TripTracker.net - Amazon Pilgrim: The Transamazonica, Uruará, Brazil

Belém, Brazil Arrived in Belem Tudo Bem From Belém 29th Birthday in Igarape-Miri Cametá: Indians, Desert & 10,000 ants Joana Peres: One Hundred Mile Day & a Baptism of Fire on the Fazendas Tucuruí: Kidney Splitting 105 Degrees in the Shade Novo Repartimento: the true begining of the TransAmazonica Pacajá, Brazil Anapu, Brazil Roadside Stop between Anapu and Altamira, Brazil Altamira, Brazil Medicilândia, Brazil Uruará, Brazil Placas, Brazil Placas, Brazil Rurópolis: Pacas That Go Bump in the Night Itaituba: A Transvestite, Tattoo Face, and a Thorough Toothbrush truck stop Jacareacanga, Brazil Resu's farm Nearing Apui Apui Roadside camp 2nd camp before Humaita Humaita Porto Velho, Brazil Mutumparana Extrema Rio Branco, Brazil Capixaba, Brazil Brasileia Inapari Mavila Puerto Maldonado santa rosa Quince Mil, Peru Marcapata Tinqui Cusco, Peru Curuhuassi Abancay, Peru Chalhuanca Marcapampa Puquio, Peru Nazca, Peru Lake Huacachina Paracas State Park Chincha Alta, Peru Mala, Peru LIMA!

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Uruará, Brazil

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Oct 5 2009, 01:42 PM

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...I was hunched down laboring up a hill when two guys on a motorbike start idling beside me. This happens all the time and at this moment I was in no mood to talk so I ignored them and ground away at the peddles. Of course the typical questions come, “Where are you going, where did you come from, where do you live” etc. Then, the driver puts his hand on my back and starts gassing the bike up the hill.

Right away I am laughing my ass off and trying to keep the bike straight through all the ruts and rocks. Once we reach the top he gives me a good shove and lets me steer the downhill. Then he times it so when I start to slow on the next up hill there he is with the assist...

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