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Northern Brazil - Detailed Trip Review

by footlooseferrett 05 April 2012

I've written up a detailed trip review of my 6 weeks in Northern Brazil which took me around the coast from Salvador de Bahia into French…
Re: French Guiana to Brazil

by jstayner 22 March 2012

Thanks my girlfriend and I just finished travelling through the Guianas to Brazil and this thread helped immensely. All the information…
Re: Brazil-Suriname-French Guiana

by jstayner 22 March 2012

Thanks for all this information, my girlfriend and I recently completed a trip from Georgetown to Rio via Paramaribo, Cayenne, Macapa,…
RE: Names

by SenorNoSe 20 March 2012

Brazil has the best toponyms. Tabatinga, Xique-Xique, Uberlandia, Florianopolis. Alphaville, Oiapoque, Arraial d'Ajuda, Paraty ... …
Re: Another Manaus to Georgetown update

by DenCalif 25 January 2012

25 Jan. 2012. Hi ... and many thanks for the info you submitted to this site about the Boa Vista - Georgetown road link. I live (and work)…
RE: What are the two most disparate nations that share a land border?

by windblowner 19 January 2012

I think we carve out a certain mental exception when it comes to overseas holdings. I mean, Sint Maarten shares part of the same island…
Re: Cayenne to Belem and onwards

by uulu10 30 November 2011

It isn't cheap anyway. Cayenne to Saint Georges by direct bus was 35 Euro if I remember me right. great road. no problem with rain. The…
Guajarà-Mirim - Macapá

by Mistah_Carlo 09 November 2011

Hello fellow travellers, I am planning on travelling from Bolivia to Suriname. As I will try to post my questions on the correct forum…
Re: How frequent boat travel from Macapa to Belem

by uulu10 03 September 2011

Confirm. When I was there in Febr 11 at least every second day a boat was running, people on board of the bus from Oiapoque knew the schedul…
Re: Brazil-Suriname-French Guiana

by deepg 03 May 2011

All the advice given above is very good! But you should note the road between Paramaribo - Albina (Suriname side) which is across…
Re: Yellow Fever Vaccination

by uulu10 21 April 2011

I crossed border to brasil many times. Mostly nobody asked for it. (Landborders Corumba, Tabatinga, Oiapoque, Foz do Iguazu, Uruguayana).…
Re: Brazil-Suriname-French Guiana

by uulu10 31 March 2011

You can fly or go by bus and boot. You have to go to *Macapa* by boat or plane. From there buses (13h) and 4x4 (8h) running to *Oiapoque*…
RE: Brazil to French Guiana

by bdk_ba 02 January 2011

Hey there, The only way to get from Belem to Macapa is by air (either Gol or Tam) or taking a 3-days journey on a ship (which I assume…
Macapa - no ATM machines with VISA/Mastercard

by hackney34 09 November 2010

Hi hi. I always find really helpful stuff on this forum, so thanks to people who put useful info on it... For my part, I just want to…
RE: extended trip into the rain forest?

by zerotres 17 August 2010

Manaus is no small town, and, as carlos explains, the docks are a pretty ugly place at night. From what I remember, a portion of the docks…
Macapa to Oiapoque

by AcaMario2008 22 January 2010

Still lots of questions popping up about that road so here is an update. In Macapa i stayed at the at the Labirinto hotel. Ignore the…
Good shop for bicycle parts in Cayenne?

by jkbc 05 August 2009

I'll be cycling in the Guianas (currently in Oiapoque, Brasil). I need a new crankset for a triple chainring. Is there a good bike shop…
RE: French Guiana to Brazil

by Johnah 18 May 2009

As Argentina and FG are a long way apart, the only way to do it cheaply is to spend a lot of time on buses travelling through Brazil.…
RE: Surinamese Visa

by kostenetz 14 April 2009

Hi Ryan, Quick answers to your questions in the Suriname and Guyana branch: Of course it is worthwhile visiting the Guianas!! But it…
RE: Safe/Worthwhile to Stop in Guyana?

by kostenetz 14 April 2009

Hi Ryan, Quick answers to your questions in the Suriname and Guyana branch: Of course it is worthwhile visiting the Guianas!! But it…
RE: Hello after a little help,we are currently travellingtravel up to Guyana

by roberthart66 13 January 2009

1) I went from Oiapoque across to French Guyana -- it is an official crossing. A few minutes on a small boat. Two and a half years…
French Guiana to Brazil

by Johnah 22 December 2008

I recently travelled from French Guiana to Belem (Nov 08). The info in the LP about a bridge being opened across the river at St Georges…
French Guiana to Belem

by Johnah 22 December 2008

I recently travelled from French Guiana to Belem. The info in the LP about a bridge being opened across the river at St Georges in 2007…
RE: Macapa to Belem, price cost info???

by Colebozbourne 05 December 2008

Deleanne, I got your IM, but will answer here incase others might want the information in the future. First, since January is around…
RE: Interesting border towns?

by Colebozbourne 06 June 2008

Oiapoque....I forgot about that one. I enjoyed it too, but it sure is a long haul from there on to Macapa´ by bus. There were some killer…