Our roads
 

Brazil's inter-city roads are widely recognized as among the most dangerous in the world. As is the case elsewhere in the region, poor driving skills, bad roads and a high density of trucks combine to make travel considerably more hazardous than in the United States. There are no laws requiring truckers to take mandatory rest stops and they often drive for excessive periods of time. All major inter-city routes are saturated with heavy truck traffic and for the most part have only two lanes. Road maintenance is inadequate and some long-distance roads through the Amazon forest are impassable much of the year. There are few railroads and passenger train travel is almost nonexistent. Private cars and public buses are the main modes of inter-city road travel. Buses can range (depending on the route and the price) from luxurious and well maintained to basic and mechanically unsound.


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Tonight or in the morning we will br leaving for a trip by car to another far away state for a convention. Please begin now praying for our safety. Thanks so much.

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Sis A are you feeling up to traveling?

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Not really but duty calls...

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Bendiciones. I have been in Brazil, and driven some of the southern roads. I know exactly what you are talking about.

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Praying for y'all.

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Southern Roads are wonderful compared to the northeast...We live in no man´s land!

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We appreciate that very much.

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We will only go tomorrow! The mecanic took too long to fix the car...we cannot travel at night...too dangerous.

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Mother A. praying for a safe journey.

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We are stopped in the state of Bahia for the night.All is well.