Hotel Formule 1 Belem
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Easter Weekend
... set up a table in front and ordered a beer. We had Brahma, 600ml bottles for R$4.00 each. (In Brazil, you buy a large bottle and get several small cups, the bottle stays in a plastic "coozy" to keep it cold and the cups are small so they too don't have time to warm up.) We hung out and played Truco, a Brazilian card game almost similar to Euchre but with cheating being part of the game. As it turned out, the Americans were better than the Brazileiros at ...
Welcome To the Amazon
... excited to have me living with them. They are a really nice family and getting to know them is quite entertaining. The two brothers both speak pretty good English and Brazil Dad speaks a little as well. They are trying to help me get better at Portuguese since my classes will be in Portuguese and I'll need to be able to understand it. The house is nice. It is currently undergoing a remodel of the master bedroom downstairs so I've been ...
Hammock time (can´t touch this)
... its everchanging colours, speeds and surrounds - dense, almost black rainforest, bird-filled grasslands, mountains.
There´s every type uf dwelling - single, rundown shacks, flower filled gardens, big towns (Santarem has 100,000 plus, Manaus further down the river has 2 million people). All manner of craft passes us by. At times the river is several miles wide, other times we pass down a channel 100m wide. Sunsets are mandatory viewing, ...
Bustle in Belem
... from herbs and spices to live stock to fruits and vegetables. Im starting to feel hungry and also fully aware Im in a busy environment and shouldnt linger too long.
I head to Estacao das Docas to check out the lunch options. This area is the conversion of long waterside warehouse. I find a buffet lunch that has wifi. So for the next 100 minutes, I slowly eat my lunch while reading text updates on ...
Belem
After a further three days lazying about on the Amazon star which left 30 minutes late at 12:30 pm we have gracefully arrived in Belem. Unlike the first trip from Tabatinga to Manaus this one proved more expensive and uneventful. For starters everything on the boat was a bit shabbier and cost more. But they did have Air conditioning, Secondly the friendly locals proved to be even more friendlier taking off with my two bottles of vodka, and thirdly the amenities ...