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Old 20 Oct 2007
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This is for Greynomads,

saw you are heading to Brasil, so just went and fished out some business cards i collected.

If you are going to Belem look up Alex Reiss. XT600. He has a thread up on here somewhere. He has a bike shop and can help you out no end, he also lets people stay in his apartment if he has room. Which is in a safe part of town.

He is president of the states Brasil riders.com, and he set me up with accomodation all down thenorth coast. I didn't use all that was offered due to route and time constraints, but where i did stay was brillliant..

I can especially recomend Expeditos garage in Sao Luis. his email is zoonoses.ma@bol.com.br. A lovely city too, one of my favourite places on my trip.

Alex speaks a bit of english and understood a bit of my bad spanish, so will help you out, if you don't speak portugese.

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Unhappy Tenere Frame Repair Needed in Sao Luis.

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This is for Greynomads,

saw you are heading to Brasil, so just went and fished out some business cards i collected.

If you are going to Belem look up Alex Reiss. XT600. He has a thread up on here somewhere. He has a bike shop and can help you out no end, he also lets people stay in his apartment if he has room. Which is in a safe part of town.

He is president of the states Brasil riders.com, and he set me up with accomodation all down thenorth coast. I didn't use all that was offered due to route and time constraints, but where i did stay was brillliant..

I can especially recomend Expeditos garage in Sao Luis. his email is zoonoses.ma@bol.com.br. A lovely city too, one of my favourite places on my trip.

Alex speaks a bit of english and understood a bit of my bad spanish, so will help you out, if you don't speak portugese.

have fun

cheers
mike
Hi Mike - Thanks for this info which has come at just the right moment! We are now in Sao Luis with a broken bike - the subframe has parted company with the main frame and is in serious need of welding. I have e-mailed Expeditos Garage and await their reply. Meanwhile, do you have an address for them?

Thanks again,
Peter.
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So what I read here is that there is a road from Manaus to Venezuela that is not too bad, but there is a stretch going through a reservation of 800km that you have to cover in one day. What happens if you can't make that distance and are stuck somewhere? Tarmac with a bunch of potholes and a few strectchs of dirt. Rainy season read mud?
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What i remember is the resort only about 120km long!
Or the city Boa Vista would be inmiddle the resort! :-)

Bye the Quatro Rodas map when you get to Brasil and you will know exactely!
There is not so many holes on that part of the road!
You allways can drive around them!

Have fun, Appie!
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Sorry if i was not clear, but the whole stretch is about 800km, but the indian reservation is only 100 or 200 km long. or 120km as the post above says. i can't remember exactly.

Hi grey nomads.
sorry to hear about the bike. did the subframe in on mine in Peru aswell. Expeditos house is quite away from the centre. i will have to look up the address for you. He isn't a mechanic, and again sorry for not being clearer, but he has a garage type clubhouse as opposed to a workshop. But he will certainly know who could help you and you can stay in the clubhouse, which could be useful if you are there a while waiting for repairs.

As i said before there are worse places to be stuck than Sao Luis!

Will try and post his address tomorrow when i find his card.

Did yo speak to Alex in Belem? he might be able to help you get in touch in the mean time and give you a few more contacts.

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