Road conditions and options
Wet Seasons vary throughout the Amazon. But never count on a dry season beeing dry. The Road from the brazilian border to Manaus is 1200 km's all paved and in good condition. I drove it in two days last year. There more options than a riverboat from Manaus. There is a road from Manaus to Porto Vehlo it is an adventurous one but take you right through the middle of the amazon. I drove it least year in four days, very muddy but beautifull scenary.
An other option is taking a detour through the guyana's from Boa Vista to British Guyana, Suriname and French Guyana to Macapa Brazil on the other side of the Amazon river from Belem. The Guyana's offer a lot more culture but takes more effort as the road through British Guyana can be quit bad after rain and from French Guynana to Brzail involves crossing a few rivers by ferry or small boat (canoe) ( unless bridges have been build sice 2003 when i took this trip)
Notice when stopping In Santaerm the road to the coast is the Trans-amamzonica which also can be bad after rain.
On my website you can find a few foto's off these roads www.trans-amerika.nl
Last edited by MillsRoadsurfer; 30 Dec 2006 at 14:31.
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