Today it's an interlocutory day in Petropolis. Sort of a resting day and an occasion to randomly wander under the rain in search of fine architecture. It's good to find ourselves in the mountains, but our plan to trek to Teresopolis via the Travessia Trail must be skipped due to the weather conditions. It's anyway interesting to check a city that is somehow excluded from typical touristic path.Next day, our seats on the bus to Teresopolis are the front ones and a great occasion for extended views of the valley and the winding road. It's still raining and the cold air whispering through the leaking window gets me a numb forearm before I hide it under the backpack on my lap. Our accommodation in Teresopolis by the Pousada Chamonix reminds of a Swiss venue (albeit Chamonix is actually in France), as this area witnessed consistent Swiss/German immigration. I assume this elevated ground is a good place to be through the hot, humid Brazilian summer months.
Despite the unforgiving rain we really want to hike in the nearby Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos and we seem to be the only two visitors. From the park entrance we walk to the highest accessible point of Barragem (dike) as a permit and registration is required to venture beyond this point to take the Travessia Trail to Petropolis. Setting our limit to the Barragem was anyway a chance for a good day worth of hikes. Despite the rainy day, we followed the road to Barragem and descended via a canopy walk, then took the trilha (trail) to the spot of Cartão Postal (postcard) where a ridge has been eroded into the shape of a hand with the index finger pointing up, aptly dubbed Dedo de Deus (God's finger). Thick fog and a cloud blanket at play just allowed us to see this feature for one minute before calling it a day. Just in time before proceeding to the Mozart trail which reaches a spot named after a Brazilian mountaineer with a view over Teresopolis.
Tour GPS tracklog available here:http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=788498
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