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Manaus Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Manaus, Brazil
One week of Brazilian cities...
... - flying into Sao Paulo for two nights, then overnight by bus to Belo Horizonte for another two nights, and now in Manaus a city in the heart of the rainforest. Slowly downgrading from five star luxury to two stars basic accommodation has been ...
Amazon Adventures
... a trip! After a very early start on Friday and two flights (you can't go directly to anywhere from Salvador), we arrived in Manaus at lunchtime. The city itself is a large industrial one and the guide books don't seem to rate it that much, so ...
Crossed the Border....Brazil!
So we finally made it to Brazil! We crossed the boarder with no problem at all. They were the nicest officials I have ever dealt with on both sides!!! We are still traveling with the German couple, Ninja and Mark, who we climbed Roramia with, ...
River Boat Song
... even if you did speak Portuguese, its kind of a tannoy truism), but I didn't let it bother me. We finally pulled into Manaus harbour on Saturday afternoon. I'd been hoping to arrive in the morning so I could catch the FA Cup final. It wasn't to be; ...
Cu-cupacu, Mrs. Robinson
... of Amazon for little gained in terms of wildlife or people watching. Accordingly, we planned to search for flights within Brazil when we returned to Manaus a few days hence. We arrived at the Anaconda Floating Lodge around 2:30 in the afternoon, and a ...
Junglin´
... - in bright sunshine with dolphins on the other side of the river and water flowers drifting pass us. Jewel of the Amazon Manaus itself (the city in the middle of the jungle) is not particularly spectacular - it´s a free trade zone so ...
Manaus Day Two
... all parts of the world that have made the 1000 mile run up the Amazon to unload every cargo one can think of. Manaus, aside from being a "freeport" (no taxes or duties applied to landed goods), is the central distribution center for all things from the ...
Boottochtje op de Amazone
Vandaag gaan we shoppen...geen kleren, maar boottochtjes. Manaus lijkt tijdens de dag een groot marktplein: overal kraampjes. De kraampjes in de straten verkopen vnl. gereedschap en hangmatten. In de overdekte markt, zien we hompen vlees en nog spartelend ...
De knoop doorhakken
... andere stad zijn: de afgeschilderde koloniale huizen van weleer, maken plaats voor moderne kantoorgebouwen en industrie. We leren dat Manaus een belastingsvrij gebied is, een zone gecreëerd door regering van vóór 1991, dit om de verpaupering tegen te ...
Amazonie
... ... Voila c était un belle expérience dans la nature.. Nature que j ai vite envie de retrouver après quelques heures de Manaus ...demain je vais essayer de me trouver rapidement un vol pour Campo Grande dans le matto grosso Pantanal... Puis je vais ...
Manaus, stad met een totaal ander gezicht
... (vermoedelijk bestaan er zelfs geen pure 2-persoonskamers). We gaan vroeg slapen. De vochtige warmte zorgt voor korte nachten en dat wreekt zich tijdens de dag. (vb. Op dag van vertrek: 93% luchtvochtigheid in Manaus tegen maar 37% in Campo Grande) ...
No Room For Us In Manaus
... we eventually came to an agreement and we decided to stay. We then made into the centre of the city to check out Manaus. The streets were abuzz with activity but in hindsight this chaos was probably a result of the local people trying to get ...
Arrived in Manaos
My concerns with regards to accommodation in Leticia proved correct. After the meal we all went for a few beers in down town Leticia and were shown around by one of the locals. On return back to our hostel I realized that the floor in my bedroom ...
Verder trekken naar Bolivië
Vandaag vertrekken we per boot naar Porto Velho- voor 4 dagen/3 nachten, althans dat verwachten wij. We kaarten vrij lang na bij het ontbijt, waarna we snel onze valiezen maken. Om 14h zijn we klaar om om 15h ih centrum te staan om de boot op te gaan. We ...
Terug in Manaus
... in Manaus en mogen terug logeren bij Balark, onze laatste CS host. We komen rond +/- 10h aan in het Rodovario busstation in Manaus. We nemen een taxi tot bij onze host (een veel te hoge toeristenprijs, zoals gewoonlijk). We krijgen zowaar onze Belgische ...
