Formule 1 Belem
Avenida Jose Bonifacio, 234 Belem, State of Para, Brazil
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I am sad to be off the boat. Part of me wants to get back on it and go all the way back to Iquitos, or as far as it takes me. It´s been a very emotional trip. It certainly had its ups and downs but it was simply unforgettable!
In the end Alter do Chão was a really relaxing place. On the second day Becky, Laurent and I changed hostels and ended up payed half price for pretty much the same thing. ...
Amazon, nice to meet you!!
... to see the Amazon river, it is massive to say the very least...Belem is at the mouth of the Amazon and 1.2 billion litres of water pass through the Amazon river mouth per SECOND, so its sort of big!!! The water is a strange coffee colour but it was pretty impressive to see this big river in the flesh!!
After that we walked down through the restored port area and down to the market area, we picked up ...
Beaches and Buffalo
... beautiful beaches are lined with shacks that serve pretty much the best crab and shrimp I've ever tasted. We spent three nights on the island and there is little more to do here than sit back and adjust to the local pace of life. A definite change of pace for us and it felt slightly odd to just relax and enjoy the beaches. It’s hard to believe that the waves lapping at your feet are those of the Amazon river and not the ocean. Two full days ...
Packing up my hammock
... to be up early the following morning to have a chance of making it to the sea to complete the journey that had, for me, began when I took a cab to Cartagena airport.
The owner of our hotel had told us to head to the beach near Salinas, describing it as they best beach he had ever been to. Sounded like a plan. So off we headed to the bus station, coughed up the R$24 for the three-hour journey west by luxury-ish minibus and jumped on board. ...
Lost in translation, papai
... and analogies, etc. really does reflect who someone is a person, i believe. and even if i understand what a sentence means (meaning i am able to translate it into the closest english translation), even in spanish which i have studied for almost 18 years now, i find it terribly difficult to pick up on tone and rhythm mostly. and as much as this might seem like a negative thing, not fully understanding who someone is because i am unable to pick up on the little details ...



