29th July 2009 – Wild Camp 3 – Abadiania (?)
I had perhaps the craziest dream during the night. For some reason I had convinced myself that a snake had got into the tent. In reality I had slept on my arm so it had started going numb. In the dream the snake bite me on the arm. I woke up with a jump and was horrified to feel my arm going numb. I was really confused for a moment believing that the dream was real and that I had been bitten. Not pleasant!
My voice was also feeling pretty sore this morning. I think that the singing was the final straw. I’ve been suffering with a bit of a cold since the pantanal. I thought I had got rid of it, but it has returned. I think that we are all passing the virus round, mutating it and then re-catching it. Needless to say I’m not too thrilled with the idea of losing my voice.
As with all long truck days we got on the road very early. Instead of doing a truck breakfast and getting out the tables we just popped into a service station and had a few “frago pears” for breakfast. These are shredded chicken coated in breadcrumbs and deep fried. They are really tasty, especially with hot sauce, but not great for the cholesterol.
I wish I could say that this was an eventful day but actually this was one of the few days in which I took no photos. The day was pretty much full on driving. A lot of time spent playing cards, draughts and chess with Jesper, reading and sorting through photos.
We stopped for a dinner at a pizza restaurant. Like most small towns the restaurants are pretty small and because of the size of the group the quickest from the truck we able to sit outside the restaurant. This was the best place because even though it was about 8pm it was still pretty warm. Fi, Maxine and I sat just inside at a small table. Ironically though we were the last into the restaurant we were served first. I had a pizza with the Brazilian sausage. It was really nice, made in a proper pizza oven also.
We got to the village of Abadiania (?) around 11:00pm. The hotel that Dragoman usually used couldn’t take everyone as a coach party had also turned up at the same time. We had to split the group into two lots. To say the hotel was basic was an understatement. But there was enough rooms and beds so that was good enough for one night. I was able to charge up batteries again which was great as Brazil only use 110v so the batteries in my camera are lasting much less than normal. Considering it was so basic I actually had a great night sleep.