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Manaus Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Manaus, Brazil
Sous l'effet de Malarone
L'effet secondaire de Malarone devient de plus en plus sévčre, j'ai mal ā la tęte, j'ai la misčre ā respirer et je me sens super faible. Si įa continue, je vais devoir arręter d'en ...
Welcome to the tropics
... 5 am to head back to airport for the one daily flight to Manaus. I had hoped to see the couple of noteworthy sights in Manaus yesterday afternoon, but it turns out to be a city that is completely shut down on Sundays -- especially this particular Sunday, ...
Hammock time and pre-Carnival funtimes
... imagined (having heard a few bad stories, I had low expectations) but the boat was as cramped as I'd heard about. Just before Manaus we saw the 'Mixing of the waters' where you can see the clear dark waters of Rio Negro and the cloudy waters of the ...
Life in the Amazon
Day 12 (noon) Temperature 35 degrees, felt like 43 Weather: sunny, hot and humid ============================= Brazil Tour: Day 8 - Amazon Rainforest As we continued our journey down the Amazon River, a lot more exotic birds could be seen flying ...
Alligator hunting at night in the Amazon!
Day 11 (evening) Temperature: 30 degrees Weather: warm breeze ==================== Brazil Tour: Day 7 - Amazon Rainforest It was dusk when we boarded a small motorized wooden canoe in search of…. you won't believe this.....in ...
Just Another Day at the River
This is the port where the cool people catch a boat and go to the other side of the river to the beach, Praia da Lua to party. ...
Meeting of the Waters
Day one in Manaus, and there isn't really a lot to see in the city here. Thankfully the highlight of this stop is spending the next four days in the jungle. Bruno took me and two French travelers to see the meeting of the waters, where two rivers of Rio ...
Manaus, Brazil
Manaus is the capital of Brazil’s state of Amazonas and is located at the heart of the Amazon forest on the banks of the Rio Negro. The Rio Negro is a large river that blends into the Amazon. A few facts on the waters of the Amazon.... there are ...
The amazon
... really well! We moved on to the next native house where we did some more trecking and got to see a tarantula! The following day we went back to the lodge showered and headed back into Manaus. It was an amazing experience but i think 4 nights was enough! ...
Amazonia Experience
After dreaming about being attacked by Amazonian bugs, it was time to begin the adventure. We find out five minutes prior to boarding the riverboats that we were all split up and had no say in which group we were placed. Normally, I wouldn't complain BUT ...
Meeting of the Rivers in the Amazon!
Day 12 (morning) Temperature: 30 degrees Weather: Grey sky, hot and humid ========================== Brazil Tour: Day 8 – Amazon Rainforest Michel and I had an early buffet style breakfast which comprised of a variety ...
´The Jungle Nook´ - Or, 101 Ways to Skin a Jaguar
... by my current reading choice (Wuthering Heights - not perhaps the most fitting literature for tropical, pumping Brazil - nonetheless, depressing enough to make Manaus seem like a dream). And so, on Thursday, Connie and I were sad to wave goodbye to the ...
Jungle Jarvs does the Amazon
... a fire all by myself. oh... the list goes on and on, so for now, I shall leave it at that. On my return to Manaus I had ten hours to kill before my 3am flight to Iguacu, and I was still feeling a little jungle-ified so I decided to check into a ...
Sloth and Envy
... -when-it-comes-to-travel. Because this might actually be worse than being the "look at me, i'm awesome" guy. When I left Manaus, all of this stupidity was forgotten because I got so excited about going back to Argentina. And back to ...
Aug 15, 2010
Manaus again.. bugger
With one whole day to 'waste' due to stupid Brazil and their flights leaving at bullshit o’clock, otherwise known as 03:08, we pondered what we would do for a day. Sunday… everything is bloody closed! We decide to go it on the cheap and not ...
Capital of the Amazonas
If Salvador had a personality it would be a sexy afro-Brazillian samba dancer. If Manaus had a personality it would be a stinky hobo who hadn't showered for days. This is a rather dirty and smelly city with rubbish everywhere. Luckily today we leave ...
Welcome to the Jungle
... . When we arrived into Manuas it was New years Eve and the place seemed like a ghost town. We discovered that traditionally in Brazil most people stay at home with their families until late on the 31st and all have dinner together. Then after midnight ...
A Visit to Careiro Da Varzea
We crossed the river to see the meeting of the waters. Our turn around point was a small town by the name of Careiro Da Varzea. While sitting on a grocery store deck we noticed river dolphin. I was shocked to see they are just like our ...
Jungle life
... up a couple of brown fruits, about the size of a galia melon. When they chopped them in half the middle was full of brazil nuts, as we buy them. Each fruit held about 15-20 nuts and when they were opened they were delicious - and I don´t ...
Still in Manaus
Day Two in Manaus called the Gateway to the Amazon Rainforest and guess what...it is hot and humid, around 80 degrees F and humidity of about 85%. We are going to have a day investigating more of the rain forest in the Bosque da Ciencia and Jardim ...
Caiman Hunting at the Ecolodge
... take us down the Rio Negro to the Ecolodge, where we would be spending the night. It had been raining steadily since we arrived in Manaus, and almost as soon as our boat pulled away from the dock it began to pour. The boat's staff pulled down blue tarps ...
Dressing for Carnaval
... . This designated area is called "Area de Concentracao" or Concentration Area. As usual, where there are people, there are beer and food vendors. The arena is called Sambodromo. There are only 3 in Brazil; Rio, Sao Paulo and ...
Djungeläventyr, dag 3
... 'r vi var klara med detta blev en sista anhalt en liten by där vi fick se hur tillverkning av gummi gick till. Man skär en skåra i trädstammen och den vätska som rinner ur används för att göra gummi. Slutligen återvände vi till hamnen i Manaus. ...
Anacondas and piranhas in the Amazon rainforest
Day 12 (late afternoon) Temperature: 35 degrees Weather: hot and humid ==================== Brazil Tour: Day 8 - Amazon Rainforest Back on the boat, we headed towards a small cabin in the rainforest that stood all by itself along the ...