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Manaus Slideshow
Manaus
Travel Blogs from Manaus, Brazil
The mighty Amazon river.
Saturday October 6th, Manaus We have been thinking about yet another rainforest tour, and had already talked to 2 agencies. Asking our hotel desk fellow about which was a good tour he was straight on the phone to his mate, who whizzed around and sold us ...
Mogli in the Jungle, Brazil
... our passports stamped, we then quickly changed money and bought our hammocks and then headed in a fast boat to catch the boat to Manaus. Meanwhile it started getting dark - we nearly headed for land at one point (the driver was using a torch to light his ...
Entering Brasil via Manaus
A quick 15 taxi ride and prest i am in Brasil!!! Then caught a 2 hour bus Manaus> not much to say about Manaus really apart that is is the entry point to the Amazon. I took a boat ride where the Rio Negro and Rio Solimoes meet to create the Amazon river. ...
Finally made it to Brazil
... ever been on. Every so often the bus would slow down to go through what could only be described as a crater. So, I arrived at Manaus knackered and stupidly without enough money for a taxi. Off it was with my non-existant portugese to find a bus into town ...
Last day on the stinky boat
... people, so their disposable nappies, plastic cups and soft drink bottles hit the water. The Madeira joins the Amazon downstream from Manaus. This is a tricky point for sandbanks. The captain turned off the motors and for an hour or so we drifted with ...
Jungle, Piranha Fishing, Leigh& Anna, Woodpecker
... of its past glory. In 1888 when the tire was invented, Amazon rubber suddenly became very valuable. For a brief dazzling period, Manaus became the richest city in the world, a boom town of fast fortunes. The great rubber boom collapsed because a ...
Manaus and Rio Madeira Ferry ride
We arrived in Manaus just in time for a religious Bank Holiday, so most of the shops were shut! We bumped into Berndt again and went drinking Caiprinhas with him in the evening. The next day we went to see the Meeting of the waters, where the Dark, ...
Rain forests of Brazil, Manaus
... wet in sweat, because of the high humidity & then get drenched in rain. We didn't have a hotel booking for Manaus. After talking to different hotel representatives at the airport, we finally made our booking with Amazonat Jungle ...
Manaus - Amazon Rainforest
... river. No, not the Amazon, that`s incomprehensivably huge, but all of these tributaries are rediculously big themselves. I had reached Manaus about four days earlier than originally planned. This gave me a chance to relax, do some reading, catch up on my ...
Amazon and on and on.....
After ten nights in our hammocks we felt we had proven ourselves as stinky backpackers and checked into Hostel Manaus We had a bed and a fan and could have kissed the floor but i didn't want to disturb the mould. Jane had a bit of an Amazon tummy so she ...
Pit Stop in the Jungle - We Got Fun and Games
... , and I had a nice dinner of one of the local fishes, before calling it relatively early so that we could make that 8:00 a.m. start to: Juma Lake, somewhere in the jungle south of Manaus, Brazil Jungle trip on Juma Lake, near Manaus, ...
Leg 2 Amazonia River Boating Lirio Do Mar Hell
... Amazon. I bought some copper lotus flower earrings. We were lucky in scoring our tickets for the boat from Santarem to Manaus for 90reais each ($US45) from a photographer gentleman who owns a natural food cafe in Alter Do Chao..... you get what you ...
Commandante Carlos
... mit einem reichhaltigen Frühstück verwöhnt. Essen hehe :-) Gleich danach fuhr uns Mauro zum belebten Hafen von Manaus. Dort trafen wir erstmals auf Commandante Carlos! An Board seines Speedboots Cicerone begann unser 4-tägiges Amazonasabenteuer. ...
Back at sea
... after its confluence with the Negro). It was quite upsetting the extent of the visible deforestation this far up the river. By Manaus you are 1500km upstream: the jungle is pretty deep here so I expected less trees being cut down. However all along the ...
Het mooie opera-gebouw in Manaus!
... maquette van het gebouw in lego. In deze tijden wordt het gebouw ook gebruikt voor klassieke muziek, film en theateropvoeringen, waardoor Manaus ook op cultureel vlak zijn bijdrage levert. We eten nog een stuk cake als middagmaal, vooraleer we op jacht ...
jungle
... dniach trzeba bylo wracac, a ze kierowca taksowki sie troche spoznil to mielismy jeszcze jedna atrakcje w postaci rajdu w stylu Sienny z Manaus na lotnisko. Tam pozegnalismy wperwa Piotra ktory mial wylot o 22 a my musialismy sie tam ...
Triborders to Manuas
... the last three plus days. Being on a slow boat down the world´s largest river allows one much time to do not much. I arrived to Manaus late last night. It´s a seedy city in the middle of the Amazon. I will be here only a day or two before jumping back ...
Santarem to Manaus
The boat ride to Manaus was absolutely amazing. Never have a felt so close to humanity and to the world. I would advise anyone that is not afraid of bugs and people to do this trip at least once in their lifetime. I ended up meeting quite a few amazing ...
Tourguide Miguel
... uns das reichhaltige Frühstücksbuffet schon erwartete. Ganz nebenbei genossen wir dabei die wunderschöne Aussicht über Manaus und speziell den Hafen. An der Reception wurden wir vom Hoteleigenen Tourguide Tom über die mögliche ...
On the boat down the Amazon
Wednesday October 10th to Santarem During dinner last night we debated going to Guyana, but after looking at the discouragement provided by our guide book thought better of it. Getting around in the Guianas is difficult, and the costs are huge for ...
Lazy days on the boat
Thursday October 11th, on the boat This boat, the Leao IV, is very upmarket from the Dois Irmaos. For one thing, they keep the toilets and showers spotlessly clean, and regularly sweep the decks. The food is 300% better. But it has no atmosphere. ...
Malaria and Manaus
... 'Green Tours', or 'Green Planet Tours' and our receipt was from Ámazon Tour. Take your pick. Malaria Malaria is common near Manaus. Locals blame the deforestation. Whatever the reason, so far in 2007 there have been 18,000 cases. Be warned, take your ...
Manaus
... I came back that evening and watched the concert, which I was surprised at how much I enjoyed. Clearly Im getting old. Manaus is a strange city. From 1890-1920 the Amazonian rubber industry boomed. People in Manaus became incredibly wealthy ...
Amazon
... Ray Muegge had his appendix removed, and was not able to join us on the trip. Depart Miami on our flight to Manaus, Brazil. Upon arrival in Manaus; cleared immigration and customs. We then traveled by boat to our lodge. Some ...
Sailing through the Amazon
We arrived in Manaus 2 days ago, after a 6 day boat trip from Belem. Unfortunatley for me, I got very ill the last 4 days of the trip...and suffered from a high fever, headache, sore throat in surroundings that were far from comfortable...where I ...
How to stay dry in the Amazon
How to stay dry in the Amazon: 1. ... Ok... So how to get marginally less wet.. 1. Don't tuck your pants into your gumboots, that will just make them fill with water faster. 2. Don't get illusioned that they won't fill with water. They ...