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Trans-Amazon 2 have safely and successfully arrived at the destination of Lima, Peru on the 17th August, after traversing about 6000 kilometers through Venezuela, Brazil and Peru.
The Expedition started on the 25th July '10 with fanfare flag-off from the Heroes Memorial in Caracas, Venezuela co-ordinated by our superhot Land Cruiser friends from www.just4cruisers.com.
The highlights of the expedition were:
1. Caracas, Capital of Venezuela.
2. Flew several times over The Angel Falls (Highest Waterfall in the world).
3. Camped at The Cainama National Park of The Gran Sabana.
4. Crossed the Waimiri Atroari Indigeneous Reservation.
5. Traversed the Amazon Jungles.
6. Ferried across the Rio Solimoes and Rio Negro at the Confluence of the Mighty Amazon River at Manaus.
7. Crossed the Triple Border of Brazil, Bolivia and Peru and Assis Brazil and Inapari.
8. Traversed The Andes Crossing at 5000 metres.
9. Visited Cusco, Machu Picchu, The Sacred Valley of the INCAS.
10. Flew over The Mysterious Nazca Lines, Nazca
11. Homerun along the Pan-Americana Highway to Lima, Capital of Peru.
Our Expedition battled trucks are on the way to Asuncion, Paraguay to be kept and serviced for the next big expedition to the Salar Uyuni in Bolivia next Spring 2011.
Everybody has flown home extremely happy, contented and experience the Journey of their Lives.
It's the Journey, Not the Destination.
See you for our next adventure expedition !! Long Live Adventure.
Thomas Foo (Expedition Leader).
Please browse our photos in the "Reports from the Field" section above.
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Trans-Amazon 2
23 July - 16 August 2010
Caracas, Venezuela - Manaus, Brazil - Machu Picchu, Peru - Lima, Peru
9 units of 4x4 trucks, 28 Adventurers
Route Map from Caracas to Cuzco, Machu Picchu
Route Map from Cuzco, Machu Picchu - Lima, Peru
Daily Route Itinerary - Start 23 July, End 17 August 2010
For Photo Reports of the recently successful completion of
Trans-Amazon 1, please click above
"Reports from the Field"
For Info on the Trans-Amazon 1,
please scroll down this page
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Trans-Amazon 1 : 16 June - 14 July 2010
Buenos Aires, Argentina - Asuncion, Paraguay - Manaus, Brazil - Caracas, Venezuela.
Trucks : 10 units of 4x4s
Adventurers : 35 pax had an adventure of their lives.
Event Status : Very Successful Completion.
The World's Highest Waterfall - Angel Falls, Venezuela
The Confluence of the Rio Negro & Solimoes to form the Mighty Amazon River at Manaus.
The INCA City of Machu Picchu, Peru
The Nazca Lines, Peru. More than 1 kilometer in length and width. Only visible from the air.
Why were they made ? For who to see ?
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