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Date: 2-12-2003
Subject: Punky, Lew & Achi 2 in Campo Grande, Matto Grosso, Brazi

Hi Mark and everyone: Critter has over 45,000 miles now. The engine sounds bad, like maybe crankshaft bearings. Maybe we´ll get lucky and a bike shop will be able to fix the engine affordably. Glad you recieved the pix and cards. I will send videos (in a box this time) of Iguazu Falls and Itaipú Dam along with the next batch of film. The videos are supposed to be in English and formatted for use in the U.S. In Asuncion, we enjoyed seeing Erling Steen, who along with Ricardo was at our wedding in Lima. Paraguay was hot, except when raining, and a step back into the 3rd world, after Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. The president of the Nomadas de Asuncion Moto Club, Tito, escorted us out of Asuncion and pointed us in the right direction as we rode out of Paraguay in rain, which continued to follow us to Joao´s house back in Matelandia, Parana, Brazil. Joao wasn´t home, but his wife, Eliette, took good care of us. She also let me use Joao´s office computer and Internet hook-up. I found Bank of America´s toll-free phone number for use outside the U.S. Eight hundred numbers don´t work from South America. We are in Campo Grande, Matto Grosso do Sul, Brazil, about 500 km west of Sao Paulo. The big bike rally starts tomorrow. We´ll stay here until Sunday, then ride to Sao Paulo. There, Duas Rodas bike magazine is interested in our story. I called the toll-free phone number and found out that Bank of America (B of A) had a block on my VISA card, because the card had been used in a manner different than usual. A restaurant in Foz do Iguazu ran the card 6 times and ultimately said it wasn´t valid. The B of A guy I spoke with said he would remove the block immediately. I still had trouble finding an ATM that would accept the card, but finally found one in a bigger town and got some money just in the nick of time. MasterCard is the major card here. The wet roads here have a lot of red dirt on them and Critter is a mess. Punky, Lew & Achi are fine and anxious to experience Carnaval in Rio and get back to the good old U.S.A.
Later, amigos & amigas.

Punky, Lew & Achi 2
Americas Motopaseo

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