Pantaneiros km #27
On Monday, March 7th on the way to Poconé I read on the panel of a
gas station the Wi-Fi picture. Of course I stopped to check the
exactitude of this announcement. Not only connection was fast and
moreover without password. What happiness to update the pages of my
website and to publish them. While arriving at Poconé, I made to
supply at the supermercado and I took a map of Porto Jofre at the
Tourist office. On the way on the Pantaneiros track I met a
LandRover with an American couple who stopped to inform me of the
dangerosity of the track in the event of rain. He had failed to
reverse
on the roadside. I found a bivouac at the km #27.
Poconé & Transpantaneiros, click the picture
Pantaneiros km #100
On Tuesday, March 5th at the sunrise I have a fairyhood of color in
Pantanal with birds but not always visible and photographable at
flight. The track comprises more than 100 wooden bridges whose
project renovates them out of concrete. Indeed some are in very bad
condition. The video gives an outline of work. I stopped at the km
100 to bivouac at the edge of the track.
Sunrise, click the picture
Transpantaneiros-2, click the picture
Porto Jofre
Wednesday, March 9th I traversed the last 50-km track to Porto
Jofre. There is no village but two hotels and Posada e Camping at
the edge of Rio. The visitors in this rainy season are fishers with
their motor boat. The temperature was of 34°C with a moisture of
63%. The campground is unspecified and the bathroom out of age. Due
to the little interest I decided to remain only one day.
The road tacklog
from Pantaneiros km #27, to BR "174 N°2
from 2016/03/11 au 2016/03/13
Pantaneiros km #27, au retour, at the back
On Thursday I left Porto Jofre in the rain with some concerns to
take the softened track. Indeed it was very slipping. The tires were
covered with mud, consequently not adherence. I carried out
no-controlled slips with risks to collapse in the side or against a
tree. A bridge was in very bad condition. I took the ford of detour.
But I carried out a slip on the left in mud. The truck was very
leaning, I embarked water in the cabin by the left. After having
blocked the central transfer box and rear axle then I engaged the reducer, I
carried out a reverse running to take on the right along the white
beacon. Ok, there was very good, phew! Around 11:35 after
approximately six hours of track 120 km length I reached my bivouac
at the km #27 to lunch. To have rest I decided to spend the night
again there.
Transpantaneiros-3, retour, back, click the picture
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| Passage d'un gué en difficulté, Passage of a ford in difficulty, |
En route vers BR #070
On Friday, March 11th at the sunrise I admired the tree “ardent”
under a sealed sky. In Poconé I stopped at a supermercado for supply
in food to Porto Velho where I have to embark with heavyweights
trucks on a barge to Manaus. I must traverse 1400km to reach Porto
Velho; what Brazil is large! On the way I returned to the gas
station with a Wi-Fi connection. I benefitted from it to make wash
my truck of the mud piled up on Transpantaneiros at the time of the
return in the rain. On the road of junction Mt 451 from Br #060 to
Br #070, I stopped in a village in front of the church to bivouac
holily.
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| Sunrise, bivouac Km #27 |
Bivouac, village, plaza de la Iglesia |
En route BR #174
Saturday, March 12th the road is still long to Porto Velho. It is
furrowed almost exclusively by trucks. The Longest reach 30 meters.
I hope they all will not take the barges to Manaus, if not the
latency is likely to be long.
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| It's still a long way to Porto Velho |
30 meters length, it's the maximum I have seen |
En route BR #174, N°2, plus loin
On Sunday, March 13th I still traversed BR #174 to bivouac further
away at roadside. As I often said at the time of the great
peregrinations on American Freeway , it is necessary to have an
interior life during these long tedious ways. Still two days to
reach Porto Velho.
