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[boetgert]

Coen;
After viewing your website I have no more excuses for not packing the bus and traveling!

Regards
Gerrie

 

[Tin Tin]

notice the "no ganja smoking" in the picture of the pool bar, hahaha
Guyana is a ruff scunt place, be carefull!!!!

groeten,

Martin in Suriname

 

[mailking]

Thanks Guys:

@Gerrie: keep it up. You know I love your Yellow Bus!
@Martin: Thanks... hope your Green devil will be rust free forever!

More in Guyana:

Roads surrounding the gold town are in various conditions.

A dredger being installed at a shout.

Bedford is being rescued by Charly.

Until now only sturdy bridges! That will change soon.

Logs awaiting buyers along the road.


Adventurous greetings,
Coen

 

[mailking]

Guys:

I would like to keep all of you aware of the two amazing projects that we have been working on lately. First there is the Paper Cruiser. I am sure you have heard of it. Now Jesse and I made a special edition Landcruising Adventure Paper Cruiser.

If you want to read up on how we got to this all, you will enjoy a quick read-up I wrote on our new website. And you will find out, we are giving away 10 of them.

A great way to spend the holidays cutting and gluing your own expedition rig together. I you don't get yours for free, we have made them available in our shop as well for a modest price. You can even set your own price for it.

Tell me what you think of it!

I'll keep the second project for a next update, as I yet have to write a post on it.

Adventurous greetings,
Coen

 

[mailking]

Almost done with Guyana!

A little Amerindian girl is swimming near our camp.

Karin-Marijke taking a bath at a Amerindian village.

Freshly caught fish for breakfast.

Leaf-cutter ants crossing our path.

At the Rock View Lodge, Guyana

Karin-Marijke and Hendriks overlooking the Rupununi.

Carvings at Bina Hill.

Cows crossing the main road to Lethem.

Posing with Collin of the Rock View Lodge, Annai.


Adventurous greetings,
Coen

 

[crushers]

curious, have you ever encountered a place or a village where you thought ... "i could spend my remaining days right here"?

 

[mailking]

curious, have you ever encountered a place or a village where you thought ... "i could spend my remaining days right here"?

hmmmmm, maybe a few times, but then only for 5 minutes

 

[mailking]

The last bit on Guyana!

Very social and curious bird, just before it came after my big lens!

We're invited to some bbq meat and dip it in the helmet with farofa.

Bushes full of herons.

Drying meet to preserve.

All nervous: birds, rattlesnake and us.

Rupununi Peanut butter: all natural!

Rupununi: land of the anthill's.

Rupununi house with solar power.



Adventurous greetings,
Coen

 

[mailking]

Happy to be back again in Brazil!

So, where did I leave you guys hanging?

Right we were just about to enter Brazil from Guyana. Marvelous region, to bad it wasn't that dry otherwise we could have tourd more in the savannah where large indian communities still find peace and tranquility in the vastness.

Sunset at Balbina lake.

Stacked bananas on a truck.


When we are in Boa Vista, we are invited by Ricardo an avid 4x4 doctor and his wife. A great couple and we have a fun few days together.

Carol, Ricardo and Renata treating us to the local fish: Tambaqui.

Ricardo's fiber wrangler by Engesa + Toyota 14B. Completely self rebuild and currently finished and being sold in Brazil if you are interested. A unique project I might say.

Then we find out that our pre filter is dead. Completely rusted and gone. Ricardo then decides to take his Donaldson filter of his Big Toyota 4Runner and donates it to us.

Our "new" Donaldson pre filter sits proudly at the top! Thank you Ricardo!


Adventurous greetings,
Coen

 

[mailking]

Moooooooreee:

I am aloud to change the oils and check the levels of the gearboxes in Elmer Jeep's workshop. I soon find out why he is called Elmer Jeep! - Removing the fender for easy access!

Ones you start investigating you will find all kinds of little things that need improvement. But a crack in the rubber hose on the air intake isn't easy to solve. There are no real alternatives to be found and I improvise with RescueTape!

To our disguste we find a little hole in the air filter's oil bath. Hurray, how did that get there? We have it welded with copper, but after testing it with a liter of water, I find out it is really badly done.

