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27-Dec-2017 -- This is the 3^rd out of 11 reports reaching confluence points during our two-week trip through southern Brazil and eastern Paraguay. The story starts at 23°S 46°W and continues from 22°S 45°W. The itinerary and additional pictures can be found here.

On our way to Belo Horizonte we passed by this confluence on the main highway number 381 by just 2 km. On minor tracks we got up to a distance of 300 m and decided to park the car there. We continued the track up to a distance of 100 m. Then we entered a coffee plantation, hiked downwards until we found the confluence right at the edge of the plantation.

The coffee grows in rows with a grass cover inbetween. At the time of our visit, the coffee beans where not yet ripe.

It was a pleasant, short, but hot visit. The whole visit took 25 minutes until we continued our trip to Belo Horizonte.

CP Visit Details:

• Distance of car parking: 300 m
• Time to reach the CP from the track: 5 minutes
• Time at the CP: 11:46 AM
• Measured height: 957 m
• Minimal distance according to GPS: 0 m
• Position accuracy: 5 m
• Topography: at an inclined plane
• Vegetation: coffea bushes, grass
• Weather: partly cloudy, 29° C (felt temperature)
• Given Name: The Coffee Beans Confluence

The story continues at 20°S 44°W.