Update: 26 November 2013: New photos of Ubatuba bicycle parking added! Scroll down. Denir, from the Books & Bicycles blog in Brazil sent us these shots from his holiday to the Brazilian town of Ubatuba . It's a surfing mecca and is even nicknamed 'Capital do Surf' so signage in the town is often surf-related. Which also applies to the 'ciclofaixa' or bicycle lanes in the incredibly bicycle-friendly city. Painted lanes, sure, by they are nice and wide - see the red/yellow markings at bottom right in the first shot. Having realised I'd stumbled upon a potential holiday paradise, I did a spot of googling. The name Ubatuba alone just sounds like a surfer paradise and could be worked into 50 different Beach Boy songs. I found this article, in Portugese , about the city wherein it says that 80% of the students of this school ride bicycles to school each day. Impressive. And staying at a little pousada like this one is about €70 a night - about the sa...
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