Armação dos Búzios is a quaint little town sitting on the tip of a small hilly peninsula and surrounded by numerous beaches. The place gained its popularity after a young Brigitte Bardot was seen around. She must have brought enough reasons for the town to dedicate her a bronze statue on the oceanwalk.Our original idea was to rent a scooter to go see the Dunas do Peró, a sand dunes complex located in between Armação dos Búzios and Cabo Frio. Unfortunately, all scooter rental companies do not allow to reach such destination. Same thing with "buggy" rentals.
Cycling was part of plan "B" and we rented bikes. Due to the fast motor traffic it is not advisable to cycle, only option to reach the location is then catching the local bus heading to Cabo Frio, which stops nearby, then walk for ten minutes. Well, there's more to do in town and bicycles are a good option to move around although some stretches of road are really steep and exposed to the scorching sun.More stranded penguins here but this time one of these is still alive. A couple of locals mount guard to this exhausted bird sitting on the beach while waiting for the rescue team. We join such guard to keep off hungry black vultures from a meal until the rescuers came and hauled the penguin in a large plastic box. Farewell our lucky friend!
Tour GPS tracklog available here:http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=783530
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