As our group heads from just north of Boa Vista then through the town to start Saturday, a little information on the state of Roraima, Brazil.
The state of Roraima is one of the most highly contested areas of South America, due mainly to the amount of precious minerals, including gold, that have been found in the area. Making it a bit more complicated is that it is also within the broad region that is home to indigenous Indians. They have seen Dutch, Spaniards, British and then after colonialism, Guyanans, Venezuelans and Brazilians vying for the many materials.
The road from Boa Vista follows generally the contour of the Branco river past Caracarai, then the road crosses over the river (the river continues on for many tens of miles until eventually connecting to the Amazon) and we continue down past Rorainopolis and then, in the span of two steps (271 total miles for the day), cross from the spring of the northern hemisphere to the fall of the southern hemisphere...crossing the equator!!! Very nicely done.
We'll be quickly entering the area of the Amazon, but we have some distance to go yet to reach that goal.
We're at an average of 11,950 per day - a total of 16,631 miles from our fearless group.
Looking forward to a big Sunday as well.
The state of Roraima is one of the most highly contested areas of South America, due mainly to the amount of precious minerals, including gold, that have been found in the area. Making it a bit more complicated is that it is also within the broad region that is home to indigenous Indians. They have seen Dutch, Spaniards, British and then after colonialism, Guyanans, Venezuelans and Brazilians vying for the many materials.
The road from Boa Vista follows generally the contour of the Branco river past Caracarai, then the road crosses over the river (the river continues on for many tens of miles until eventually connecting to the Amazon) and we continue down past Rorainopolis and then, in the span of two steps (271 total miles for the day), cross from the spring of the northern hemisphere to the fall of the southern hemisphere...crossing the equator!!! Very nicely done.
We'll be quickly entering the area of the Amazon, but we have some distance to go yet to reach that goal.
We're at an average of 11,950 per day - a total of 16,631 miles from our fearless group.
Looking forward to a big Sunday as well.
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