Tropical Manaus Business Hotel

... we went to fish piranhas (we watched) and were demonstrated the power of the piranha's jaw and tooth.

during the whole stay we encountered many pink and gray dolphins.

in the 2nd day we went to watch elso fishing with a bow and a spear in the flooded forest. the amazing thing is that he can't see the fish because of the brown water, so he counts on the marks in the water which are created by the movements ...

... so since we had made the boat, what did it matter if no one else did. Our confusion ended two minutes later when we pulled up to another dock, this one filled with hundreds of
people waiting to jump on board or trying to sell some last minute goods. Even before the boat was fully parallel to the dock, people were lunging over the lower deck rails, then running to the mid-deck to secure a good hammock position. We had already secured pole ...

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... trodden trail. We did the usual camp set up, and we cut down a tree, which I broke in to pieces with a machete(******* the hands, but pretty bad-ass) We made rice(what else) and the piranha, which weren't very meaty, but made up for it by being very tasty. We ate with wooden spoons and leaf-bowls, as we had before. It rained a little, that night, but we all had a good sleep, anyway.



03/08/09

This was our last day with the tour, and neither of us was ...

... were simple sticks with string, a steel lead, hook and chunk of raw red meat -- the choice for any good carnivore. Unfortunately the Brazilian Amazon experienced their largest flood in over 100 years this summer and thus the water is still much higher than seasonally-low winter levels and the fishing hence difficult since they´re deeper and somewhat out of reach under swamped tree life. Despite the lack of our fishing skills, we still had Piranha grill and ...

... were everywhere. At the tree-house lodge we were also very lucky and went pirahna fiishing and caiman spotting, although either side of a slightly nervous swim.

We´d heard lots of stories about the trip from Manaus to the coast along the Amazon to Belem by hammock boat, and it turned out to be highly eventful. We got on the boat fairly late compared to everyone else, and squeezed our hammocks in with everyone else´s, Kate next to a lovely old lady who fed us sweets ...

... to Carrefour to buy suppliesfor the boat trip. That night was a bit hectic as we scrambled to pack our stuff for the boat, then watch a movie ( brazilian for a change) Ultima Parada 174, a violent story about Brazilian street kids. We said goodbye to Leo in the morning, then Adriana dropped us at the boat, and we said our goodbyes, hopefully we will see her in Peru. We had a great time couchsurfing in Manaus with Adriana and Leo, and our now ready to start our trip down the Amazon.

... they only get on Christmas or their birthdays.. if they are lucky. They only get one set of clothing and shoes for the year too.. it´s quite sad. Whilst in the jungle we got to make blow pipes too. Which was pretty much just a bit of bamboo which we hollowed out, and they then make a mouth piece for you out of some other type of wood.. and the little arrows are just a splinter of wood which they dip into poison from a frog to kill the prey. We didn´t do that last bit of ...

... with a very stinky blanket that they had extra. but i was still damp, so no sleep for me that night. the next morning, i wok up thinking, i really do not want to get wet today!!, well that was a jock cause my close did not dry at all . It rained all night. So get dress still soaked, boots and all ...

... in the world were these people going to sleep? There definately was no space left! But... ! They made some, by placing thin matresses below each of the portable hammock bunkbeds!! Now the hammock people better not **** during night!

We slept like this for two nights, not being able to move in the hammock, without bumping your head to someone else's, or your butt to another persons butt, and couldn't get out of the hammock without near-stepping on someone below you!
Manaus, State of Amazonas, Brazil thrudur