Cruising Down The Amazon!!

Trip Start Dec 05, 2004
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Trip End May 04, 2005


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Saturday, March 19, 2005

We departed Belem at around 6pm for our 5 day cruise down the Amazon which was just what we needed after all the rushing around for the past few months! Our cabins were tiny with no en suite but at least they just about fitted a sink inside! Looking at life along the Amazon, it was easy to imagine that we had been transported back in time... families living in wooden or adobe houses completely self reliant and unaware of the modern world (although there were one or two with generators and satellite TV!!)
On the upper deck, there was a bar where local music blared out from what must be the worst sound system in S.America! A local millionaire was on board with some of his chums- he wanted to experience travelling along the Amazon "slumming it" with the locals to experience the way they travelled (though they did have cabins on the top deck complete with en suite bathrooms while the locals were on deck for the whole trip sleeping in hammocks!). He even brought his own TV onboard which he took with him when he got off half way to Manaus to catch a flight back to Belem!
All in all it was a fantastic 5 days though dont ask me where the time went!
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