2017-12-05 Day 215 Tue

Chatted to the couple in the combi for a couple of hours. They have spent one year traveling Brazil.

The roads here have very strange roundabouts and intersections. The roundabouts have stop signs in them giving the right of way to the main road. So confusing!

These parks we have stayed in and seeing are wonderfully set up with fire place, bench, sink and running water. We have discovered that they were built by the company that owns the power station. I guess as part compensation for flooding the valleys and moving people out.

Off to the border of Paraguay. Stopped at a supermarket to spend the last of our Brazilian money. Then on to the border. 

Crossed out of Brazil; discovered we had no visa for Paraguay; so got into the queue to cross back took us about an hour then we had to get our passports stamped and a new Aduana for EC.


There is a lot of traffic crossing this border. Most do not clear customs in either direction. Some on return to Brazil have electrical goods to declare and get to pay 50% on its value. The customs appear to hold all goods to process it and put into big boxes. The owner then returns and pays the taxes and takes it home. It is still cheaper than buying locally in Brazil. This is only for private use. If the person is suspected of selling on the goods they are then confiscated and auctioned, donated to a good cause or destroyed.

Drove up a side road which was cobbled with flat sharp edged stones. When the cobbled road turned to the right we continued straight on a dirt road and found a camp site perched over the gutter and hard up against the trees. A quiet night.