Hostel Manaus

adz84 stayed at this hotel on Oct 12, 2009 during their trip titled: Adz84's Great Adventure

Manaus, Estado do Amazonas, Brazil adz84

Travelogue- Tabatinga to Manaus, further downriver

And so further down the river we go... My stuff was OK and when I got back to the boat I found that it was full of people and that my hammock had been totally surrounded. Luckily I saw some fellow Gringos and upon introducing myself found that they were English and so I moved my stuff over with them, and all out bags were chained together. They were very friendly and we talked quite a lot over the 4 days the boat trip took. I also read a lot too, a book called "Sheathing the Sword" about the ...

Belem, Brazil asanchez

Manaus

There's no evidence to be seen in Manaus of it's wealthy past. During the boom of the rubber trees Manaus was a wealthy city with glorious houses and lives steeped in absolute luxury, to the extent where not only did they import French food & furniture, they also sent their washing to be laundered in France deeming everything French as the best. Now the buildings are in a sorry state of neglect and disrepair and the main attraction is the Teatro Amazonia which still retains it's Italian g...

Manaus, State of Amazonas, Brazil gareth.alanna

Jungle, Piranha Fishing, Leigh& Anna, Woodpecker

Arriving in Manaus was dramatic, not because of the city which is spread out on low bluffs but because it is the meeting of the two Amazon tributaries at an 8km wide junction. The dark River Negro which looked like fizzy cola when the boat churned it up, hits the yellowish River Solimoes, and the two vast currents run together, side by side without mingling their differently coloured waters, most impressive. The last thing we expected in the middle of the Amazon jungle, 1600km from the sea, i...

Manaus, Brazil inoursuitcase

Het zuidelijk halfrond

Zo... na 2 nachten in een koude nachtbus (wel luxe bussen overigens)zijn we dan eindelijk aangekomen in Manaus, Brazillie. Het zuidelijk halfrond. Knetterwarm!!! Manaus is zonder twijfel de heetste stad waar ik ooit ben geweest... temperaturen tussen de 35/40 graden zijn hier normaal en dat gecombineerd met een enorme vochtigheidsgraad... Ik verklaar de mensen die hier wonen bij deze dan ook voor gek. Niemand in his right mind zou hier voor zijn lol gaan wonen volgens mij!! Voordat we de even...

Manaus, State of Amazonas, Brazil jhoekstra79

Gringo off the boat (again!)

Well after 9 days I have made it up the Amazon to Manaus (5 days on the boat 4 days on dry land). The last boat I was the only english speeker there so it did wonders for my Portugues conversation skills (well actually I'm still ****!)

Manaus is wierd cos it'san international port (1,500miles from the sea) loads of big ships there though!

Well here is whereI hopefully launch myself into the Jungle so lets see if I can find a nice guide!

Manaus, State of Amazonas, Brazil jim_a_scott

Back from the Jungle!

I am now clean and sweat free (while while IŽm in the Air conditioned internet cafe I am!)

Now all I have to do is decide what to do for a week while I wait for my Flight back to Rio where I will meet Katharine!!!!

Manaus, State of Amazonas, Brazil jim_a_scott

Back from the Jungle (again)

So 6 days in the same clothes not washing and sweating 12 hours a day...... Nice!!!!!

Good to be back in civilisation again but the Jungle was very relaxing (even when we where treking). Off back to Rio tonight to Meet Katharine on Monday. Cool!

Manaus, State of Amazonas, Brazil jim_a_scott

Brazil, Take One

Pretty rough morning, today. I was awake at 6am, local time(Brazil is 3 hours ahead of pacific time). Still, I was able to watch the sun come up, and that was pretty fantastic. My stomach's also pretty upset, probably from lack of sleep. Anywho, *****ing aside, this day has been pretty good day, so far. I started chatting with one of my previous night's roomies, and he was a pretty cool guy. His name is Unis(yoo-niss), he's swiss, and he lives in Denmark. He has been staying here for about a ...

Manaus, State of Amazonas, Brazil ryanflemington

Oh, God! I'm melting!

haha seriously, it's freaking hot here. Even hotter than it was before. I went from the daily highs barely making 25, to the temperature never being below 30 degrees at night. It's almost 40 degrees right now. I managed to get all my shopping done, and I think I have just enough cash to get me through tomorrow. I still have a ziplock bag full of coins which I'm trying to get rid of. The cashier was not happy when I paid for RS20 worth of groceries with 50-centavos pieces. However, I think eve...

Manaus, Estado do Amazonas, Brazil ryanflemington