Hotel Dez de Julho

... 7 hours wandering around Fortaleza aiport. Flight was grand, 3.5 hours and arrived in Manaus at 11.30pm. Arranged for the hotel (Hotel Dez de Julho - clean, air-con, decent brekkie if you make it in time but quite expensive)  to pick ...

... trata de um grande espetaculo de pirotecnia concentrado, como os que acontecem em Copacabana em 31 de dezembro, ou em Washington em 4 de julho: aqui, a cidade toda comemora. Cada cidadao chines leva seu arsenal de fogos de artificio `as ruas e dispara-os, ...

... but all the internet cafes are still closed.  I´ve only managed to get online now at the business center of a luxury hotel (not where I stayed) near where my boat tour will leave from this afternoon.  At least I got to see the famous ...

... big, nor is it built up.  The heart is the Teatro Amazonas - an opera house on a large plaza - and I had reserved a hotel room near there, which was also near many of the jungle trip tour operators.  Amir and Alex were going elsewhere, ...

On April Fools Day we reached Manaus.  We had enjoyed our boat journey with the locals, who were all very friendly to us.  We were pleased to go out for an all you can eat buffet in the evening though. ...

Gevangen in Manaus, vier dagen wachten op een vlucht: ...