Into The Amazonas

We are now in Humaita a town in the state of Amazonas, arrived at 7pm yesterday. We’ve been driving alot the past few days, trying to catch up with time as we’re two days behind schedule. Not easy as road conditions aren’t always good and some of the cars are beginning to give us problems, forcing to breakup the convoy into two. As of now, we are only one day behind schedule. At noon, we leave this hotel for Manaus, taking the famous highway BR319, where many (many) people died during its construction. It was partly a move by the government to increase economical activity to the interiors of Brazil. Commercial, toursim, etc. At breakfast with Yoda, one of the oldest members in the expedition, he said this will be the toughest segment of our trip. Getting to Manaus will involve two nights of camping by the highway and we have been given keys to the locks of telco towers situated by the highway. This is because we will be camping in the compounds of the telco towers as it is unsafe to camp out in the open, even next to it. I’m not sure what flanks the highway but the main threat will be jaguars and cougars. The actual distance between Humaita and Manaus is not too far, but the road conditions are poor, hence why it will take us 3 days to get there, hopefully less. Go to http://www.facebook.com/zainhd to view pictures.