The road from Ciudad Guayana towards Brazil is OK and is a very beautiful area, fit for tourism. You see plenty of tours too, not so in the rest of the country apart from Merida . It was only from here north and west that the police hassled us a lot and we were stopped aprx every 30 km with the record of 3x in 500 m. Direction the brazilian border not so much, and at least they were correct and touristfriendy. Ciudad Guayana itself that time had fuelshortage and the situation at the fuelstation was kind of grim. Also shops were suffering from shortage of many things like milk, sugar etc.
We did not drive the road from Porto Velho to Manaus as we were in the rainy season but apparently it is driveable when dry.
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