Oiapoque (Brésil) : "Bem-vindo"
For
english speaker, see below in blue...
03-06-2006 5pm Oiapoque
Apres 2h de route de Remire-Montjoly a St
Georges de L'Oyapoque, nous touchons le sol Bresilien : Oiapoque
Le temps de regler les formalites
administratives, de visiter cette petite ville frontaliere a la Guyane, nous
prenons le bus en direction de Macapa (nbres heures prevues 12h)
04-06-2006 :
Katia et Diego regagnent la terre Guyanaise...
05-06-2006 :
C'est
l'heure, 8h30 nous sommes a l'arret prevu, le reste de la famille est present,
pret a nous dire au revoir... Nous attendons le bus de la societe Gara, le
depart est normalement prevu a 9h.
Loic : ''Un bus s'approche, j'appelle Yacine
afin de regarder l'avant du bus...il n'a plus de pare-chocs !'' il est a ce
moment 10h (deja 1h de retard).
Impossible d'embarquer avec ce bus, il va
falloir obtenir des infos du representant de la societe ''Garra'' (en portugais
aucun de nous 2 ne parle la langue)! Nous parvenons a comprendre qu'avec le
meme ticket nous pouvons prendre place dans le bus de la compagnie
''Santiense''. Apres 3 refus de la societe (les locaux avaient la priorite de
par la langue).
Finalement, la priorite a ete donnee a ceux dont le ticket avait ete achete la
veille : on obtient 2 places l'un a cote de l'autre!!!
11h30 : Enfin le depart
14h : le bus s'embourbe, qu'a
cela ne tienne, tout le monde descend, le chauffeur effectue qq manoeuvres, le
bus repart.
15h
: 1ere pause dejeuner P&F (haricot
rouge, pates,riz, couac (farine de manioc) frite et viande
15h30
: On repart
17h30 : Cassure de la
suspension de la roue arriere gauche
18h40
: 2eme pause (normalement 30min)
21h40
: On repart apres qq heures de reparations
en direct
1h50
: 3eme pause histoire de se degourdir
4h45
: Arrivee a Macapa
Total : 17h30 de trajet
5h : Les negos reprennent
avec le taxi
5h30 : Joie immense a la vue
de la chambre et du lit qui semble confortable (+ air conditionne). Douche dodo
8h : Reveil pour prendre le
petit dejeuner et tour en ville
Anecdote:
Au moment ou l'on quitte Oiapoque, une dispute
conjugale eclate, Madame semble prendre la route sans Monsieur, 11h30.
La police militaire qui fera tout le voyage debout avec nous a su calmer les
ardeurs.
On se rend compte lors de notre 2eme pause (18h40) que Monsieur a rejoint
l'arret en taxi, la police militaire veille au grain.
Alors que de longue heures se sont passees, nous
ouvrons les yeux a la gare de Macapa, qui apercevons nous ? Monsieur attend patiemment Madame a Macapa,il est a ce moment 4h45,
c'est pas de l'amour ca!!!
"Enjoy together..."
03-06-2006 5pm Oiapoque
After
2h from Remire-Montjoly to St George of Oyapoque, we are in Brasil :
Oiapoque. After the administrative formalities, we visit this
first Brasilian city, we took the bus to Macapa, we were supposed to travel
12h.
04-06-2006:
Katia and Diego are back to home
05-06-2006:
It is time, 8h30 we are at the bus stop, the family is here, ready to say
goodbye… We are waiting for the bus of the company Gara, the departure is at
9h.
Loic: '' A bus is coming, I ask Yacine
to look at the bus… it hasn’t got the bumper because of an accident! '' it is
10h at this time (already 1h of delay).
It is impossible to get
in, we have to get infos from the guy of the company '' Garra '' (in Portuguese
none of us speaks the language)! We understood that with the same ticket we can
take seat in the bus of the company '' Santiense ''. After a while, we finally
got the tickets in the other bus.
11h30:
Finally the departure
14h:
the bus is blocked by the mud, that's no problem, everyone goes out, the driver
carries out some operations, the bus stars again the trip.
15h:
1st stop for lunch : P&F (kidney bean, pastes, rice, Couac (flour of
manioc) fried and meat
15h30:
we are back for the trip
17h30:
The suspension of the rear left wheel has just broken
18h40:
2nd stop ( it is supposed to be 30min)
21h40:
we got in the bus for the last hours after 2h30 of repairing in front of
us
1h50:
quick stop for fresh air
4h45:
Arrival at Macapa Total: 17h30
5h:
we deal the price with the taxi driver for the hotel
5h30:
the happiest guys in the world get in their room and the bed seems comfortable
(+ air conditioning). Shower, go to bed, 6h.
8h:
Alarm clock to take the breakfast. We leave the hotel for a city tour
Funny
history : When we are leaving Oiapoque, a marital argument
bursts, Madam seems to take the road without Sir, 11h30:
The
military police force which will make all the trip upright with us, calm the
guy. We realize at the 2nd stop (18h40) that Mister joined us by taxi,
the military police force takes care of the situation. When we got up at the
central station of Macapa, Who do we see? Mister is waiting for Madam there, it
is 4h45, “is that we call love?!!!”
"Enjoy together..."