Welcome To The Jungle
This morning we were woken by roosters crowing way before sunrise but managed to continue sleeping until 5AM when we got up in time for a sunrise boat ride. In the early hours of the morning the river was particularly alive with pink river dolphins ...
Die Millionenstadt im Urwald
... 22 Grad gesenkt. Alle ausser Jeannette sind froh, dass der Temperaturunterschied zum winterlichen Irai nicht drastischer ausfiel. Das Novotel Manaus erfüllte leider weder die preislichen noch die vom Namen her geweckten Erwartungen, war jedoch für uns ...
Flying...
... , changed planes here and flew over the Amazon, unfortunately in the dark. The first leg in a marathon journey to leave Brazil for Bolivia. All road routes south through the Amazon are classed as far too dangerous to do by bus - illegal ...
Leticia to Manuas, further along the river
... so left, and here I am on the Internet, which is back to being expensive, in fact Leticia is expensive too, and Brazil is always expensive... anyway must dash, will rest up in Manuas and hopefully finally get some photos up here Until ...
Welcome to the Jungle!
Heute liessen wir um 06:30 Uhr den Wecker klingeln! Ein letztes Mal Frühstück auf der Dachterasse und bereits wartete auch schon Tourguide Wilmar auf uns. Nach zwei Stunden Fahrt in Richtung Venezuela in seinem Corolla wartete der Jungle auf uns! ...
Manaus
... joining John & Eric, two Americans we met in the Amazon, for dinner at a local Churrascaria (bbq). A superb night with some great Caipirinha's (the cocktail of Brazil) and a roof terrace to relax it was a great note to end our stop-over in ...
Shopping mall in modern Manaus
... duur uit, dus gaan we toch maar voor de boot Verder ontdekken we een best wel esthetische shopping mall in het moderne Manaus, waar we lekker gebak en koffie vinden en een gigantische boekenwinkel, waar we enkele uurtjes doorbrengen. We verbazen ons ook ...
Cruisin down the Amazon...
... throwin down the mac on all the cute Brazilian girls. I am really happy to have a fellow paisano on the trip. From Manaus we spent the next 9 days and 8 nights riding ferries down the Amazon to get to a town called Porto Velho. The first 3 ...
Thank you Miguel!
... nahe zu sehen war einfach zu gross gewesen. Dann lichtete die Apurissaua den Anker und nahm Kurs auf unseren Ausgangspunkt Manaus, vorbei am grössten und bekanntesten Hotel am Amazonas, dem Ariau Jungle Tower mit insgesamt sieben grossen Wohntürmen. An ...
Jumba Lake
Hoi! After spending 5 days on the river from Iquitos (Peru) to Manaus (Brasil), I headed straight to the jungle. At first I was a little concerned as I went with a Swiss guy I had met on the boat and 2 German guys and a Brasilian guy who was living in ...
Kraina deszczowcow
... sie firanka i bylo OK. O poranku zorganizowalimy trip do dzungli a ze zdecydowalismy sie na 4 dniowa wycieczke to na zwiedzanie Manaus zostal nam tylko dzien biezacy wiec ruszylismy w boj zaraz po tym boj. Zwiedzielismy centrum, w szczegolnosci zas opere ...
Flowers of Manaus
... to another restaurant where they gave me liver instead of steak. I am now vegetarian. Hit the local night life before flying out to Bogota the next day. It´s been a fantastic 7 weeks in Brazil & I look forward to seeing the south in a few ...
Manaus capital de l état de l Amazonie
... dans la forêt de 4 nuits et 5 jours ... j avais déjà entendu parlé de cette agence qui n est pas usine... Car arrivée a Manaus on voit des agences partout, même plus envie de faire ce trip dans la forêt. Il faut aussi du temps pour départager les ...
Week 25 - Manaus to Belem
... as the main scent for Chanel 5 and Poison, a fruit that looked really tasty (bright red and yellow but highly poisonous), Brazil nuts (in its original form coming from a coconut-like shell and once hacked open there are around 20 neatly intersected ...