So Elmer Jeep, comes to the rescue with some 2 component metal clue thus fixing the hole in our air filter oil bath.

This is why Elmer got his name, he likes to fabricate Jeeps with enormous tires! Elmer Jeep's latest creation: Crocodillo.

Special shackles of Elmer's Crocodillo.



Adventurous greetings,
Coen

 

[mailking]

I hope you guys are still enjoying this?

More on Brazil:

Another detail I shot in the workshop: Keep long fingers out of your engine bay.

After getting the oils taken care of I had to get way out of town to a huge truck suspension workshop: Getting the rear leaf springs back into shape.

The guys favorite tool: grinder.

Demi, getting the re arced leafs back together.

Cleaning the welds with a grinder. "Look ma, no eye protection!"

We were ready to head south into the heart of the Amazone. Onto Manaus: Rolling the Amazon roads.


Adventurous greetings,
Coen

 

[Pearly]

Always enjoy reading your great adventures! Filled with a thousand words in every picture!

Thanks!

Ian

 

[89s rule]

Awesome as usual. We homeschool our kids and my wife was teaching them about S America a few weeks back. I used your thread for a few examples with them. Keep the great adventure going.

 

[mailking]

Awesome as usual. We homeschool our kids and my wife was teaching them about S America a few weeks back. I used your thread for a few examples with them. Keep the great adventure going.

Great to hear that!


Here is some more for you guy's:

Reusing wash machine drum as waste bin.

Sloth creeping across the road!

Coen driving steep hills in Manaus.

In Manaus we are welcomed at the 4x4 club and they direct me to a very nice little workshop that proved to work out so good for us. These guy's clearly knew what they were doing and we worked on various things: At last an elbow rubber on the air intake!

Luis of Platinado measures seal to fabricate a new one!

No fitting seal available; aluminum custom made sleeve solution.

That's were the seal goes.


Adventurous greetings,
Coen

 

[mailking]

In the meantime we have selected some awesome images from our time in Laos and Vietnam and put them together in a oversized wall calendar. It's our second in the Legendary Roads series. This one is called:

Legendary Roads: Ho Chi Minh Trail

Follow us as we get lost trying to find our way from south to north where few have gone before. Humidity, rutted tracks, isolation and a lot of smiles make this one of our most memorable trips.

You can order yours in our CafePress store!

Adventurous greetings,
Coen

 

[MicahMan]

Unbelievable adventure. I'm ready to move down south and see where I can end up! Very cool!

 

[mailking]

Deeper into Brazil:

Rear brake pad is loose!

No available pad's so we glue and rivet.

Cleaned and greased the hi-lift jack

Platinado in Manaus did a marvelous job not only building a aluminum handle for us but also a lock! what a service!

Posing with the Platinado crew. We dare to say this is the best 4x4 shop in Amazonas. Luis thank you so much!

We will start the infamous BR319 with a fresh set of tires! How do you like them apples?


Adventurous greetings,
Coen

 

[BJ40ER]

As always this is still my favorite thread ! hope youre enjoying your most recent travels

 

[mailking]

We get on with the "real" stuff, I mean what this adventure is made for:

800km of mostly unmaintained asphalt from the 70's mixed with some deep gullies and fallen trees. What do you bring?

The wheelbarrow still is the most versatile piece of gardening tool, where do you put it to use?

We love the trees in the Amazon rainforest. But they shouldn't be lying across the road! How do you deal with this?

Coen, working hard on the BR319 the "main highway" between Manaus and Porto Velho. Some tree is blocking the road.

Just to remind you where we are, this is the BR319, the main highway between Manaus and Porto Velho!

A careful inspection of each rickety bridge on the BR319 is in order. Who do you trust to guide you over these?


more soon. And... of course we love to hear your comments [hint]!
Adventurous greetings,
Coen

 

[mailking]

We really loved Brazil:

Driving the Transamazônica in style wearing t-shirts by 4explorers.com.br

Speaking of bridges... this one is completely gone! Build a ramp and floor it? What's your advice?

Scary?! Crashing through the dust at high speed and coming straight for you. What are the options?

And another fine example of painting with tar. After hours of this, our love for dirt road grow by the minute!

This mornings breakfast: tea and toast, isn't that a luxury?


Adventurous greetings,
Coen