http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Roraima/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Brazil , Roraima en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:55:09 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:55:09 UTC The big bus drove off the barge and thru kneehigh water before rolling to a stop on the red brick road. We showed the tickets we had prepurchased in Georgetown and got on after the other passengers. Through the big glass window we waved to Matthew Verlene and Anthony see Iwokrama blog. They had come to see us off. The objective was simple to bus from Kurupukari to Lethem and then cross over http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Roraima/Boa-Vista/blog-192104.html Despite having met numerous cabocos the more modern civilised Indians of the Amazon we were still curious to see if we could visit a true Amazon Indian tribe but were extremely disappointed to find out that this was impossible as they are ardently protected by the 2 Brazilian government agencies FUNAI and IBAMA. Everyone told us it was strictly prohibited and that to visit a tribe we would http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Roraima/Boa-Vista/blog-170602.html 09042007. I'm bored of having a plan plus I'm way behind schedule now anyway so let's play a game. I am in Boa Vista northern Brazil and want to be in Cuzco Peru in 10 days or so. There are several routes I could take most of which would be more or less the same in terms of time and money. I could head north towards Angel Falls or south towards the Amazon river. From these more options http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Roraima/Boa-Vista/blog-146894.html Although Caracas wasn't at all appealing after some time travelling you start appreciating different things and the usual turist stuff is not that interesting anymore. I think that's why I enjoyed the five days I stayed there in spite of the ugly place. Eva was still too weak to take care of herself so I stayed longer than I had originally planned. She was going to fly back to the Netherlands o http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Roraima/Boa-Vista/blog-15517.html