by bicycle

Day 20: Puerto Maldonado to Alerta (10.04, 123 km)

The weather was perfect in the morning: some clouds scattered across the sky, quite cool and no rain.

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Still, at noon the thermometer was showing 38°C, so I stopped for lunch in Mavila to avoid the heat. I had a good rhytm and after nine hours and a half I reached Alerta.

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Tomorrow I want to go through Bolivia via San Lorenzo/Extrema. This would be my only chance to cross Bolivia and go through less populated jungle. I heard various comments, from “this is an area where narcotraficantes are roaming” to “it is very nice there and the nature is quite wild”.

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The red route is the Interoceanica. To the West is Peru and to the North is Brasil. I want to take the grey route.

According to the map key, the grey route stands for “Unsurfaced road (4 WD advised)”. The people I asked said that the road is relativelly bad. Looking at the full half of the glass, this means also relativelly good. Let’s see how my 1WD will manage…

6 Comments

  1. mircea

    Bai bine ca ai pus poze mai mici ca se incarcau f greu. Vezi cu Bolivia aia, nu ma ingrijoreaza traficantii ca nu au treaba cu biciclistii dar s-ar putea ca drumul prost sa iti joace feste. Cat ai de mers ?

    • Cosmin

      Da, am vazut ca se incarca usor. Multumesc de sfat. Ai dreptate, drumul a fost cam greu. Am curatat la noi bai nene, se lipea ca plastilina de roti. Am mers cam 70 – 80 de km pe drum de tara cum ar veni…

  2. mircea

    Cred ca ai vrut sa zici 2WD.. 😉

    • Cosmin

      nu ma, 1WD, ca am o sindura roata motoare, aia din spate

  3. osu

    Dacă te întâlnești cu traficanții pun pariu ca o sa ai brusc mai multa energie.

    • Cosmin

      Pă sisteeem! Mai ții minte?

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