By the point you learn this we’ll I hope be on the highway to Bonfim, a village 70 miles away within the border with Guyana. I can not say I’m thrilled to leaving the consolation of our lodge however we now have a job to do and it’s time. It’s going to be a tricky drive for the following few days and I do know we’ll miss the consolation of Villa Roraima. Nonetheless we now have ready as greatest we are able to for the unknown that’s the highway to Georgetown, the capital on the coast 430 miles away.
Yesterday we visited one other self serve laundry, this time with out Rusty who stayed house within the cool air.
The proprietor was there and he mentioned he owned three laundries. He makes US$50,000 every yearly and spends about $5000 on cleaning soap for every laundry. I used to be barely astonished. He additionally exports meals to Venezuela and he had simply obtained house from a visit to Tampa and Orlando to go to some family.
His automobile cowl for his Porsche (in fact) was dry and we mentioned goodbye, all in Spanish which was simpler for him than English he mentioned. Attention-grabbing man, possibly 40 or 45 years previous and stuffed with vitality. It was nice to speaking him and see his world. He makes use of social media too:
No workers, only a lady to come back by and hold it clear. Do you assume the US is prepared for this?
Onward to the grocery store to get provides for the highway forward. This Novo Tempo had coated parking which is superb on this equatorial sunshine.
Try some bizarre Brazilian packaged meals we noticed (however didn’t purchase):
Some bizarre soda:
2.2 kilos of flavorless tapioca flour for a buck twenty 5. Yum, I don’t assume.
One man we met advised us to purchase chocolate to sweeten officers in Guyana so we did. Hope it really works.
Varied potato chips. The one acquainted quick meals chain we’ve seen is a few Subways since we’ve been in Brazil. I like peanuts however they solely promote them right here in very small very costly baggage. Bummer.
No thought what’s on this aisle:
In addition they had pickle flavored ketchup. Layne didn’t purchase any as a result of she mentioned that they had an excessive amount of sugar. A lot for cultural analysis:
One different unusual factor we’ve seen right here is the site visitors lights. They use two lights then the highest mild scales right down to the underside mild after which it modifications.
About ten seconds to a inexperienced flip arrow:
Beneath it’s inexperienced for go. About thirty seconds earlier than it is going to change the highest mild goes out and inexperienced rectangles seem slowly taking place to the underside.
About to show inexperienced, and so forth:
It’s not a nasty system however I’ve by no means seen it wherever else. And so again to the lodge, a swim a steak dinner and a bit of mild packing.
We are going to miss this place.
The borders 70 miles away, then as soon as within the city of Lethem (pronounced “Let’em”) we’ll purchase some Guyanese {dollars} (200 purchase 1 US greenback) and a few Chinese language meals to go, then we’ll get on the filth highway to Linden 275 miles away. I hope.
