June 31, 2014:
Decided I'd ride back to Von Humboldt (one hour) and then ride south through the jungle to Villa Rica. Looked good on the map and I'd been told it's a good road, pavement dirt mix. I hadn't seen much wildlife since I entered the Amazonia here and was hoping to see some birds and a maybe a few monkeys. Got some breakfast in Von Humboldt and headed south. The road was good and cutting straight through the jungle.

Water stop:
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There is power lines however I was told the electric it comes from a generator and not often. I didn't see any power lines along the road.
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Six and half hours into the ride, 1:00 pm the road started getting worse, all dirt, washouts and mud. Then I came to this at 1:24 pm. When I arrived I was the only one and then two guys on a small moto showed up shortly after. We all looked at the ditch and then they asked me to help get their moto through. It took the three of us but it went fairly good. It's was way more challenging than the pictures show. We got the moto through:
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Once we took a break they said, ok, let's get yours through now. No way, it's not going to make it. The moto is to long to make the corner on the path and the incline coming out is way to steep. If it falls over it's going to be upside down in the water. The older guy asked if I wanted to turn around or keep going, I was more than half way and after this the road would be good. Some how they convinced me. I took off the bags and down in the ditch we went. Once in the bottom it was apparent that maybe it wasn't such a good idea. The ground was giving way and the back tire slide into the ditch. I could barely reach the handle bars and keep the clutch, the ground was giving way under my feet. Some how those two guys got the back wheel back on the path and we got the moto pointed straight up the bank, no joke, 50 deg,. incline for ten feet. The older guy was in the rear ready to push and the young one in front pulling, I was hanging of the handlebars loosing footing. The older guy said, ok when I say go, you go and don't stop. It was magic, that big beast came out of there like a rocket. It spun some but somehow the rear tire grabbed and took us out of there.
Getting the bags across. In the photo it doesn't look that bad, I wish I had a photo of us in the middle, it was challenging.
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After a few hand shacks, pats on the back we drank the last of my water and finished packing up. I asked why someone had not fixed it or at least made a diversion around it. The older guy then said, there is a way around it, back up the road there is a turn to the left that goes around this and comes out one kilometer further down. I started laughing and they looked at me like I was crazy. How long does it take to go around, I asked? About 20 minutes. I took us about 30 minutes to get two motos and gear across.
They told me I had five more hours to ride.
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Looking down what we came up:
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Song of the Day: Dirty Work, Steely Dan (not sure why this song came into my head)

The road was ok, however it didn't look like it was going to be good.
Climbing back into the jungle mountains. The road was mostly mud with lots of small brook crossings:
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The water crossing got wider and deeper as I went along. Lots of round river rocks. Met this guy half way through one crossing, luckily he stopped me and told me it was to deep for me to go the way he did and to go up river and take the bridge:
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The bridge:
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Stopped and walked in for three meters and everything looked good. First gear and went for it. I dropped into the main part and the cylinders went under and the exhaust was gurgling. The bottom was good however and other than flooded boots I was fine. For a couple seconds I thought I was going to flood the intake.
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Went through this and the guy in the truck told me the worst was over. Just a few more crossing and some mud holes but all would be good.
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Good they're building a bridge however I would have chosen a couple other places to start building:
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I still had a lot of riding to do in order to make it to Villa Rica before dark. My ass was whooped.

Great riding day!