Brazil´s capital, Brasilia is a city full of stunning architecture. The city itself is only 50 years old and was designed by the Brazilian architect Lucio Costa. The whole city is base on the layout of an aeroplane, with a main central spine and too sweeping wings, and every sector of the plan has is purpose. There is a sector for banking, one for electronics etc etc. There are no street names, instead a numbering system has been put in place..at times this does get rather confusing, but there is logic behind it.
On of the main reasons for us visiting Brasilia was to see the architecture, in particular the work done by the famous Oscar Niemeyer, a Brazilian modernist architect who turned 100 this year! His work is very monumental, at times puzzling, but many ideals that he has within his buildings are still influential with today's designers. The vast open spaces around his buildings and the futuristic designs make it seem like you are walking around a movie set for the next Star Wars film.
We were all looked after unbelievably well by Margi and Gerard Moss who put us up in there home for the 4 days we were there. I think that we all appreciated some home comforts, and some time to relax. Thanks again guys. Margi and Matteo´s mum Daphne when to school together back when they where living in Kenya and when she heard that we would be travelling through central Brazil Margi kindly offered to have us stay. Both Margi and Gerard have travelled all over the world and have visited over 100 countries, so they had some great travel stories and tips to give us for the rest of our travels. Margi and Gerard are no strangers to adventures, having travelled around the world together in a single engine plane, and Gerard until recently held the world record for the most economical flight around the world, done on a glider with a small single engine to use when needed.
Apart from seeing all the buildings that were on offer, we did have some time to do a bit of work on the bikes. After Dave picked up a new set of Tyres (50/50 tread ready for the ruff stuff in Bolivia) and both the bikes had an oil, oil filter, and spark plug change, we went over the bikes looking for any loose nuts and bolts..its surprising how often things can rattle loose.
A must see destination recommended by Margi and Gerard was a small town called Bonito, and after having a look at a few of their pictures we all soon agreed that that was to be our next port of call.
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