Viagem Sem Assalto


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July 6th 2009
Published: July 7th 2009
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The title means, "voyage without assault" Well, whether or not the shifty eyed creepy people had anything to do with it, listening to this bad feeling was absolutely the right decision. On the bus today we spoke to a woman who has been robbed 4 times on the buses between Maraba and Belem. She said that out of every 5 buses traveling the roads at night only 1 will make it safely and that these ro... Read Full Entry



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I am both in and out of the room...
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avocado milkshake... fuck yeah that shit is good!
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our second room in Maraba at the Nossa Senhora (New Woman aka Virgin Mary) with Kate's hammock strung across
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ceiling and ceiling fan with television... this shit is 5 star!
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our own bathroom with toilet seat and all! they even gave us soap to use!
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Nossa Senhoras... left one is a Brasilian Nossa Senhora, right one is the typical
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the only picture we took of Maraba itself (for safety reasons) from the bus window as we were leaving
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Kelly is a gangsta! She was with here mother, Shakira, during one of the robberies and hid $R2 from them in her diaper and then afterward showed everyone to cheer them up and have a laugh.
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Shakira our bus friend who brought us to the place we are staying now and her daughter Kelly. They come all the way here to get medical attention for Kelly's broken leg.



8th July 2009

hmmm
I wanted to come to South America as my birth father was south American, but after reading that, I'm re-thinking my lone venture to Brazil....is it all this bad here?
8th July 2009

Don't cancel on my account
This is my first trip out of the country and have only been to Brasil... the poorest regions of Brasil might I add... I can only speak of what I have seen and not even for the rest of Brasil itself. I would not discourage you from coming, but a good travel partner would be a wise decision. And of course just be safe and ask lots of questions about everything, the more you know the more ready you are. The lady on the bus told us, "If you do not react or give them a reason to hurt you they won't," and I have no reason to believe otherwise. Be smart and be safe and if you don't feel comfortable with something don't do it. Only trust cabs with uniforms with a name and a logo on the car, don't take the buses between cities at night, stay in well populated areas when the sun goes down, you know things of this nature. If a hotel seems a little strange get another one you feel more secure at.

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