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Jim figures on leaving the car, having Zique & Inez come with us to the airport, & then having them take a bus back to a town near where we left the car in order to find a mechanic to fix [[strikethrough]] it [[/strikethrough]] ^[[the car]] on the road.

Miraculously, within 2 minutes of our stopping & piling out of the car, a taxi passes & we flag it down & pile in with luggage (a bit crowded!)

The taxi runs us thru the Mond. morning rush hour in Rio and gets us to the airport at 0745. Plane due to leave at 0800. We still don't know if we'll make it. 

Get our luggage checked & boarding passes but no

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3 March 86
IBDF

sign of Deonizio! To Gate and on bus to get plane. 

Still no sign of Deonizio!

The second the bus is about to head for the plane @ 0802, Deonizio shows up. He'd waited & finally got a taxi at 0726 & just got in the gate. 

A cliffhanger - but isn't it always like that in Brazil. 

Plane packed and we have an IBDF car waiting for us in Brasilia. 

Straight to the IBDF offices where we meet
Lourdes; Raquel; Marlezi; Ivo; 
and start out in the office of the new Director of the DN.

Joesio sits us at a round ^[[conference]] table in his office & we start