Adrianopolis Manaus

... tinge that we saw in the rivers in Canaima but looks black from a distance. The Rio Solimoes, on the other hand, is yellow brown, the same colour of the rivers in Peru (where it&#8217;s source is). The two rivers flow at different rates and have significantly different temperatures so, although they become the same river, the two remain obviously separated (by their colour) for another 18km until they adopt the yellow brown colour of the Solimoes. <br><br>The Rio Negro ...

... a ideia soa encantadora, lá isso soa... Mas uma coisa é garantido, seja pelo talco que anda no ar, ou pelas estrelas que não se vêm durante o dia, a energia aqui é imensa, uma coisa fora do normal mesmo! O impulso é parar para escutar o vento e sentir e apreciar toda a envolvência, observando as singelas fazendas, que espalhadas pelas encostas vão exibindo a palete de cores da sua colheita, e as inúmeras cachoeiras que de ente as rochas vão surgindo, caíndo violentamente. Facto curioso ...

... and staked out our hammock spots (highly competitive, the locals are prepared to use every spare inch of space), it quickly became apparent that we would not be departing anytime soon. Lazed the day away watching porters dash up and down the steep river bank in absolutely scorching heat, loading incredible quantities (entire truck loads) of rice, oranges, papays, bananas and household goods. We finally left at close to 6pm, good example of moving at Brazilian ...

... from Honduras through to Panama from where they sails to Columbia then caught a series of buses through Venezuela and Brazil to finally arrive in Manaus. All of this was just the beginning of their 2-year travel plans for the Americas, giving us the feeling that our 3-month trip was little more than a long weekend holiday.<br> <br><br><br>This is the high water season, and during our 3 day voyage we passed small villages, all of which were ...

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... lodge, which turned out to be a very cool place. We showed up in the middle of lunch, and so we ate some food, and were given a couple of hamocks to chill in. around 1:30 or so, we experienced our first rainstorm of the trip, it was pretty loud, but lots of fun. Eventually, we trimmed some fat from our bag, and loaded up in to a motorized canoe, with 2 girls we had been chatting with earlier, who were from Denmark. Our guide, named Leo(leh-oh), and his non-english ...

... moved all of our stuff in to our new room, so I should be able to get a good sleep, tonight. No AC, but a working fan, and a distinct lack of 7 large men. All good things. I'm enjoying the layout of this hostel, too. It's isn't really a closed building, it has a typical entrance way, but then it opens up in to a large, tree-covered court-yard, which climbs up several layers, and is boredered by rooms. It's all very open, but it doesn't ...

... skin). Let´s just say its not bug-proof, especially the shirt. Even with deet they seemed to enjoy the nectar of my blood, but at least not so much so as the Brits on the trip that looked like a pink polka-dot mannequins by the end of the trip.<br><br>The next day, we pack up to head to sleep at an indigenous indian family´s home along the shores of Mamori Lake. On the way we also stop at another family´s home to learn a bit more about the various uses of ...

... with its famous green and yellow tiled domed roof, we had a tour. the inside was amazing it was built in the 1890s during the rubber boom, in the French Belle Epoque style, it was a bit OTT, but you would never have expected to find something like this in the middle of the Amazon. The day combined with more errands, swapping books for our trip down the Amazon, we managed to swap one in the 1st, but in the 2nd hostel ,a rude and smelly receptionist told us that their book ...

... out I could possibly die. So I reached for the door and dragged myself out, mumbled something... said in Spanish that I wasn't feeling well, and then I collapsed on the floor next to the bathroom in front of everybody, unconcious and I have no idea how long I was laying there. It was a long while and I was completely out of the zone, and nobody seemed to worry, thinking I was dead drunk, which I wasn't since at this time of the night, the alcoholic effects were already fading ...