BMs are a bit over dressed aren't they?

Aren't beemers always?

[Nimrod11]

Great

More photos please.  :D

Will do. Also have some cool videos i need to crop and edit to post.

[Nimrod11]

Take a look

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estrada_Real (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estrada_Real)

Also worth clicking on the link for Paraty.