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A grand day out before heading home
First stop was the Sunday market on the Praça Republica, they where having a great gatherign of the foremen and emergency folks... then I ran into one of the folks fro, the conference and we took a taxi to the Bosque Rodrigues Alves... an amazing park that saved a chunk of the Amazon Forest right in the middle of the city... ...
Markets and Supermarkets
We arrived in Belem after a very wet bush camp - which luckily for us was at a cafe which had a large shelter so we were able to cook dry even if we had to wade through small rivers to get to the tents.
Luckily we got the tents up before the rain storm.
We stopped in the centre of town next toa park got the tents out and had lunch while team leader went ...
Easter Weekend
The week before Easter is Semana Santa, Saits Week. The weekend came early on Wednesday (although mine always does.) On Thursday I woke up early to meet up with some people and head to Cortijuba Island. (http://www.cotijuba.com/content/view/4 /6/) The link shows where the island is in relation to Belem, its all in Portuguese so good luck! It took about an hour to get to the boat launch where we then waited for our boat to leave. The boat ride took about 45 ...
Belem
... sind um zu ¨naschen¨.
Nach einigen Stunden durch den Markt sind wir ins Hotel zurück, wo unsere Rucksäcke noch verstaut waren, haben uns danach die Zeit im Internetcafé vertrieben und sie dabei vergessen, was dazu führte, dass wir in aller Hetze den Bus Richtung Sao Luis in letzter Minute ...
Life is a hammock
... were in sight and the end was near. Waking up at the port was a relief and to actually stand on solid ground, was blissful, as the end of ‘life is a hammock’ was here.
Overall, for 6 nights, 5 full days, we were living the dream in some ways and living a nightmare in others, but what an experience. Not many people we know have experienced the Amazon ferry and if you ever get the chance to, expect that life will be a ...