The rainforest was the same but everything else was quite different. The streets were organized, sign posted and all asphalted, had names, traffic lights and police control. The population was primarily black and spoke French. I had decided yesterday to park the car and sleep in the commercial area at the entrance of the city. ...

Borders are always critical and decisive to me with respect to the continuation of the planned route. At any border I could encounter any reason for delay or rejection which would result in changing my planned tour. Bureaucracy, documents, my appearance, there are many reasons to create situations. Before departure the owner reminded me of ...

Nothing indicated in the morning that today would be the first really adventurous, difficult and critical day of the journey. I had located a small village just off the highway and decided this to be today’s destiny at about 300 km from Macapá. I got quickly out of the city and continued on what I ...