The rhythm of our lives started to melt into the local timeless rhythm made of never-changing collective rituals only affected by the cycles of nature. Of course, there’s a fast, hectic and emerging Brazil out there. But the one we experienced was rather different. We visited countless fishing villages during our trip. One street, a few shops, one church, one soccer field: this was the typical configuration, in most developed settlements of course – otherwise no soccer fields. I think it was the deep nature of our trip that actually allowed us to be in sync with these places and these cultures. There is something magical about sailing through the sunset in a place where only fishermen go sailing and later share a few words with them in their native language, commenting on the wind, the currents, the fishing and ultimately life.
“ Somehow having a rudimentary – yet innovative – Dacron sail in your hands and long inflatable board under your feet makes you naturally able to dial into the rhythms of the
local communities and their habits ” Franz Orsi