Moonmonkey

"I really wish I hadn't done that..........."

Paul McGilway

38 / Male

Kettering, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

About Moonmonkey

Budding Member | Member since 8th Oct 06

Citizenship: United Kingdom
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Project Manager

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Latest Blog Entry

A boat along the Amazon

Posted by Moonmonkey | 16th March 2007

We left Santa Elena bright and early and set off towards La Linea - a small town right on the border between Brazil and Veneluela. Eric, a German guy from the posada in Santa Elena was kind enough to drive us to La Linea and assist us with the passport formailities at the border. Everything was very straightforward at the border and we got our passports stamped out of Venezuela and into Brazil with no questions asked.

At La Linea we waited for a por puesta which is basically a shared taxi that waits until it's full before setting off. We had arranged with the driver to drop us at the bus station in Boa Vista while we bought our tickets to Manaus and then take us to a cash point to get some Brazilian money. He would then drop us back at the bus station where we would wait about 5 hours for our overnight bus to Manaus. Simple. So off we set once the last person had joined the por puesta. We only had to wait about half an hour. The journey took us 2 hours to

Continued | South America 2007