Patrocínio (MG) – Home Motivational

Factsheet 4×1

Date: 03/06/2012 to 05/06/2012

From: Sao Paulo-SP

Destination: Patrocínio-MG

Distance: 698 km

Travel time: 9 hours (including stops for bathroom and photos)

Path: Anhanguera Highway (SP-330) ate Uberaba-MG; BR-262 in Araxá-MG direction, em seguida BR-452 até a estrada que leva a Patrocínio-MG, through Perdizes-MG.

Where to sleep: House Renatinho

What eat different: Tilapia with fries at the restaurant Traíra;

Tire cheio: Waterfall deserted classroom and coffee farm in Daterra. The visit to the coffee business DPaschoal Group was a very positive surprise.

Tire murcho: Wrong way, faz part! Erred in choosing the path and longer than we wanted on the road. O caminho passando por Nova Ponte em Minas é mais rápido e mais curto.

Patrocínio (MG) – Home inspiring

Tanajura tidy, luggage and equipment on board, goodbyes properly made. The Expedition 4×1 departed at noon at the University of São Paulo towards their first destination: Patrocínio-MG. The city was in our planning from the earliest discussions script, as a tribute to our great friend Renatinho, who lived with us for a long time in the Republic Incasapas and saw near our intense routine planning. On the way, the excitement of finally being on the road. The town was almost 700 km from São Paulo by Anhanguera, through Uberaba. The snacks prepared by mothers, As in high school, were our lunch along the way, that Durou cerca de 9 hours with constant stops for photo.

Arriving in Sponsorship, it was night. Then we installed in the house of Vieira, onde dona Wilma (mother of Renatinho), which unfortunately was not present due to a conference in another city, and his father, Your Castilho, haviam preparado os quartos para passarmos a noite. We were so hungry that the first thing we did was in town to eat tilapia fried in a traditional restaurant Trafra and have a beer in celebration of the first target achieved. Always nice to spend time with friends!! The first night's sleep of the trip was reassuring, rid of that weight there initiated the project still.

Our Sponsor, a DPaschoal, knowing our script, invited us to meet a group of business: Farm Daterra, that produces the highest quality coffee, targeted for export.

Our curiosity about the business itself surprised our hosts. They believed that we were there to see the waterfall located within the property, that in our view, was in the background. This is not because we knew. We went inside the farm with Tanajura, led by Gerson, to get to the trail leading to the waterfall. Ups and downs in the jungle and surprise: the waterfall was amazing! Deserted, surrounded by vegetation, made us feel as if we had found a treasure in an uninhabited island. Beautiful view.

End of day, returned to the house and did that Renatinho BBQ. It was Bruno's birthday, and that this! Sponsorship was a great experience to begin the journey. We had a great time with friends, infinitely increase our knowledge of coffee and take that bath in the waterfalls in a landscape of shining eyes. If the first day were then, imagine what will be next.