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| Our friend, Valdeni, eventually caught us up after 7 days. He had made pretty slow progress in his truck mainly due to a fellow driver's truck slipping off a log bridge and thus blocking the road. Lucky we made it across before this happened! He invited us to stay with him at his home in Novo Mutum. |
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| Jeremy celebrating his 30th birthday. It was a double celebration as we had finally made it onto the tarmac only a few days behind schedule. |
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| Jeremy’s birthday present – a cup and straw used by locals for drinking 'mate', a drink similar to tea. |
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| We gave some mate a try – it tasted like cold bitter tea which has not been strained properly. There must be easier ways to get a dose of caffeine! |