Plaza Hotel Manaus

... 2 hours before we got to the lodge at Lake Juma. On our speedboat trip we were lucky enough to see lots of wildlife including caimans (close relatives of crocodiles), lots of birds, and both capucin and howler monkeys. We also got our first feelings of real excitement, as the landscape was breathtaking and actually looked like something out of a documentary.

When we got to the lodge we realised we were the only 2 on the tour with our own 2 guides ...

... there being no outside window, the cloud of mosquitos swirling around the room apparently found the hallway window, which was enclosed by bars and a metal panel that swung shut, to be a sufficient point of entry. The sheets which had a large stencil of
"Hotel Ideal" painted onto them seemed clean, although understandably so, as polyester is apparently easy to clean. One positive was the air conditioner which efficiently cooled the room, at ...

... Remontee/descente de l'amazone.


















Manaus, Estado do Amazonas, Brazil amazoniacomguia

... bodyy length.

They fly very fast, and they have a short, high-pitched call. After we left the forest, we tried fishing for some piranah, but only managed to get 3 very tiny ones, so we called it a night. We headed back, for dinner, which was superb, as were all the meals. Every meal was a buffet, with a salad of shredded vegetables, a rice dish, a pasta dish, and a meat dish, as well as all the bananas you can eat. Very epic. Later that night, around 9 o'clock ...

... 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.

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 ...

... was only for guests and no amount of persuasion would change his mind. That evening, we told Adriana we wanted to visit a rodizio restaurant, where the waiters come around with meat on skewers, a Brazilian tradition that we first tried in Torrevieja, unfortunately the restaurant we went to was not so great , the meat was not of a brilliant quality but the variety was good, all the waiters came around so fast with meat it got cold quickly, also the meat was a bit ...

... at our destination we had a few free days to relax and go shopping, and then off to the Amazonas. It took 4 hours to get there by bus and boat and it was absolutely serene and beautiful. We went on multiple nature boat trips and hikes. Got to see Tucan´s, Tarantulas (which are absolutely HUGE), sloth, and some people were lucky enough to see capuchin monkeys.. I only got to hear them! We were also shown and told about a lot of the medicines the natives use for ...

... alanhighton@yahoo.com. For the final trip of Venezuela, we went to see Angel falls. We started weth a 1 hour flight, in tiny little plans, that was interresting!!!. there;s no other way to get there. we get into this village, and are tiny little Spanish dud, say;s to us, put your rain coat on, cause ...

... dehydration - in Iceland we'd use salt pills and water, but in Manaus all you could get was a special drink with all the minerals the body loses in cases like mines, so I drank that - later realized, while reading the ingredients, that it pretty much contains the same stuff as Powerade and Gatorade, just in bigger quantities. So I'll know what I'll be drinking the next time. But now I really had to sleep.

When I woke up later that same morning, I went in search of ...